{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Faculty Speaker Series: Conversations with the Dean Featuring Chris Abani","description":"This special episode features the most recent edition of Weinberg College\u2019s faculty speaker series \u201cConversation with the Dean.\u201d This event series is designed to deliver insights into cutting-edge research and teaching from faculty experts around the College. The events are offered live to Weinberg College Leadership Society donors with a real-time Q&A. In this conversation, Professor of English Chris Abani and Dean Adrian Randolph discuss \u201cubuntu,\u201d a concept that recognizes our interconnectedness, the importance of an English major in today\u2019s world, and the Program in African Studies, which holds the largest collection of African and Africana books and artifacts outside of Africa.  Weinberg College Leadership Giving Society: https:\/\/giving.northwestern.edu\/s\/1479\/282-giving\/21\/interior3.aspx?pgid=7407&gid=282   Explore more "Conversations with the Dean": https:\/\/weinberg.northwestern.edu\/after-graduation\/for-alumni\/conversations-with-the-dean\/ ","author_name":"Weinberg in the World","author_url":"https:\/\/www.weinberg.northwestern.edu\/after-graduation\/student-alumni-connections\/podcast.html","html":"