Conversations
The recurring Conversations feature in
21stC assembles scholars from several different disciplines for an informal
brainstorming session on a topic of importance to all fields represented. Our
Conversationalists to date have included members of Columbia's arts and sciences faculty,
researchers from other institutions, and prominent commentators from outside the academy.
Except where noted, Conversations are moderated by the Editor of 21stC.
Simon Schama, Old Dominion Professor of History, professor of art history and archaeology, and author, Landscape and Memory (NY: Knopf, 1995)
Jaron Lanier, inventor/musician/author and visiting scholar, Computer Science Departments, Columbia and NYU
Harold Sackeim, clinical professor of psychiatry, College of Physicians &
Surgeons, Columbia
Joel E. Cohen, professor of populations, Columbia and Rockefeller universities; author, How Many People Can the Earth Support? (NY: Norton, 1996)
Allan Rosenfield, dean, Columbia School of Public Health
John Horgan, senior writer, Scientific American; author, The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Science in the Twilight of the Scientific Age (NY: Addison-Wesley, 1996)
Kelly Moore, assistant professor of sociology, Barnard
Robert Park, professor of physics, University of Maryland; director of
public information, American Physical Society
"Biotechnology in 2018: How will genetic science and technology change the world?"
Barry Bloom, dean, Harvard School of Public Health; previously Weinstock Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Harry Griffin, assistant director for science, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh
Robert Pollack, professor of biological sciences,
Columbia
Joan Hoff, professor of history, Ohio University
Richard Pious, professor of political science, Barnard
We invite further suggestions for interdisciplinary Conversation topics, and we welcome crosslinks between your site and ours. Please write to the Editors with your comments.