Debates about when adolescence ends and adulthood begins often lead to judgements about how long youth today are taking to reach adulthood. Amid these debates, definitions of adulthood are nebulous and rife with implicit assumptions about what it means to be an adult, in both character and behaviour.
Dr Hill identifies societies as active agents in shaping adolescents’ beliefs about adulthood, including institutions such as schools, religious institutions, the economy, community agencies, and government. Many of these agencies serve to support, promote, and stratify youth into societal roles. As students struggle against, align themselves with, and catalyse change in these institutions, they find their place and sense of purpose as adults and citizens.
Growing up often entails a series of losses, gains, and renegotiations with the people and places that have defined them, along with internal processes of self-discovery, and individuation. In this lecture, Dr Hill will discuss the mechanisms that lead to youth re-evaluating and deepening their faith, developing hope, and in the process finding meaning on the pathway to adulthood.
Dr Hill identifies societies as active agents in shaping adolescents’ beliefs about adulthood, including institutions such as schools, religious institutions, the economy, community agencies, and government. Many of these agencies serve to support, promote, and stratify youth into societal roles. As students struggle against, align themselves with, and catalyse change in these institutions, they find their place and sense of purpose as adults and citizens.
Growing up often entails a series of losses, gains, and renegotiations with the people and places that have defined them, along with internal processes of self-discovery, and individuation. In this lecture, Dr Hill will discuss the mechanisms that lead to youth re-evaluating and deepening their faith, developing hope, and in the process finding meaning on the pathway to adulthood.
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Professor Nancy E. Hill
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The Clark Lectures aim to inspire the best of thinking about faith, learning and leadership by bringing to Sydney the world’s finest scholars.
Named in honour of eminent scientist, inventor of the bionic ear, and Scots Old Boy ('51), Professor Graeme Clark AC, this annual public lecture series is hosted by The Scots College, one of Australia’s oldest and most respected Presbyterian schools for boys.
Since its establishment in 2014, the annual Clark Fellowship has featured leading thinkers including an MIT nuclear physicist, and one of the world's 50 most influential living philosophers. It has come to be a significant annual intellectual and cultural event in Sydney.
To read more about past lectures, click here.
Named in honour of eminent scientist, inventor of the bionic ear, and Scots Old Boy ('51), Professor Graeme Clark AC, this annual public lecture series is hosted by The Scots College, one of Australia’s oldest and most respected Presbyterian schools for boys.
Since its establishment in 2014, the annual Clark Fellowship has featured leading thinkers including an MIT nuclear physicist, and one of the world's 50 most influential living philosophers. It has come to be a significant annual intellectual and cultural event in Sydney.
To read more about past lectures, click here.
