Past Presentations to the Social Science Forums

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Spring 2010:

Changing the Culture of Aging William Thomas, Professor, Erickson School of Aging Studies, UMBC The Petrovich Lecture, sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, the Honors College, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Erickson School of Aging

Virgin Territory: On Writing a History of Virginity Hanne Blank, writer and independent scholar Followed by a conversation with Emek Ergun, PhD Candidate, Language Literacy and Culture Program, UMBC, on translating Blank's work The Women's History Month Lecture, sponsored by the Gender and Women's Studies Program, the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Department of History

Reforming Child Welfare Olivia Golden, Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute Co-sponsored with the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program

Mayoral Leadership During a Crisis: Lessons from Atlanta's First Black Mayor, Maynard Jackson Robert Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Clark Atlanta University Co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science, the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program, the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, and the Department of Public Policy

Counting America: The 2010 Census Rebecca M. Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce Sponsored by the Department of Public Policy, the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program and the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research

Greenhouse Gases: Policy and Economics Paul Joskow; President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management, MIT The Mullen Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Economics

National Drug Demand Reduction Priorities: Implications for the Nation, the Community, and Providers A. Thomas McLellan, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States The Psychology Distinguished Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Psychology

Abigail Adams Woody Holton, Professor of History, University of Richmond The Low Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History

Fall 2009:

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

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

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

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

Snow, Two Cultures and the Science Wars Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

Global Climate Change: Science, Polity, and Authority Naomi Oreskes, Provost, Sixth College, University of California, San Diego

Other talks:

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

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

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

Health Reform: Play It Again Sam or Now for the Hard Part Robert Reischauer, President, Urban Institute Sponsored with UMB/UMBC's Doctoral Program in Gerontology and The Hilltop Institute