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Social Sciences Forum
Fall 2009 Lecture Series
The Social Sciences Forum presents topics and perspectives of vital interest to the social sciences community and beyond. Lectures are free and open to the public and will last approximately one hour, followed by a question and answer period and a reception. For more information, call
410-455-2916.
If you would like to receive announcements about the Social Sciences Forum, email us.
Directions and Parking
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Wednesday, December 2 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Health Care Reform
Robert Reischauer, President, Urban Institute
Sponsored with UMB/UMBC's Doctoral Program in
Gerontology and The Hilltop Institute |
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Wednesday, September 30 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor
C.P. Snow's “The Two Cultures”: A Fifty Year Perspective
G. Rickey Welch, Professor of Biological Sciences, UMBC & Joseph N. Tatarewicz, Associate Professor and Director, Human Context of Science & Technology Program, UMBC
Sponsored with UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Human Context of Science and Technology Program
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of C.P. Snow's “Two Cultures” Lecture |
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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
Sponsored with UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Human Context of Science and Technology Program
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of C.P. Snow's “Two Cultures” Lecture |
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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 |
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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
Sponsored with UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Human Context of Science and Technology Program
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of C.P. Snow's “Two Cultures” Lecture
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Monday, November 2 at 4pm
Albin O. Kuhn Library 7th floor
Global Climate Change: Science, Polity, and Authority
Naomi Oreskes, Provost, Sixth College, University of California, San Diego
Sponsored with UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Human Context of Science and Technology Program
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of C.P. Snow's “Two Cultures” Lecture
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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
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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
Sponsored with UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Human Context of Science and Technology Program
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of C.P. Snow's “Two Cultures” Lecture |
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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 |
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