Humanities Forum and Social Sciences Forum Lectures, Fall 2009

Lecture Series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of C. P. Snow's "Two Cultures" Lecture

Sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities, the Human Context of Science and Technology Program, the Humainties Forum and the Social Sciences Forum

C.P. Snow's "The Two Cultures": A Fifty Year Perspective

G. Rickey Welch, Professor of Biological Sciences, UMBC & Joseph N. Tatarewicz, Associate Professor of History and Director, Human Context of Science & Technology Program, UMBC

Monday, October 5 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Politics, Expertise and the Two Cultures

Harry Collins, Distinguished Research Professor, Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science (KES), Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, UK

Wednesday, October 28 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Snow, Two Cultures and the Science Wars

Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

Monday, November 2 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Global Climate Change: Science, Polity, and Authority

Naomi Oreskes, Provost, Sixth College, University of California, San Diego

Monday, November 9 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor

The Two Cultures Today: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion on the Sciences and the Humanities

Susan Dwyer, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park
Christoph Irmscher, Department of English, Indiana University
Manil Suri, Department of Mathematics, UMBC
Tim Topoleski, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMBC

Other Departmental, Social Sciences Forum and Humanities Forum Lectures

Wednesday, October 14 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Lincoln and Darwin

Sandra Herbert, Professor emerita, Department of History, UMBC
Phi Beta Kappa and Webb Lecture

Sponsored by the Department of History, Phi Beta Kappa, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the Humanities Forum and the Dresher Center for the Humanities

Monday, October 19 at 12pm
Fine Arts Building, Room 215

Seeking Lost Towns: Historic Archaeology in Anne Arundel County

Al Luckenbach, Director, Lost Towns Project, Anne Arundel County Archaeologist

Sponsored by the Department of Ancient Studies as part of Ancient Studies Week and the Social Sciences Forum

Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece

Sabine Albersmeier, Associate Curator, The Walters Art Museum

Sponsored by the Department of Ancient Studies as part of Ancient Studies Week, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, the Humanities Forum, the Department of Visual Arts, the Department of History, and the Special Sessions Committee

Thursday, November 5 at 4:30pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Gender Revolution in the Philippines: Women's Migration and Social Transformations

Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of American Civilization and Sociology, Brown University

The Korenman Lecture, Sponsored by the Gender and Women's Studies Program and the Social Sciences Forum

Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm
University Center Ballroom

David Oliver Relin, Author of Three Cups of Tea, UMBC's First Year Book Experience

Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Humanities Forum and the Dresher Center for the Humanities

Wednesday, November 11 at 7pm
University Center Ballroom

Immigration and African Diaspora Women

Nkiru Nzegwu, Professor of Africana Studies and Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture at Binghamton University SUNY

The W.E.B. DuBois Lecture, Sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies and the Humanities Forum and the Dresher Center for the Humanities

Wednesday, December 2 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Health Care Reform

Robert Reischauer, President, Urban Institute

Sponsored by the Social Sciences Forum and UMB/UMBC's Program in Gerontology