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UCSB will host a number of distinguished lecturers
from 2001 to 2003 as part of Science, Religion, and the Human Experience.
All lectures are free and open to the general public. Reservations
are
not required, but seating is limited depending upon the venue. Lectures
will be followed by comments from a faculty panel, a question-and-answer
time, and a general reception.
Check here for our upcoming schedule, as well
as online video and text archives of past lectures. A professionally-produced
VHS video copy will be made available within several weeks of each lecture;
please go to the UCSB-TV
website for VHS tape order information or call (805) 893-8812.
2003
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The 2003 season features four lectures, all taking place at Corwin
Pavilion, University Center on Thursday evenings starting at 7:30
PM. Park in unreserved spaces in lots 22 or 23; for accessibility
information, call 805-893-2117. A summary table is immediately
below. Click on any lecturer's
name for
more
detailed information,
including lecture abstract, lecturer photo and biography, names
of discussants, and additional lecture links.
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Date
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Day/ Time
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Location
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Name
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Affiliation
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Title
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2/6/03
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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University of Wisconsin
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Experiencing Evolution: Darwinism and the
Diminution of Religious Belief
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3/6/03
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
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Kabbalah and Contemporary Cosmology: Discovering
the Resonances
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4/17/03
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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Harvard University
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Uneasy Alliances: The "Faith Factor" in
Medicine; the "Health Factor" in Religion
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5/15/03
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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UC Santa Barbara
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In ____ We Trust: Science, Religion, and
Authority
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2002
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UCSB hosted an impressive array of lecturers for its 2002 season.
A summary table is immediately below. Click on any lecturer's name
for more detailed information,
including lecture abstract, lecturer photo and biography, names
of discussants, and additional lecture links.
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Date
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Day/ Time
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Location
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Name
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Affiliation
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Title
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1/ 11/ 02
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Fri 7-9 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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Oxford University
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Darwin, Design and the Unification of Nature
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2/ 7/ 02
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Thur 7-9 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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York University
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Empathy and Human Experience
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2/ 8/ 02
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Fri 7-9 PM
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Isla Vista Theater
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Washington University in St. Louis
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Gods, Spirits and the Mental Instincts that
Create Them
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3/ 7/ 02
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Thur 7-9 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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Florida State University
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Darwinism and Atheism: A Marriage Made in
Heaven?
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3/ 8/ 02
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Fri 7-9 PM
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Isla Vista Theater
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UC Santa Barbara
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The Origins of Science in Religion; or, Parents
and Offspring Should Respect Each Other
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4/ 11/ 02
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Thur 7-9 PM
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McCune
Conf. Room
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Boston University (Emeritus)
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The Complementarity of Science and Religion
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4/ 12/ 02
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Fri 7-9 PM
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McCune
Conf. Room
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UC Santa Barbara
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Modernity and the Mystical:
Science, Technology, and the Task of Human Self-Creation
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5/ 9/ 02
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Thur 7-9 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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Harvard University (Emeritus)
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The Depths and Shallows of Experience
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5/ 10/ 02
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Fri 7-9 PM
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Corwin Pavilion
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École des Mines de Paris
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The Specific Regime of Enunciation of Religious
Talk
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- 2001
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- Walter
Kohn
- Reflections of a Physicist after
an Encounter with the Vatican and Pope John Paul II
3:00-5:00 PM Friday April 20, Institute for Theoretical Physics
Main Seminar Room, 1003 Kohn Hall
Special Introduction: Ilene H.
Nagel, Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
Discussant: Rabbi Stephen Cohen, UCSB Hillel
Discussant: James Langer, Department of Physics
Further
info…
Jeffrey Russell- Constructing Cosmos: Science, Religion,
History, and Reality
3:00-5:00 PM Friday April 27
Hatlen Theater, Snidecor Hall (Note Venue Change)
Dedication in Memory of Ninian
Smart: Henry T. Yang, Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
Discussant: Helen Couclelis, Department
of Geography
Discussant: Maria Herrera-Sobek,
Luis Leal Chair, Department of Chicano Studies
Further
info…
Freeman Dyson- Technology
and Social Justice
3:00-5:00 PM Friday May 18
Isla Vista Theatre, 960 Embarcadero del Norte (Note Venue
Change)
Discussant: Paul Hansma, Physics Department
Discussant: Wade Clark Roof, Religious Studies Department
Further info…
Alan Wallace- The Intersubjective Worlds of Science
and Religion
3:00-5:00 PM Friday June 1
Corwin Pavilion, University Center (Note Venue Change)
Discussant: Alice Alldredge, Department
of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
Discussant: Greg Ashby, Department of Psychology
Discussant: Anita Guerrini, Department of History and Environmental
Studies Program
Further info…
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