Downtown Lectures
An Inquiry into the Value of Work: A Discussion of Matt Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft
University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, ILElisa Rubbo, University of Chicago | Matthew Crawford, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies and Culture | Kirk Doran, University of Notre Dame
REGISTER HERE 5:30 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres | 6:30 Opening Remarks | 6:45 Dialogue and Q&A | 7:30 End Through the generosity of LCI's donors, undergraduate and graduate students are able to attend this event for free. Interested students should email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org to register. This event is cosponsored at The Point Magazine. Published in 2009, Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft became an unexpected best-seller. Written by a University of Chicago PhD and motorcycle mechanic, the book explored the value of craftsmanship and manual work in a world increasingly dominated by technology and abstract thinking. Drawing on his own experiences as...