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The Moral Circle: A Norton Shorts Speakers Series

Wednesday, January 29th at 1 pm EST

Join Professor Jeff Sebo for a conversation on his exciting new Norton Shorts title "The Moral Circle." Professor Sebo's book explores the idea of radically reimagining humanity's view of our place in the world. In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Sebo.

Jeff Sebo is associate professor of environmental studies; affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, philosophy, and law; director of the Center for Environmental and Animal protection; director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy; and codirector of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University. He lives in Manhattan.

Everyone is welcome and registrants will receive a recording of the event.

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.;

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Offshore: A Norton Shorts Speakers Series

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Join Brooke Harrington for a conversation on her eye-opening new Norton Shorts title "Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism." In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Harrington.

Brooke Harrington is a professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College, a certified wealth manager, and an advisor to the OECD and European Parliament, among other organizations. She is the author of several books, including the best-selling Capital without Borders.

Everyone is welcome and registrants will receive a recording of the event.

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.

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Explorers: A Norton Shorts Speakers Series

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Join Matthew Lockwood for a conversation on his engaging new Norton Shorts title "Explorers: A New History." In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Lockwood.

Matthew Lockwood is an assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama and the author of This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain, To Begin the World Over Again, and The Conquest of Death.

Everyone is welcome and registrants will receive a recording of the event.

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.

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Imagination: A Norton Shorts Speakers Series

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Join Ruha Benjamin for a conversation on her groundbreaking Norton Shorts title "Imagination." In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Benjamin.

Ruha Benjamin is a professor of African American studies and the founder of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab at Princeton University. The author of the Stowe Prize-winning "Viral Justice," as well as "Race After Technology" and "People's Science."

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.;

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Past Events

"Join Dennis Yi Tenen for a conversation on his brand-new Norton Shorts title "Literary Theory for Robots.

In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Tenen.

Dennis Yi Tenenis an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. Originally a software engineer at Microsoft, Tenen is now an affiliate at Columbia’s Data Science Institute. He lives in New York City.

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.

"Join Ashley Shew (Virginia Tech) for a conversation on her brand-new Norton Shorts title "Against Technoableism."

In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Shew.

Ashley Shew is an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tec and specializes in disability studies and technology ethics. Her books include Against Technoableism, Animal Constructions and Technological Knowledge, and Spaces for the Future (coedited). She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.

Join Tiya Miles (Harvard University) for a conversation on her brand-new Norton Shorts title "Wild Girls." Hosted by Tiya Miles

In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Miles.

Tiya Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard University, the author of five prize-winning works on the history of slavery and early American race relations, and a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship recipient. She was the founder and director of the Michigan-based ECO Girls program, and she is the author of the National Book Award–winning, New York Times best-selling All That She Carried. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

W. W. Norton & Company inaugurates a new century of visionary independent publishing with Norton Shorts. Written by leading-edge scholars, these eye-opening books deliver bold thinking and fresh perspectives in under 200 pages.

A perfect fit for college courses, each Norton Shorts title features resources to help instructors enrich their course material.

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