FREE PUBLIC PROGRAM

Noon lecture addresses “How the Humanities Can Help Business”

In this free lunchtime lecture, award-winning scholar Charles Burack discusses the practical value of a humanities education for business professionals and their organizations. He will emphasize the power and use of creative and critical thinking and of historical, cultural, and ethical perspectives.

Rescheduled from its original date of March 21, this lecture is the last of five noon-time lectures at the SOMA Center, all exploring cultural issues that make the humanities central to our lives.

The lecture series, "Art, Spirit, Politics, Power: Humanities on the Cutting Edge," gives an exciting glimpse into our interdisciplinary course offerings in the arts and humanities, including literature, history, spirituality, business, and the visual arts. Lectures are presented by UC Berkeley Extension’s premier instructors, all of whom have a passionate interest in sharing their fields of expertise with a general audience.

WHAT: Free public lecture, "How the Humanities Can Help Business"

WHEN: April 18, Tuesday, 12-1 pm

WHO: Charles Burack, Ph.D., is a poet, professor, and counselor. He teaches sacred literature, Kabbalah, creative writing, and work visioning at St. Mary's College, JFKU and CIIS. An award-winning scholar, he is author of D.H. Lawrence's Language of Sacred Experience (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and is writing a book on Kabbalah and creativity.

WHERE: UC Berkeley Extension South of Market Center, 95 Third Street (at Mission), San Francisco

Founded in 1891, UC Berkeley Extension is the continuing education branch of the University of California, Berkeley. Today, Extension offers 2,000 courses each year, including online courses, along with more than 30 certificate programs and customized on-site corporate training.

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