March 2017
Haptic Bodies: Perception, Touch, and the Ethics of Being
Event Oval, The Diana Center How are we, as global citizens, accountable to each other? This year’s Scholar and Feminist Conference explores the haptic— the perception and manipulation of objects using the sense of touch—as an ethics of being in the world. Feminist scholars, artists, and activists come together in this utterly unique two-day conference to examine the many ways in which touch helps us better understand the politics and aesthetics of embodiment, situatedness, and performance. Through a series of…
Find out more »New Illuminations: Art-NATURE-History Conference
This symposium brings together contributors to a newly burgeoning mode of work that sits at—and defies—the boundaries between scholarly research and creative art related to nature and the history of science.
Find out more »All Ivy Environmental & Sustainable Development Career Fair
Columbia University Alfred Lerner Hall Roone Arledge Auditorium 2920 Broadway, between 114th and 115th Streets The eight Ivy League schools are teaming up once more to host the fourteenth anniversary of the All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair on March 3, 2017. Representatives from organizations in the private, non-profit and public sectors across a multitude of industries will have the opportunity to connect with top graduate and undergraduate students. Registration is required; please visit the event website for…
Find out more »The Space in Between – NYC Science, Art, & Culture Conference
Until recently, art and the humanities in general have been perceived as mutually exclusive disciplines compared to science. Over the past several years, however, there has been increasing interest in bringing these fields together to explore overlapping themes and methods. Scientific breakthroughs in areas like biochemistry, particle physics, and genetic research have radically changed our view of the world, and simultaneously more and more artists have started to work with scientific areas of research, technologies, and methods in the field of “sci-art,” often in collaboration with scientists.
Find out more »Neuroscience in the Body: Perspectives at the Periphery – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
Moderated by a current Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, this discussion will extend across practices distinguished by disciplinary and cultural boundaries to explore neuroscience at the periphery of the body.
Find out more »The Mayhem of a Misdiagnosis
In this event, the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior will present a case that concerns a tragic trajectory caused by undetected brain disease and the interpersonal and larger societal havoc that can be wreaked by a misdiagnosis. Weaving a narrative that highlights the subject’s personal life and neurological decline, experts in psychiatry, law, and neurology will consider: what can be done to prevent the mayhem of a misdiagnosis?
Find out more »Threshold: Biodiversity, Climate, and Humanity at a Crossroads
In Threshold, three renowned scholars will discuss the implications of the climate crisis for the future of life on Earth. By exploring the variety of scientific, cultural and political relationships between humanity and biodiversity over time, these experts will address the elements needed to respond to the most daunting challenge in human history. Threshold will conclude with a panel discussion and questions from the audience on the prospects for a new environmental ethic for the 21st century.
Find out more »Cancer Across Cultures: Defining Disease in Integrative Oncology
In this event, our speakers investigate cancer across cultural and and social boundaries to better articulate diverging and converging definitions of disease.
Find out more »Jackie Scully – Precision Medicine, Embodiment, Self & Disability
Speaker: Jackie Scully, Newcastle University This event is part of the Columbia Precision Medicine Initiative’s series, Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics, and Culture. As a form of genomic science, precision medicine holds out the promise of new classifications of bodily anomaly (including disease and disability) and new possibilities for intervention and normalization. Its advocates argue that it will lead to improvements in the efficacy, efficiency and economy of healthcare services provision. Beyond its practical impact, however, the transition to precision medicine is…
Find out more »Nancy Tomes – Nuisance or Necessity? Historical Perspectives on the “Informed” Patient
Drawing on her latest book, Dr. Nancy Tomes will put the current debates over the value of “medical Googlers” in historical perspective.
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