Voices and Ideas
The Keys to Winter Arts & Sciences Advocacy: New Legislators and Our New Associate
Nora Eigenbrodt recently joined Phi Beta Kappa as the National Arts & Sciences Initiative Associate. You can reach her at advocacy@pbk.org.
ΦBK Visiting Scholar William Chester Jordan
Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee partnered to host Jordan September 13-14. He gave a public lecture titled “The First Crusade and Jewish Martyrdom”.
Connect with Us on the Road or Close to Home
This winter might be the perfect time to learn from one of our Visiting Scholars, attend a local museum tour, or participate in a book club. Find an event near you!
From the Secretary: Preparation for an Engaged Civic Life
A free and self-governing people require engaged and informed members of society. For this project, liberal arts education remains absolutely essential.
ΦBK Award Winners 2018
Read about ΦΒΚ winners and finalists for this year's MacArthur Foundation Fellowships, ΦΒΚ Book Awards, National Book Awards, Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes.
Biology, Behavior, and Free Will: Interview with Robert Sapolsky
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky (ΦBK, Harvard College) is the recipient of the 2018 Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award.
Interview: Laura Dassow Walls, Thoreau, and the Christian Gauss Award
Henry David Thoreau: A Life by Laura Dassow Walls is the 2018 Christian Gauss Award winner. The award recognize outstanding books in the field of literary scholarship or criticism.
Meet BP Engineer Ashleigh Hildebrand Ross
"Being inducted into the most prestigious liberal arts and sciences society, when I am most often identified as an engineer, feels like such an immense and precious honor."