ILA Symposium
institute for the liberal arts
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Heights Room
8:30 am - 5:15 pm
At this day-long symposium, four important speakers will share their views of the role of science in liberal arts education and society. This Event is free and open to the public.
Speakers
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker
Steven Pinker, Harvard University
Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia
Brian Greene, Columbia University
To RSVP required by 10/21 to ila@bc.edu.
For more information regarding this event, call 617.552.6930.
Liberal Arts Symposium Puts Spotlight on
Science
A look at the 2011 ILA Symposium by Tanner Edwards of The Heights.
Schedule
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Session 1 – Man in the Anthropocene Elizabeth Kolbert Introduced by: Gail Kineke, Chairperson, Earth & Environmental Sciences |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Session 2 – The History of Violence Steven Pinker Introduced by: Thomas Chiles, Chairperson, Biology Department |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Session 3 – The Technocultural Imagination: We Can't Understand Culture (or Anything) without Science Siva Vaidhyanathan Introduced by: John Gallaugher, the Carroll School of Management, Department of Information Systems |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Session 4 – Why Science Matters Brian Greene Introduced by: Michael Naughton, Chairperson, Physics Department |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Reception |