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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.
During the 2005-2006 academic year, T&C hosted programs on
The Ceaseless Society, American Militarism, War, Geopolitics and History: Conflict in the Middle East, European Muslim Identity in the New Millennium, Listening to Depression, the Militarization of Space, a series on the Future of Water, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and the 2005 International Development Fair.
On April 20, 2006, award-winning film producer Eugene Jarecki showed clips from “Why We Fight," the Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
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Forums 2005-2006
THE CEASELESS SOCIETY:
What happens to our mind, body, and spirit when we just never stop?
Tuesday, April 25, 5:30-8 pm, Simmons
Hall, 229 Vassar Street
Speaker:
Jon
Kabat Zinn
U MASS Medical School
Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
author of "Meditation for Optimum Health"
and "Full Catastrophe Living"
Moderator:
The
Venerable Tenzin LS Priyadarshi
Buddhist Chaplain and Visiting Scholar
MIT
The 14th Annual J. Herbert Hollomon Memorial Symposium
The March 16th and April 25th programs are being co-sponsored
with:
Simmons Hall; Center for Health Promotion and Wellness, MIT Medical Department;
Center for Work, Family and Personal Life, MIT; MIT-Prajnopaya, 2006
Mandala Project; Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston
[ Watch the videos - Broadband
- 220k | Dial-up
- 56k ]
MILITARISM:
The "New Normal" in American Politics and Culture?
Thursday, April 20, 7:00 pm, 6-120
Speakers:
Bryan
Hehir
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Missy
Cummings
MIT Humans and Automation Lab
Department of Aero/Astro, MIT
former military pilot
Eugene
Jarecki
Director of "Why
We Fight" a Charlotte Street Films, Ltd. Production
From 6:30-7:00, Mr. Jarecki will show excerpts from "Why We Fight" which
won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
The Second Annual Robert W. Mann Forum
Co-sponsored with the Tech Catholic Community
[Listen
to it ]
WAR, GEOPOLITICS AND HISTORY:
Conflict in the Middle East
Sunday, April 9, 1:30, 26-100
Speaker:
Robert
Fisk
Middle East correspondent
London Independent
With an introduction by Professor Noam Chomsky
[ Listen
to it ]
EUROPEAN MUSLIM IDENTITY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Tuesday, April 4, 7:30pm, 54-100
Speaker:
His
Eminence, Dr. Mustafa Ceric
The Grand Mufti of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Grand Mufti will address some of the issues and challenges
of integrating a large European Muslim population into the social, political
and cultural structures of Europe.
Sponsored by the MIT
Muslim Students' Association with support from the Technology
and Culture Forum, the Dean
of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Center
for International Studies.
[ Listen
to it ]
LISTENING TO DEPRESSION:
An Interdisciplinary Look at a Mental Health Crisis
Thursday, March 16th, 5:30-8:00 pm, 6-120
Panelists:
Dick
Wurtman
Kathryn
Madden
Richard
Kadison
Dr. David Mischoulon
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Director
MIT's Clinical Research Center
[ Listen
to it ]
CIVIL RIGHTS ON CAMPUS
Tuesday, February 21, 7:00pm, 6-120
Speakers:
Nancy Murray
Director
Bill of Rights Education Project
American Civil Liberties Union
Massachusetts
Hugh Gusterson
Anthropology and Science Studies
MIT
David Kaiser
Program in Science
Technology and Society
MIT
[ Listen
to it ]
THE ANATOMY OF RECONCILIATION:
From Violence to Healing
January 31-February 1, 9:00am-5:00pm,
Trinity Church, Copley Square
A conference sponsored by Trinity Institute, New York video
downlinked to Trinity Church, Copley
Square, Boston
For complete program information, please go to http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/institute or
call 617.536.0944.
The Militarization of Space: A Policy Debate
November 15, 7pm, 6-120
Speakers:
Lt. General Daniel P. Leaf
Deputy Commander,
United States Pacific Command
Theresa Hitchens,
Director
The
Center for Defense Information
[ Watch the videos - Broadband
- 220k | Dial-up
- 56k ]
The Future of Water
Complete Series Information
October 25 – November 10, 2005
7pm
a documentary film with
Comments by :
Rob Kramer
Speaker:
Vandana Shiva
Respondent:
Abha Sur
[ Watch the videos - Broadband
- 220k | Dial-up
- 56k ]
Speakers:
Marcia Brewster
Shauna Curry
[ Listen
to it ]
For more details on the International Water for Life Decade, see our two websites:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/water/water.htm
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/water/Interagency_activities.htm
Speaker:
Susan Murcott
Aaron Salzberg
Moderator:
Earthea Nance
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
[ Listen
to it ]
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: The Way Forward
October 22, 2005, 9:00am-5:00pm, 26-100
9:00am The Nuclear Freeze at 25: Lessons for Grassroots
Outreach
10:45am College Teaching on Security and Nonproliferation
Issues
3:00 pm The
Honorable Edward Markey
7th District Congressional Representative
Massachusetts
3:30 Cultural, Psychological and Religious Responses
to the Nuclear Threat
For a complete list of the day's events and speakers,
please go to http://idds.org.
There will be an additional day of programs on Friday, October 21 in 54-100.
FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF SYMPOSIA, PANELS, and SPEAKERS, please go to
the IDDS website http://idds.org or call
617.354.4337
International Development Forum 2005
September 30, 2005, 1-3pm, Lobby
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Visit web.mit.edu/idf/ for
more information
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