Scholars to Discuss Astrobiology and the Arts in Third Blumberg Dialogue, August 6—Dispatch July 28, 2015
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Nine leading scholars from the humanities and the sciences will convene for a series of conversations about how literature, media, and the arts construct stories about life in the universe – in novels, short-stories, film, theatre, and the news – and how these narratives influence the way we understand our own human role in the cosmos. Titled "Stories about Life in the Cosmos: Historical, Cultural, and Artistic Perspectives on Astrobiology," the event is part three of a three-part Blumberg Dialogues on Astrobiology, hosted by the Kluge Center as part of the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Astrobiology Program.
Scholars with expertise in a range of in a range of humanistic and scientific disciplines will attend. The scholars are:
• David Bates, Professor of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
• D. Graham Burnett, Professor of History, Princeton University
• Andrea Hairston, Louis Wolff Khan Professor of Theatre and African American Studies, Smith College
• Ursula Heise, Professor of English, UCLA
• Kenneth Knoespel, McEver Professor of Engineering and the Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech
• Robert Marzec, Associate Professor of English, Purdue University
• Colin Milburn, Professor of English, Science and Technology Studies, UC Davis
• Marc Raboy, Professor of Ethics, Media, and Communications, McGill University
• Blakey Vermeule, Professor of English, Stanford University
The scholars will participate in an afternoon public roundtable on Thursday, August 6th at 3:00 p.m. The discussion will be led by Derek Malone-France, associate professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Religion at The George Washington University, and John Baross, professor in the School of Oceanography and in the Astrobiology Program at the University of Washington.
What: “Stories about Life in the Cosmos: Historical, Cultural, and Artistic Perspectives on Astrobiology” – Part III of the Blumberg Dialogues on Astrobiology at The John W. Kluge Center.
When: Thursday, August 6, at 3:00 p.m. – note earlier start time
Where: Room LJ-119, 1st Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed.
Directions and maps: http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions/
The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to welcome all patrons. Please request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
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Scholars with expertise in a range of in a range of humanistic and scientific disciplines will attend. The scholars are:
• David Bates, Professor of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
• D. Graham Burnett, Professor of History, Princeton University
• Andrea Hairston, Louis Wolff Khan Professor of Theatre and African American Studies, Smith College
• Ursula Heise, Professor of English, UCLA
• Kenneth Knoespel, McEver Professor of Engineering and the Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech
• Robert Marzec, Associate Professor of English, Purdue University
• Colin Milburn, Professor of English, Science and Technology Studies, UC Davis
• Marc Raboy, Professor of Ethics, Media, and Communications, McGill University
• Blakey Vermeule, Professor of English, Stanford University
The scholars will participate in an afternoon public roundtable on Thursday, August 6th at 3:00 p.m. The discussion will be led by Derek Malone-France, associate professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Religion at The George Washington University, and John Baross, professor in the School of Oceanography and in the Astrobiology Program at the University of Washington.
What: “Stories about Life in the Cosmos: Historical, Cultural, and Artistic Perspectives on Astrobiology” – Part III of the Blumberg Dialogues on Astrobiology at The John W. Kluge Center.
When: Thursday, August 6, at 3:00 p.m. – note earlier start time
Where: Room LJ-119, 1st Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed.
Directions and maps: http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions/
The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to welcome all patrons. Please request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Received this email from a colleague? Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up-to-date on events at The John W. Kluge Center.
The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library’s remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge.
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