The Lincoln-Chautauqua Partnership
Building bridges for meaningful connections.
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Annual Lincoln-Chautauqua Lecture
Each year, we co-sponsor a lecture in Arizona with the Chautauqua Institution, where we invite a prominent speaker to discuss ethical ways to address current, pressing problems. Through the shared values of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics and the Chautauqua Institution, we explore how to confront the issues of our times.
The Chautauqua Institution Experience
Every summer, a small group of ASU students attend a week of immersive summer programming at the Chautauqua Institution, located in the countryside of southwestern New York. This community is filled with artists, educators, thinkers, faith leaders and friends dedicated to the legacy of lifelong learning. Fellows share a rented cottage that is minutes away from dozens of daily lectures, classes and performances—or some lakeside recreation.
About our Partnership
David Lincoln attended the Chautauqua Institution every summer with his family as a child, and continued his family's legacy at the Institution by establishing a partnership between ASU and Chautauqua through the Lincoln Center.
The Lincoln Center is engaging students to actively participate in critical discussions about what it means to be human and to ethically innovate. Our partnership enables students to be collaborators in the Chautauqua tradition of stimulating creative responses to the issues we face in today’s society.
Support this Partnership
Your gift allows us to continue providing students with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.