project humanities · 2019. 12. 31. · alan dean foster and braden r. allenby will discuss the...
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PROJECT HUMANITIES FALL 2012 KICKOFFARE WE LOSING OUR HUMANITY?Project Humanites explores the ways we connect with each other and make meaning of our shared experiences.
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Talking · Listening · Connecting
Wednesday, September 12, 5:15-7 p.m.Physical Sciences F-wing, Room 123, Tempe campusRSVP at http://csi.asu.edu/tvdinner
Alan Dean Foster and other respondents will discuss the episode and its implications for our culture’s imagination about science, exploration, and encounters with the Other.
End of the Golden Age: Science Fiction Before and After the Atomic Bomb
Wednesday, September 12, 1-2 p.m.Noble Science Library, Tempe campusRSVP at http://csi.asu.edu/goldenage
Alan Dean Foster will discuss his experiences working with fellow science fiction editor John W. Campbell.
Science Fiction TV Dinner Series Launch Star Trek: The Original Series
Science Fiction TVDinner Series LaunchStar Trek: The Original Series
Alan Dean Foster and
Braden R. Allenby will discuss the classic episode “Arena” and its im-plications for our culture’s imagination about science, exploration, and encoun-ters with the Other. Alan Dean Foster is a celebrated science fiction writer and contributor to the Star Trek, Star Wars, Chronicles of Riddick and Alien franchises. Mr. Foster is the story writer for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and recently wrote the novel versions of the new Star Trek reboot and Terminator: Salvation.
Braden R. Allenby is Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics; President’s Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, and of Law; Founding Chair of the Consortium for Emerging Technologies, Military Opera-tions, and National Security; and Found-ing Director of the Center for Earth Sys-tems Engineering and Management, at ASU. Dr. Allenby received his BA from Yale University, his JD and MA (eco-nomics) from the University of Virginia, and his MS and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers University.
Wednesday, September 12, 5:15-7 p.m.Physical Sciences F-Wing, Room 123, Tempe CampusRSVP at http://csi.asu.edu/tvdinner
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Alan Dean Foster
Braden R. Allenby