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The Technology and Culture Forum is a ministry of the
Episcopal Chaplain at MIT, and grows out of the church’s commitment
to peace, justice, and upholding human dignity. Our programs challenge
participants to consider how their work as scientists, engineers, managers,
and citizens furthers these ideals.
On November 27, 2001 renowned author, Karen Armstrong, spoke on the
Hijacking of Religion in War. Her books include History of God: The 4,000 Years Quest of Judaism, and The Battle for God.
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Forums 2001-2002
The
World Bank: Critical Perspectives
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Speakers:
Dennis Brutus
Professor Emeritus,
Northwestern University; Jubilee
2000 South Africa
Devesh Kapur
Professor, Harvard University and author
of "The World Bank: Its First 50 Years"
Njoki Njehu
Director, 50 Years is Enough
Moderator:
Dr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
MIT
[ MIT World
video ]
Technology
and Law: Shaping a Peaceful and Just Future
Friday, May 17, 2002
Speakers:
Judge Weeramantry
Lunch at the Faculty Club with lecture by Judge Weeramantry, former VP of the
International Court of Justice
National
Missile Defense Or Offense? The True Role of the US Missile Defense
System
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Speakers:
Dr. Dingli Shen
Deputy Director, Centre for American Studies
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Randall Forsberg
Institute for Defense and Disarmament
Studies
Lisbeth Grundlund
Union of Concerned Scientists
[ Listen
to it ] [ MIT
World video ]
Peter
Barnes: Who Owns the Sky?
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Speaker:
Peter Barnes
Founder, Working Assets and author of "Who Owns the Sky?"
[ Listen
to it ] [ MITWorld video ]
The
Impact Of MCAS On Inquiry-Based Science Education
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Speaker:
Dr. Deborah Meier
Principal, Mission Hill School
Eugene Gallagher
UMass - Boston
Moderator:
Prof.
Jonathan King
MIT
[ Listen
to it ] [ MITWorld video ]
Exploring
the Many Dimensions of Sustainable Development
April 3 - May 1, 2002
Speakers:
Tony Charles
University of Sunderland UK
Sylvie Faucheux
University of Versailles, France
Nicholas
Ashford
MIT
John Sterman
MIT
Robert Scott
Economic Policy Institute
Basil Whiting
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
Co-sponsored with LEEE, Sloan
School and Department
of Architecture
Audio cassettes of this series are available. Contact weinmann@mit.edu for
information.
Does
Tampering with the Human Genome Violate Human Rights?
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Speaker:
Stephen Marks
Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
Co-sponsored with the MIT Program
in Human Rights Law
Missile
Defense: Causes and Consequences
Thursday, February 28, 2002
Speakers:
Stephen
Van Evera
MIT, Political Science; Center
for International Studies
Geoffrey Forden
MIT, Center for International Studies
George Lewis
MIT, Center for International Studies
Co-Sponsored with the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal
Desmond
Tutu: Reconciliation in a Broken World
Sunday, February 24 , 2002
Speaker:
Desmond
Tutu
Remarks by DESMOND TUTU made at an ecumenical gathering at the Cathedral of St.
Paul in Boston.
Related Links:
Tutu Foundation
[ Listen
to it ]
Technology
and the New Global Context: Rethinking Social Responsibility
Friday-Saturday, February 22-23, 2002
Speakers:
Philip
Morrison
MIT
Tiffany
Shlain
One of Newsweek's "Women Shaping the 21st Century," founder and director
of the Webby Awards, Internet expert
for ABC's Good Morning America
Panels:
Panels on Genetic Engineering of Food, Security Issues on the Internet, and Global
Climate Change (Saturday)
Conference sponsored by MIT Student Pugwash
[ Listen
to Keynote speech (February 22, 2002) ]
[ Listen
to Panel 1 (February 23, 2002) ]
[ Listen
to Panel 2 (February 23, 2002) ]
[ Listen
to Panel 3 (February 23, 2002) ]
What
Part of You Is NOT for Sale? Economic Justice and Consumer Choice
Wednesday, February 6, 2002
Speakers:
Thomas Beaudoin
Adjunct professor of theology, Boston College, and author of "Virtual Faith:
The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X"
Rodney North
Director, Community Realtions, Equal
Exchange
Katia Lemos
Director, Ana da Hora Workers Center
[ Listen
to it ]
The
Media and the War in Afghanistan
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Speakers:
Anne Barnard
Foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe
Henry Jenkins
Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
David Barsamian
Producer, "Alternative Radio".
John Dower
MIT, Department of History and Pulitzer Prize recipient
Moderator:
Marc Kusnetz
Senior Producer, NBC Nightly
News, Weekend Edition
Co-sponsored with South
End Press
[ Listen
to it ]
Karen
Armstrong:
The Hijacking of Religion in War
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Speaker:
Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong is Professor of Religion at Leo
Baeck College, London, England. Her books include A History of God: The
4,000 Years Quest of Judaism, and The Battle for God
This program was sponsored by the MIT Board of Chaplains and the
Dean for Student Life/Dean of Undergraduate Education.
Beyond
the Headlines: Making Sense of the Stem Cell Debate
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Speaker:
George Daley
MIT/ Whitehead Institute for Biomedical
Research
Thomas Shannon
Religion and Social Ethics, Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
Abbey Meyers
President, National Organization for
Rare Disorders
Moderator:
Claudia Mickelson
Chair, Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, NIH
[ Listen
to it ] [ MITWorld Video ]
Energy
and Climate: What Role for Conservation Policy?
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Speakers:
Ernest
Moniz
Physics, MIT and former Undersecretary,
US Department of Energy
David Nemtzow
Thomas Casten
Chairman and CEO, Private Power LLC
Moderator:
Henry Jacoby
Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of the MIT
Joint Program
on the Science & Policy of Global Change
[ Listen
to it ]
An
Evening with Noam Chomsky: The New War Against Terror
October 18, 2001
Speaker:
Noam Chomsky
Related Links:
Noam Chomsky's Works
[ Listen
to it ] [ MITWorld video ]
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