2006-2007
Dolan Memorial Symposium October 11-12, 2006
Monday, February 19, 2007, 2:30 p.m.
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center
What is the Purpose of the University?
A symposium on Civic Engagement and Moral Education
Richard Bernstein, PhD (Vera List Professor of Philosophy, New School University [New School for Social Research])
Mark Bauerlein, PhD (Professor of English, Emory University, National Endowment for the Arts Director of Research and Analysis)
Nicholas Wolterstorff, PhD (Noah Proter Chair Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University)
Respondents:
Petra Drucker (Senior; English, Philosophy and Political Science)
Liz Beaumont, PhD (Assistant Professor, Political Science)
Vic Bloomfield, PhD (Associate Vice President, Office of Public Engagement)
Sponsors: Office of Public Engagement, Office for Student Engagement and Leadership, MacLaurin Institute, Program in Human Rights and Health, Institute for Diversity, Ethics and Peace Organizing Committee
2005-2006
October 5, 12:15 p.m., 2-620 Moos Tower
Monster or Maverick?
Walter Freeman, Lobotomy, and the Rights of Psychosurgery Patients
Jack El-Hai
author of The Lobotomist,
(recipient June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Journalism)
Sponsored by:
Program in Human Rights and Medicine
Program in the History of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
(Pizza provided at 12:05 p.m.)
Wednesday, December 14, 12:15 p.m.
"Medical and Moral Reflections on Disaster Care in Louisiana"
Jim Hart, MD
School of Public Health
Jim Hart is the Associate Director of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health
and was a team member of the University's Emergency Medical Reserve Corps mission to Louisiana.
Moos Tower 2-530
(Pizza provided at 12:05 p.m.)
Thursday, July 6, 7:00 p.m., Weisman Art Museum
Bodies and Boundaries: Cultural and Religious Perspectives
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"Bodies, Boundaries, Culture and Religion: Connecting Terms and Times." Kirk C Allison, PhD (Program in Human Rights and Medicine, University of Minnesota)
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"One Person's Trash, Another Person's Treasure: von Hagen's Anatomy Road Show." Linda Schulte-Sasse, PhD (German Studies, Macalester College)
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"Plasti-Nation: How America Was Won." Lucia Tanassi, PhD (Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University)
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"Are We Our Bodies?" Terry Nichols, PhD (Department of Theology, University of Saint Thomas)
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"Sacred vs. Secular Notions of the Body from an American Indian Perspective." Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, DSN, RN (School of Nursing, University of Minnesota)
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Moderator: Mary Faith Marshall, PhD (Center for Medical Humanities; Center for Bioethics)
Co-Organized with the Center for Medical Humanities
Series: The Body on Display: Controversies and Conversations
Past Calendars
CALENDAR 04-05
CALENDAR 03-04
CALENDAR 02-03
CALENDAR 01-02
CALENDAR 00-01
CALENDAR 99-00
CALENDAR 98-99
CALENDAR 97-98
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