Scientia - 2008-09
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Scientia wishes you a happy summer.
Please check back in July for details on our 2009-10 Program.
Thank you for your interest and support.
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Past Scientia Events:
2005 Panel Discussion: "Hurricane Katrina and Houston: Implications for our Future"
2007 Panel Discussion: Exhibiting "Lucy": Bones of contention at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
Past Scientia Programs:
Videotapes/DVDs of some of the past colloquia are available via Fondren Library, as well as the programs from past years.
2008-09 Colloquia: "Biopolitics"
2006-2007 Colloquia: "Constructing the Human Being"
2005-2006 Colloquia: "Animals and Humans"
2004-2005 Colloquia: "Conflict, Violence, and War "
2003-2004 Colloquia: "Human Fragility and Resourcefulness: Are We Fit Enough to Survive?"
2002-2003 Colloquia: "Evolutionary Biology as Paradigm Science"
2001-2002 Colloquia: "Health and Welfare Policy"
2000-2001 Colloquia: "Taking Chances: Risk and Randomness in Science and Society"
1999-2000 Colloquia: "Re-Thinking the University"
Malcolm Gillis on "Rice in the 21st Century" (April 25, 2000) Real Time Video
1998-1999 Colloquia: "Science and Religion: An Examination"
1997-1998 Colloquia: "In Memoriam: Kuhn and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge"
1996-1997 Colloquia: "Approaching the Millennium: Global Changes, Local Effects"
1995-1996 Colloquia: "Approaching the Millennium: Technologies, Communities, Histories"
1994-1995 Colloquia: "Ways of Knowing"
For further information about Scientia, please contact either Ms. Ellen Butler, Program Coordinator, Scientia Institute/De Lange Conferences, at 713-348-4695, or, Dr. Susan K. McIntosh, Director of Scientia, at 713-348-3380.
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