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Fall 2005 |
| Unless noted otherwise, the Humanities Forum
is scheduled for 1:00pm on Wednesdays in the Fielding Room, 3rd
floor of the Howe Center. There is a light buffet at all
sessions.
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Sep 14
Wed
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3:00pm
Howe Ctr, 2nd Flr
Faculty Club
4:15pm
Faculty Club
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Department of Art, Music & Technology
damali ayo,
artist, author, performer
How to Rent a Negro
[Reception to follow]
A Panel Discussion -
Race, Class and Politics: The Implications of Hurricane Katrina
in New Orleans
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Sep 21
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
Akif Kirecci,
Department of History
Huntington Before Huntington: Ziya Gökzlp's Theory of Turkish
Nationalism
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Sep 21
Wed
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4:15pm
Peirce 218
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Department of Social Science
Arnold Urken, Dept of Social Science,
Rev. Geoffrey Curtiss, All Saints Episcopal Parish, and
John Horgan, Center for Science Writings
A Panel Discussion:
Is the US Becoming a Theocracy?
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Sep 29
Thu
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11:30am
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
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Center for Science Writings
John Stachel,
Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University
A discussion on Einstein and the Theory of Relativity
A light buffet lunch to follow.
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Oct 5
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
George Dourdounas,
Department of History
On Monks and Circle Squarers
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Oct 11
Tue
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7:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
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Commemorating Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis
Professors Whittaker, McClellan, Horgan and Dobbins
What's So Special About Relativity?
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Oct 12
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Calder Room
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Humanities Forum
M.G. Prasad,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Science and Sanskrit in Ancient India
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Oct 19
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
Brane Mozetic
TBA
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Oct 26
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
Harold Dorn,
Department of History
Jews and Genes: the Khazar Hypothesis
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Oct 26
Wed
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3:00pm
Kidde 228
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Stevens Debate Club
Religion Inhibits Science
Refreshments will be available.
For more information, contact Professor Garry Dobbins.
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Nov 2
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
Claudia Hart,
Department of Art, Music and Technology
Virtual Sex: The Female Body in Digital Art
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Nov 9
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
Edward Foster,
Department of History
A Scandal at Oxford: Administrative Pressures and the Right
to Say What You Mean
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Nov 22
Tue
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
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Center for Science Writings
George Johnson,
Author and New York Times reporter
Searching for Miss Leavitt
Lunch will be served starting at 12:30pm.
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Nov 30
Wed
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1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
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Humanities Forum
Maria Plochocki-Williams
Letters in the Detective Novel
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Nov 30
Wed
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3:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
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Humanities Forum
Lisa Dolling,
Department of Philosophy
A Panel Discussion:
Does Sex Equal Gender?
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Dec 14
Wed
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4:30--6:30pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
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Center for Science Writings
Andrew C. Revkin,
Science and Environment Reporter, New York Times
The Melting Arctic and Other Tales of Global Warming
Food and refreshments will be served.
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To have an event posted here, contact Patrick Miller
at pmiller@stevens.edu
For additional information contact the Division of Humanities at
201-216-5398.
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