Lecture, Book Sale & Signing
•Friday Night with Light Supper and Wine
•Saturday Afternoon with Refreshments
Witte Hall, 998 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach
•Friday, January 29, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
•Saturday, January 30, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Rutger Bregman
Humankind: A Hopeful History and Moral Ambition
Friday, January 29, 7:00pm
Saturday, January 30, 2:00pm
Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian, bestselling author, and co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition. He made his international breakthrough with his bestseller Utopia for Realists (36 languages), followed by Humankind (46 languages) and Moral Ambition (32 languages and counting). His work has sold around 2.5 million copies worldwide. The Guardian described him as ‘the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas’, and TED named him ‘one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers’. Bregman studied History at Utrecht University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He began his career at the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant before moving to the independent journalism platform De Correspondent, where he wrote for ten years. In 2024, Rutger co-founded The School for Moral Ambition, a non-profit organization inspired by his latest book. The initiative helps people to take the step toward an impactful career.