Science and Serendipity: Happenstance and Other Factors Underlying Accidental Discoveries (Short Video)
“Science and Serendipity” short video explores the role of happenstance and other factors contributing to accidental discoveries. With: Karin D. Knorr Cetina, Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Sociology and of the Socia...
Science and Serendipity: Happenstance and Other Factors Underlying Accidental Discoveries
UChicago faculty and Argonne and Fermilab scientists discuss the topic of “Science and Serendipity” and explore the role of happenstance and other factors in contributing to accidental discoveries. Hosts: Donald Levy, Vice President for Research an...
Lecture by Christoph Markschies: Origen and Paul: The Example of Their Anthropologies”
"Origen and Paul: The Example of Their Anthropologies" is a public lecture by Christoph Markschies, one of the world’s leading scholars of early Christian studies. Markschies holds the Harnack Chair of Church History (Ancient Christianity) at the...
“Hope in the Unseen” with RISE Kovler Fellow Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the pivotal work “Hope in the Unseen,” invites the University of Chicago campus community to think about the politics of change and the complexities of issues of social justice.
Betty M. Bayer’s Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion Senior Fellows Symposium —"Endings Without End: When Prophecy Fails and the Rise of New Age Spirituality and Cognitive Dissonance”
Professor Bayer is Professor of Women's Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a Martin Marty Center Senior Fellow for 2013-2014. Bayer's current project is a history of the renowned 1956 book “When Prophecy Fails” by social psychologist...
Wednesday Lunch with Amanda Woodward: on "Infants' Grasp of the Social World"
Amanda Woodward on "Infants' Grasp of the Social World." Amanda Woodward is the William S. Gray Professor of Psychology. Her research investigates infant social cognition and early language development including the understanding of goal-directed act...
Closing Reflections (Part 15 of 15)
This is the 15th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to ...
Plenary Session II (Part 14 of 15)
This is the 14th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to ...
Plenary Session II (Part 13 of 15)
This is the 13th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to ...
Plenary Session II (Part 12 of 15)
This is the 12th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to ...