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Saturday, March 16th
2:00 - 3:30PM

Elizabeth Bishop: A Conversation about Her Poetry

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) is one of the great masters of American poetry of the 20th Century. Her remarkable gifts have been described in a variety of ways, but one gift repeatedly recognized by readers is her skill at recounting the results of her capacity for observation.… read more »

Sat
16
Mar

Saturday, March 16th
2:00 - 3:30PM

Elizabeth Bishop: A Conversation about Her Poetry

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) is one of the great masters of American poetry of the 20th Century. Her remarkable gifts have been described in a variety of ways, but one gift repeatedly recognized by readers is her skill at recounting the results of her capacity for observation.… read more »

Saturday, March 9th
1:30 - 3:30PM

The Topology of Fear

How do emotions color and shape our actions? How do we decide to take action in the midst of fear for our own lives–go to war, fight an intruder, save a person falling on subway tracks–or to ward off catastrophes such as global climate change and the irreversible loss of species that could lead to the extinction of our own species?… read more »

Sat
09
Mar

Saturday, March 9th
1:30 - 3:30PM

The Topology of Fear

How do emotions color and shape our actions? How do we decide to take action in the midst of fear for our own lives–go to war, fight an intruder, save a person falling on subway tracks–or to ward off catastrophes such as global climate change and the irreversible loss of species that could lead to the extinction of our own species?… read more »

Saturday, February 23rd
2:30 - 4:30PM

Love, the Interrogative

In one of his novels, Milan Kundera suggested that “love is a continual interrogation.” What is this thing called love? Is it, as Shakespeare might have it, “the star to every wandering bark”? Or, in Bronzino’s words, “always a fountain and a vase of tears”?… read more »

Sat
23
Feb

Saturday, February 23rd
2:30 - 4:30PM

Love, the Interrogative

In one of his novels, Milan Kundera suggested that “love is a continual interrogation.” What is this thing called love? Is it, as Shakespeare might have it, “the star to every wandering bark”? Or, in Bronzino’s words, “always a fountain and a vase of tears”?… read more »

Saturday, February 16th
3:00 - 4:30PM

Urdu Poetry: Ghalib and the Ghazal

“Plaintiffs in Paper Robes: The First Ghazal of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib” Frances Pritchett and Mustafa Menai will discuss the poetry of Ghalib and the ghazal form by looking at the first verse of the first ghazal of his divan. In Pritchett’s words, “An Urdu ghazal consists of a series of miniature poems, each two lines long.… read more »

Sat
16
Feb

Saturday, February 16th
3:00 - 4:30PM

Urdu Poetry: Ghalib and the Ghazal

“Plaintiffs in Paper Robes: The First Ghazal of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib” Frances Pritchett and Mustafa Menai will discuss the poetry of Ghalib and the ghazal form by looking at the first verse of the first ghazal of his divan. In Pritchett’s words, “An Urdu ghazal consists of a series of miniature poems, each two lines long.… read more »

Saturday, November 17th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Animal Language

The animal kingdom has evolved multiple adaptive strategies for the efficient transmission of information, one way of defining language. In this roundtable, led by experts in fields ranging from the communication in dolphins, monkeys, and whales to speech recognition technology, we will explore the phonics and sonics of animal communication.… read more »

Sat
17
Nov

Saturday, November 17th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Animal Language

The animal kingdom has evolved multiple adaptive strategies for the efficient transmission of information, one way of defining language. In this roundtable, led by experts in fields ranging from the communication in dolphins, monkeys, and whales to speech recognition technology, we will explore the phonics and sonics of animal communication.… read more »

Saturday, October 27th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Male-Male Competition: Globalization, War, and Violence

Little attention is paid to the fact that in his book, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin devoted twelve chapters to male-male competition (describing it as “the law of battle”), detailing intra-species male morphological and behavioral differences from molluscs through mammals, arriving finally and specifically at human mammals.… read more »

Sat
27
Oct

Saturday, October 27th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Male-Male Competition: Globalization, War, and Violence

Little attention is paid to the fact that in his book, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin devoted twelve chapters to male-male competition (describing it as “the law of battle”), detailing intra-species male morphological and behavioral differences from molluscs through mammals, arriving finally and specifically at human mammals.… read more »

Sunday, October 14th
3:00 - 4:30PM

Collaborations: Jazz and Poetry

What is jazz poetry? How can words, inert objects, be used to convey this blues-based, improvisatory, aural form? What is a jazz-related piece of writing? Is it merely “about” jazz, or does it do something more? How do poems respond to jazz in all its musical and cultural overtones?… read more »

Sun
14
Oct

Sunday, October 14th
3:00 - 4:30PM

Collaborations: Jazz and Poetry

What is jazz poetry? How can words, inert objects, be used to convey this blues-based, improvisatory, aural form? What is a jazz-related piece of writing? Is it merely “about” jazz, or does it do something more? How do poems respond to jazz in all its musical and cultural overtones?… read more »

Saturday, October 13th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Why Do Economists Disagree?

A pre-election roundtable of a politically diverse group of noted economic theorists exploring their philosophical convergences and divergences.

Free and open to the public.… read more »

Sat
13
Oct

Saturday, October 13th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Why Do Economists Disagree?

A pre-election roundtable of a politically diverse group of noted economic theorists exploring their philosophical convergences and divergences.

Free and open to the public.… read more »

Saturday, September 15th
2:30 - 4:30PM

What Can Mathematics Teach Us About Mind/Brain?

Philosophy meets mathematics meets neuroscience in this roundtable investigating how cutting-edge mathematical models are elucidating the computational rules encoding brain functions and the implications for a deeper understanding of mind.

Free and open to the public.… read more »

Sat
15
Sep

Saturday, September 15th
2:30 - 4:30PM

What Can Mathematics Teach Us About Mind/Brain?

Philosophy meets mathematics meets neuroscience in this roundtable investigating how cutting-edge mathematical models are elucidating the computational rules encoding brain functions and the implications for a deeper understanding of mind.

Free and open to the public.… read more »