The Foundation explores expressions of meaning and commonality in human experience in order to promote a greater spirit of unity and understanding.
The Nour Foundation explores meaning and commonality in human experience with the aim of engendering a greater spirit of mutual understanding, tolerance, and unity among human beings worldwide. This exploration of shared commonalities is founded on a multidisciplinary and consilient approach that blends the sciences and the humanities to encompass larger questions of meaning and values. The concep
06/15/2026
The Nour Foundation presents part I of: Sacred Classical Music at the MET
Sacred Classical Music at the MET An evening of sacred classical music performed by members of the La...
04/10/2025
Tonight at The Morgan Library & Museum: “Becoming Human: An Elusive Pursuit” Steve Paulson in conversation with Elie During.
03/08/2025
Tonight at the Musical Instrument Galleries at the MET: traditional Kurdish music featuring members of the Razbar Ensemble
02/12/2025
Tonight at The Morgan Library & Museum: “A Cognitive Revolution: From Language to AI” Steve Paulson in conversation with Tania Lombrozo.
11/15/2024
Tonight at The Morgan Library & Museum: “From Biology to Culture: The Evolution of Goodness” Steve Paulson in conversation with David Sloan Wilson.
02/08/2024
Tonight at The Morgan Library & Museum: "Rethinking Mortality: Exploring the Intersection of Life and Death" Steve Paulson in conversation with Dr. Sam Parnia
12/06/2023
Tonight at The Morgan Library & Museum: "Spiritual Materialism: Transcendent Encounters with the Sacred" A Conversation with Alan Lightman
02/16/2023
Tonight’s panel “Cultivating the Mind: Reason and the Pursuit of Ethical Transformation” is moderated by Steve Paulson and features psychologist and neurobiologist Richard Davidson, classics scholar Edith Hall, and psychologist Dacher Keltner.
01/18/2023
Tonight’s panel “Fathoming the Mind: A Closer Look at the Formation of Self” is moderated by Steve Paulson and features philosopher Tamar Szabó Gendler, ecologist Carl Safina, and biologist Kenneth R. Miller
11/18/2022
Tonight's panel "Unraveling the Mind: The Mystery of Consciousness" is moderated by Steve Paulson and features philosophers Ned Block, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and Philip Goff