Center for Bioethics / Colloquium Series
Colloquium Series
2011-2012
4:00pm Reception | 4:30pm Lecture | 3401 Market Street, Suite 331
| Philadelphia, PA 19104
*Unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
"Ethics abroad in Richard Seizer's 'Imelda'"
Alvan Azinna
Ikoku, M.D.
Faculty, Montefiore-Einstein
Center for Bioethics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Bronstein Lecture: "The perversion of power in medicine in Germany and Austria: 1933-2011"
William Seidelman, M.D.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
"Harmonized and Diversified: International Guidelines vs. Native Culture"
Professor Xiaomei Zhai
Director, Center for Bioethics
Peking University Medical College
*Special location: 3401 Market St, Suite 321*
Monday, October 24, 2011
"Politics of Assistive Technology: The Case of 20th Century Reading Machines"
Mara Mills, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Media, Culture & Communication
New York University
*Special Location: 3401 Market St, Suite 321*
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
"Science, Technology, and the Culture Wars"
William Saletan
National correspondent at Slate.com
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Penn Center for Bioethics - Conversation Series featuring Jonathan Moreno, PhD, and Arthur Caplan, PhD
"The body politic: The battle over science in America"
new book by Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D.
David & Lynn Silfen University Professor of Ethics, Professor of Medical Ethics and of History and Sociology of Science
University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
"What Do We Do About Low-value Medical Services?"
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives; Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
"Upcoming revolution in prenatal testing"
Vardit Ravitsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioethics Program
University of Montreal
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
"Bioethics: Where it has been and where it should go"
Dan Brock, Ph.D.
Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics
Harvard Medical School
Thursday, March 29, 2012
MBE Special Event
*Special Location: University of Pennsylvania Hall of Flags
Elizabeth Freeman, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Editor of GLQ: A journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, University of California, Davis
Lisa Cartwright, Ph.D.
Professor, Communication and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego
Monday, April 23, 2012
MBE Special Event: "40th Anniversary -- Who should survive?"
Norman Fost, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Pediatrics, and Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin
Renee' Fox, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Sociology, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences
Thursday, May 10, 2012
MBE Commencement Ceremony: Title TBA
Location: University of Pennsylvania Houston Hall
Jackson Taylor, Associate Director
Creative Writing, The New School
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