Events Calendar
2011-2012 Ethics Institute Sponsored, Co-Sponsored, or Affiliate Events Calendar
Please contact the Ethics Institute via-email or 603-646-1263 for more information about any of these events.
September
October
- 5 - "50 Years of Psychotropics: A Medical Advance or Doing More Harm than Good?" - lecture by Robert Whitaker, Author of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness
- 6 - Ethics Bowl Info Session, 12:30pm, Ethics Institute Conference Room. Light refreshments will be provided. Learn more>>
- 13 - "Against Cynicism: How the Humanities and the Cultivation of Our Moral Selves Sustain the Idealism of Students and Faculty" - lecture by Arthur Kleinman, M.D., Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University, Professor of Medical Anthropology and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Fung Director, Harvard Asia Center. Presented by the Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Ethics Institute in cooperation with the Dartmouth Centers Forum. Haldeman 041, 4:30pm. Free and open to the public.
- 17 - First Annual Global Health Ethics Conference - co-sponsored by DMS and the Ethics Institute. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Auditoria E & F. Learn more>>
November
- 11 - 12 Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Fall Board Meeting, hosted by The Ethics Institute, Dartmouth College
- 12 - Northeast Regional Ethics Bowl, hosted by Union College in Schenectady, NY. Learn more>>
- 15 - Faculty Advisory Board meeting, 4-5pm, Ethics Institute Conference Room
December
January
- 5 - Student discussion with Russell Muirhead, Robert Clements Associate Professor of Democracy and Politics and Aine Donovan, Director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College and Associate Professor at Tuck. Topic: Rhetoric of the Presidential Primary Campaign-- Do Words Matter? Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences". Come join the conversation of this timely topic. Haldeman 125, 12:30-1:30pm. Click here for video sample.
- 17 - "Hate speech and American Exceptionalism" - lecture by Susan Brison, Associate Professor Philosophy. Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences" and in cooperation with the Martin Luther King celebrations. Haldeman 041, 4:30pm.
- 25 - "Conveying Meaning Across Languages". Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences". This session allows faculty and students to discuss the power of words across cultures and the challenges of choosing the right word for the context as well as what are the consequences when it goes badly. Haldeman 124, 12:30-1:45pm.
- 31 - "Bored@Baker: The Right To Do It Vs. The Right Thing To Do". Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences". This session is an open forum for students to discuss their opinions about the Bored@Baker website as well as the subject of anonymity in cyberbullying. Paganucci Lounge ('53 Commons), 4:00-5:30pm.
February
- 1 - Essays and Creative Projects Submission Deadline for 2012 Undergraduate Ethics Symposium - DePauw University. Learn more>>
- 3 - "Dropping the 'I' Word: Examining Contemporary Immigration Discourse and Consequences of the 'Illegal Alien' Label". Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences". This session presents an overview of how immigration terminology affects media, policy, and political settings, as well as the imperative for speaking out to eradicate it from common use. Carson L01, 3:00-4:30pm.
- 6 - "Words and Their Consequences: How What Faculty Say to Students Fosters or Hinders Their Success". Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences".This session allows students and faculty to discuss whether faculty feedback is motivating or demoralizing and whether students respond to feedback in ways that meet faculty's expectations. Baker Library 102, 6:00-7:30pm.
- 24 - "Arts and Their Consequences: A Student-Fueled Dinner Forum about Speaking Out and Acting Out Through the Arts". Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences". This session allows students to discuss what role their art plays in effecting global and local change as well as what were the consequences of artistic expressions during the Great Depression, Civil Rights, or the Occupy Movement. Hopkins Center Faculty Lounge, 6:00-7:30pm.
- 29 - "Images and Their Consequences: Visual Stereotypes of Native Americans". Part of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Programming Series, "Words and Their Consequences". This session will give a visual history of stereotypes of Native Americans. Loew Auditorium (Hood Museum of Art), 5:30pm.
March
April
- 4 - Anita L. Allen, 2012 Dorsett Fellow, Public Lecture: "Privacy in the Era of Social Media: Goodbye to Health Privacy?". 4:30pm. Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall.
- 12 - 14 - 2012 Undergraduate Ethics Symposium - DePauw University. Learn more>>
- 19 - 20 - Millennial Values Symposium, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Learn more>>
- 21 - Pilot Executive MBA Intercollegiate Business Ethics Competition - Loyola Marymount University. Learn more>>.
May
- 11-13 - Religious Violence: Myth or Reality, an International Conference to be held at Dartmouth College in Rockefeller Room 002. Sponsored by the Dean of Faculty.
- 14 - Faculty Advisory Board meeting, 4:30-6:00pm, Ethics Institute Conference Room
- 16 - 17th Annual Pediatric Ethics Conference, Chris Feudtner MD PhD MPH, Director, Department of Medical Ethics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 8:00-9:00a.m., DHMC, Auditorium E "Emotions and the Ethics of Pediatric Decision Making"; 12:15-1:00p.m. L5A, Pediatric Case Review
- 18 - DEADLINE for Phillips Family Award in Ethics Essay Contest Submissions. Learn more>>
June
July
August
