April 2018
Urban Floods: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference
This conference will address major urban floods, past, present and future. The goal is to understand these events in as holistic a way as possible, considering scientific and humanist questions together, and informed by historical context. Our focus will be on weather events in the United States and South Asia.
Find out more »Seminar: The Gardens of La Garra
Erik Dhont and Anette Freytag will lecture and present their new book together with graphic designers Madeleine Stahel and Tiziana Artemisio.
Find out more »The Worlds That Plague Made: Cultures of Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern Period
The Annual Conference at the Medieval and Renaissance Center will be held on April 13th and 14th. This year's theme will be "The Worlds That Plague Made: Cultures of Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern Period." Keynote speakers will be Ann Carmichael, Indiana University, and Susan Jones, University of Minnesota.
Find out more »Vence L. Bonham – Social Justice and Genome Editing: Voices of the Sickle Cell Disease Community
Genome-editing technologies are reported to have the promise to cure, ease, and possibly prevent the burden of numerous genetic diseases. One of the first uses of genome editing could involve treatment of sickle cell disease. In this talk, Dr. Bonham will present findings from a recent study that investigates the knowledge, values and opinions of the U.S. sickle cell disease community about participation in genome-editing clinical trials and the future use of the technology in clinical care.
Find out more »Eric R. Kandel – From Vienna to New York: Memory of a Life in Two Worlds
Nobel Prize-winner and 2018 Silvers Visiting Scholar Eric Kandel explores his career in brain science and its connection to art through the lens of his autobiography, where he reflects on how his experience as a young Jewish boy in Vienna 1938 has shaped his life as a scientist and a thinker.
Find out more »CANCELED: Kristien Hens – Epigenetics, Precision Medicine and Responsibility Towards Children
Kristien Hens discusses epigenetics, precision medicine and responsibility towards children.
Find out more »The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine
Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai and the American Center, invite you to the exhibition ‘The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine,’ researched and designed by Dr. Anthony Acciavatti from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University. By combining techniques from the arts and sciences, Acciavatti has created the first comprehensive visual profile of the Ganga River Basin in 50 years.
Find out more »New Approaches to Preindustrial Technology: Bodies, Minds, and Machines
An international workshop organized by Paula Bertucci with the support of the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, the Program in the History of Science and Medicine, the Department of History, and the Humanities Program at Yale University will take place on April 20-21, 2018.
Find out more »Science and Transformation in Jewish Culture
During this two-day colloquium, scholars from around the world will join our fellows to explore the ways that science and Judaism have long been mutual catalysts of change, exploration, and self-reflection.
Find out more »Cons and Scams: Their Place in American Culture Conference
Cons and con men have long been present in American culture and are often represented as romantic figures. This symposium will explore cons and scams in their many guises and what makes us vulnerable to them, with particular attention to the current political scene in the US.
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