Thursday, January 24, 2008—6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., 5th Floor, Washington Room

The Starting from Scratch lecture series was created to be a forum for prominent scholars, intellectuals, artists, entrepreneurs, activists, and community leaders to speak about the psychological dimension of their experience with starting a socially important enterprise from the ground up. Concepts such as “invention,” “creativity,” “inspiration,” “choice,” “pressure,” “satisfaction,” and “self-fulfillment” will be illuminated from the particular professional and individual perspective of each speaker.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Richard Shweder is a founder of the field of modern cultural psychology and author of several books including Why Do Men Barbecue?: Recipes for Cultural Psychology and Thinking Through Cultures: Expeditions in Cultural Psychology. He received a Ph.D. degree in social anthropology from the Department of Social Relations at Harvard University in 1972, taught a year at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, and has been at the University of Chicago ever since.

About the Chicago Cultural Center:

As one of the most comprehensive free arts showcases in the United States, this landmark building is the setting for hundreds of programs and exhibitions presented annually by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Through collaborative programming, admission-free exhibitions and programs covering a wide range of the performing, visual, and literary arts are presented on practically every day of the year. For more information about the Chicago Cultural Center, visit www.chicagoculturalcenter.org or call 312.744.6630.

For more information about the Starting from Scratch lecture series, contact Dr. Katia Mitova at 312.467.8607, kmitova@thechicagoschool.edu.