Events
Center for Ethics programs and events are designed to foster a sense of community, engage in productive discourse, and encourage critical thinking about important ethical issues. Whether you are a student, faculty, professional, or simply curious about ethics, there is something for everyone.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.
Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.
Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.
Tuesday, September 29, 12:00-1:15 pm
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 7 pm
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 2 – 4:30pm
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Rethinking Stewardship Symposium: Ethics and Creative Problem Solving in Museum Deaccessioning
The ethics of deaccessioning objects from art museum collections has gained increasing urgency as museums confront tight finances, burgeoning collections, changing collecting priorities and evolving institutional missions that extend beyond collection-centered stewardship to broader community engagement.
Should museums be permitted to deaccession objects? What purpose does deaccessioning serve, and does it strengthen or undermine the long-term value of museums? Should proceeds from the sale of deaccessioned objects be allowed to fund new buildings, support staff or acquire new works? When donor intent conflicts with an institution’s most pressing needs, which should take precedence? How does deaccessioning objects impact the reputations of living artists?
Organized by the Michael C. Carlos Museum and Emory University’s Center for Ethics, this symposium brings together professionals, artists, donors and the public to consider how museums can evolve responsibly while remaining true to their missions and communities. It will explore the policies and issues related to deaccessioning, as well as look at real life examples of how practice is evolving in the museum field today.
Participants include:
Jill Deupi, Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami; Masha Turchinsky, Hudson River Museum; Amy Lewis Hofland, Crow Museum, University of Dallas; Adam Levine, Toledo Museum of Art; Elizabeth Peterson-Jennings, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art; Danille Taylor, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum; Rod Bigelow, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Henry Kim and Todd Lamkin, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
This program is free and open to the public.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 12:00-1:00 pm
RISE (Resilience, Illness, Story, Empathy) is a welcoming space where Emory students, faculty, and staff read and reflect on illness narratives.It is intended especially for people living with illness, as well as those seeking to better understand these experiences and provide meaningful support.Each session focuses on a memoir exploring how illness shapes identity, relationships, and resilience, followed by an open discussion. This year’s theme will be stories of caretakers.
To RSVP: bit.ly/RISEbookclub
Location: Emory Center for Ethics, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
Center for Ethics Lounge
Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.
Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.
Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.
Tuesday, October 13, Noon to 1:15 pm
Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.
Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.
Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.
Tuesday, October 27, Noon to 1:15 pm
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 7 pm
Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.
Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.
Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, Noon to 1:15 pm.
Friday, November 13, 2026 - 12:00-1:00 pm
RISE (Resilience, Illness, Story, Empathy) is a welcoming space where Emory students, faculty, and staff read and reflect on illness narratives.It is intended especially for people living with illness, as well as those seeking to better understand these experiences and provide meaningful support.Each session focuses on a memoir exploring how illness shapes identity, relationships, and resilience, followed by an open discussion. This year’s theme will be stories of caretakers.
To RSVP: bit.ly/RISEbookclub
Location: Emory Center for Ethics, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
Center for Ethics Lounge
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 7 pm
Recent Past Events
Wednedsday, September 9, 2026, 7 pm
Monday, September 14, 2026, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Presenter: Gregg Robbins-Welty, Emory School of Medicine, Grady Hospital
Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.
Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.
Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.
Tuesday, September 15, Noon - 1:15 pm