THE BAR-HILLEL COLLOQUIUM FOR THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY
AND SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE
21ST ANNUAL SERIES 2001 - 2002

 

The Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology
and Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University

 
1. Wednesday, November 7, 2001   Adi Ophir, Tel Aviv University
Catastrophe, Globalization, and Moral Technologies
Commentator: Ronen Shamir, Tel Aviv University

  Jerusalem
         
2. Monday, December 17, 2001  
ד"ר ליה אטינגר
טביעת הרגל האקולוגית:גישות חדשות
פרופ' חוה יבלונקה
Tel Aviv University
  Tel Aviv
         
3. Wednesday, January 9, 2002   Peter Geimer, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
The 'Optical Unconscious'. Images of the Invisible
Commentator: Gabriel Motzkin
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Jerusalem
         
4. Monday, March 18, 2002   Mara Beller, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Quantum Dialogue - The Other in Science and in Literature
Commentator: Menachem Fisch, Tel Aviv University
  Tel Aviv
         
5. Wednesday, April 10, 2002   Allison Coudert, Arizona State University
The Kabbalah, Science, and Enlightenment
Commentator: Rivka Feldhay, Tel Aviv University
  Jerusalem
         
6. Monday, May 6, 2002   Allan Young, McGill University and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Tales of Trauma: Knowledge and Narrative in Psychiatric Science
Commentator: Arieh Shalev, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
  Tel Aviv
 
7. Wednesday, May 15, 2002   Noel Swerdlow, The University of Chicago
Galileo's Theory of the Tides
Commentator: Ido Yavetz, Tel Aviv University
  Jerusalem
         
8. Mon.-Thurs., May 20-23, 2002  

The Origins and Nature of Computation
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP


Organized by the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas (Tel Aviv University), The Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

Details will be announced separately.

  Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

The opening lecture (in Hebrew) takes place at:
Park Plaza Jerusalem Hotel, 2 Vilnay Street, Jerusalem, 8.00pm.


The other lectures take place at:
Tel Aviv University: Gilman Building, Hall 449, 6.00pm.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Givat Ram Campus, Levy Building, Hall 324, 8.00pm.
Academic Director: Rivka Feldhay
Administrative Director: Shulamit Laron
For further information: the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, P.O.Box 4070, Jerusalem 91040, Tel. 02-5605222, Fax: 02-5619293, www.vanleer.org.il


The Colloquium acknowledges the support of the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas (Tel Aviv University), The Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, and the Yehoshua Bar-Hillel Fund.