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Religion in the 21st Century: A Four-Part Series
Understanding the Dynamics and Impact of Change
The headlines are filled with stories
about events in which religious faith or religious institutions are
central. The dynamics within and between major faiths, as well as the
role of faith in political and social life, are shifting quickly. These
shifts are affecting how technologies are being used, how policy is
framed and debated, and much, much more. This series will offer an
overview of the factors and dynamics behind today's religious landscape.
The goal of the series is to equip participants to understand the context
within which they are working, leading, voting and living. Our
aim is for thoughtful conversation with experts which involves education,
self- reflection, and lots of opportunity for discussion
This series has been organized
by the Technology and Culture
Forum with co-sponsorship by the Program in Human Rights and Justice,
the Tech Catholic Community, the MIT School of Humanities,Arts and Sciences,
and the Office of the Dean for Student Life
Thursdays: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5 7:00pm in
Building W11--Registration
is required. Please e-mail weinmann@mit.edu
Women's Rights and Islam
April 14, 2005
Speakers:
Dr.
Lama Abu-Odeh
Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law
School.
Havva Guney Ruebenacker
Harvard Law School; Former Researcher, European Court of Human Rights
This event is co-sponsored by the MIT Program
in Human Rights and Justice.
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archive (Requires RealPlayer)
The Rise of Fundamentalism in the 20th Century
April 21, 2005
Speaker:
R.
Scott Appleby
Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame
University
Listen to the audio
archive (Requires RealPlayer)
Religious Terrorism
April 28, 2005
Speaker:
Mark
Juergensmeyer
Director, Global & International Studies, UC-Santa Barbara
Listen to the audio
archive (Requires RealPlayer)
Religion and the Media in the US
May 5, 2005
Speaker:
Gustav
Niebuhr
Associate Professor, Religion and the Media, Syracuse University
Respondent:
Tom
Roberts
Editor, National Catholic Reporter
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archive (Requires RealPlayer)
Saturday, April 30th, 11am-1pm , MIT Kresge
Auditorium
Speakers:
Noam Chomsky
MIT Institute Professor Emeritus
Ngo
Vinh Long
Professor History, University of Maine
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archive (Requires RealPlayer)
April 26th, 7pm, Rm.
3-270
Speakers:
Pedro
Sanchez
Director of Tropical Agriculture at the Earth Institute, Columbia University,
2002 World Food Prize recipient, a MacArthur Fellow for 2004.
Eric
Bost
United States Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Respondent:
Bill
Niebur
DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred
Moderator:
Calestous
Juma
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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archive. (Requires RealPlayer)
Our Brains and Us:
Neuroethics, Responsibility and the Self
April 17-19, 2005 Kresge
Auditorium, MIT
A conference developed by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science’s Program of Dialogue
on Science, Ethics and Religion in collaboration with departments
and faculty from MIT and Harvard University
The aim of this conference is to bring together scientists, philosophers,
members of diverse religious communities, and the public for a multifaceted
and interdisciplinary dialogue. It will explore emerging ethical, religious
and philosophical issues associated with neuroscience research.
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Welcome
and Neuroscience, Ethics, and Religion in Dialogue
Neuroscience
and Neuroethics
The
Self in Context
Neuroscience
and the Developing World
Moral
Agency and Free Will
Responsibility
and the Law
Therapeutic
and Non-therapeutic Interventions
Social
Interventions
Future
Directions for Dialogue
Beyond Agribusiness: New Models for Agricultural Production
March 10th, 2005, 7pm, Rm. 3-270
Speakers:
Brian
Donahue
Assoc. Prof. Brandeis University, author of Reclaiming the Commons:
Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town.
Kathleen
Merrigan
Director of the Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Tufts Univ.
Frederick L. Kirschenmann
Director of the Leopold Center at Iowa State University
Moderator:
Deborah
Fitzgerald
Prof. STS at MIT
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archive (Requires RealPlayer)
Rethinking Agricultural Subsidies
March 3rd, 2005, 7pm, Rm. 3-270
Speaker:
Barry
Goodwin
Prof. of Agricultural Economics, NC State University. Author of Landowners'
Riches: The Distribution of Agricultural Subsidies.
Barrett
Kirwan
Lecturer, Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University.
Tim
Wise
Deputy Director, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts
University
Moderator:
Prof.
Judith Tendler
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archive (Requires RealPlayer)
Election 2004: Did the Media Fail?
Thursday, February 17, 2005; 5:00pm in the Bartos
Theater (E15)
Speaker:
Terence Smith
Media Correspondent/Senior Producer, PBS's The
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Cathy Young
Boston Globe columnist and Contributing Editor, Reason
magazine
3rd program in a three-part series on the Media and the 2004 Elections
Co-sponsored with the MIT Communications Forum
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archive (Requires RealPlayer)
On Intelligence and Human Progress
Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 7:00pm
Speaker:
Jeff Hawkins
Palm Pilot inventor Jeff Hawkins explained his theory of how a new understanding of the brain will lead to the creation of truly intelligent machines and why he believes this has important, positive implications for education, in particular, and society in general.
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Media and Election: Is Our Democracy Working?
Many have claimed that the emergence of the Internet and the multiplication of television channels as a result of cable and satellite technologies have fundamentally altered American politics. The current presidential campaign may offer a decisive test of this thesis. How are new technologies enabling new forms of fundraising and political activism? What is the significance of the fact that Fox News, a cable network, drew more viewers of the Republican National Convention than the traditional networks? What has been the impact of such Internet- based groups as MoveOn and TrueMajority? Are these developments helpful to the ideal of an informed and engaged civic society? Or do they encourage polarization and the politics of slander and smear?
Offered in partnership with the MIT Communications Forum
New Roles for Established Media Thursday
October 28, 2004 at 5pm in E15-070
Speakers:
Mark
Jurkowitz
Media writer, Boston Globe
Amy
Mitchell
Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism
Alex
Jones
Director, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Harvard University Moderator
Steve
Van Evera
MIT Political Science
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New Media, Old Politics
Thursday, October 14, 2004 at, 5pm, Bartos
Theater (E15-070)
Speakers:
Henry
Jenkins
Comparative Media Studies Program, MIT
Joseph
Trippi
National Campaign Manager, Howard Dean 2004 and author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Garrett
Loporto
Consultant, truemajority.org
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Empire-Building:
Domestic and International Consequences
Friday, October 8, 2004
Speakers:
Noam
Chomsky
Institute Professor; Professor of
Linguistics: Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language
James
Carroll
columnist, Boston Globe; recipient of the National
Book Award for "An American Requiem"
Michael
Klare
Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire
College
Moderator:
Amy Goodman
host of "Democracy
Now!" and author of The Exception to the Rulers
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to it ]
What's Wrong with the American
Voting System (and what you can do about it)
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Speakers:
Joy
Marie Forsythe
MIT Graduate Student
Ted
Selker
Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab
Charles
Stewart
School of Humanities, Arts and Sciences
Moderator:
Barun
Singh
President, MIT Graduate Student Council
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to it ]
3rd Annual International Development
Forum
Friday, September 24; 1:00pm-3:00pm
For information go to International
Development Forum
Nuclear Proliferation
Domestic and International
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Speakers:
Joseph
Cirincione
Director for Non-Proliferation, Carnegie Endowment
for
International Peace
Randall Forsburg
Executive Director of the Institute for Defense
and
Disarmament Studies
Subrata
Goshroy
Senior Defense Analyst at the U.S. General Accounting Office
(Affiliation for the purposes of identification only.)
Moderator:
Allison Macfarlane
Research Associate at the MIT Center for International Studies.
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to it ]
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