Events

Event Description:

Presidential Scholars Valerio Amoretti, Clare McCormack, and Raphaël Millière will discuss their cross-disciplinary research and findings. Their faculty mentors will provide brief responses. 

Event Speakers:

TALK TITLE: Feeling Present in Real and Virtual Worlds

• Raphaël Millière, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
  • Christopher Baldassano, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Columbia University
  • Christopher Peacocke, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
  • Daniel Wolpert, Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University

TALK TITLE: Reading (Oneself) Creatively

• Valerio Amoretti, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
  • Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Columbia University
  • Stathis Gourgouris, Professor of Classics, Columbia University
  • Kevin Ochsner, Professor and Chair of Psychology, Columbia University
  • Michael Shadlen, Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University

TALK TITLE: Pregnancy in the Face of Adversity

• Clare McCormack, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
  • Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Columbia University
  • Catherine Monk, Professor of Medical Psychology, Columbia University
  • Nim Tottenham, Professor of Psychology, Columbia University

Moderated by Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History, Chair of Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, and Director of the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University

Event Information:

Free and open to the public. Columbia University ID holders may attend in person. Members of the public must attend virtually via Zoom. Registration is required via Eventbrite. 

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