Compelling Conversations
The Provost's Compelling Conversation series welcomes notable speakers to Santa Clara University to engage our campus community on important contemporary issues.
Videos from past events are available below.
The Future of Reading in the Age of AI with Dr. Maryanne Wolf
When we rely on AI agents to parse, summarize, and compose written language, do we risk outsourcing the very cognitive processes that make us deep thinkers?
Artificial Intimacy: A Conversation with Sherry Turkle
What happens when chatbots teach us to avoid risk, sidestep difficult conversations, deny grief, and relinquish skills that make us human: empathy, resilience, and the ability to navigate uncertainty?
A Conversation on Truth, Justice, Radical Hope, and the Soul of Democracy with Cornel West
Dr. West challenges us to use courage and integrity to find our voice.
The Fallacy of Self-Interest: Depression and the Cost of Moral Carelessness with Andrew Solomon
The Fallacy of Self-Interest: Depression and the Cost of Moral Carelessness with Andrew Solomon
Running a Presidential Campaign: An Insider's Perspective with Jennifer O'Malley Dillon
O'Malley Dillon shares her experiences working on the Biden and Harris presidential campaigns
Is Peace Possible? What’s Next for the Middle East.
A conversation with Ghaith al-Omari and Ambassador Dennis Ross.