How do state-of-the art technologies augment the artist's imagination in the 21st century?  Presentation by Suzanne Anker, co-author of The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age, visual artist and theoretician.

Thursday, October 6, 6:00 PM

The Graduate Center, James Gallery
Free
Sponsored by Science & the Arts, The Center for Women and Society and the James Gallery / Center for the Humanities

A screening of the classic feature Flatliners, which explores the realm of the afterlife.  Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Jad Abumrad, with legendary filmmaker Joel Schumacher and physicians Benjamin Abella and Christian Macedonia.

Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 PM

A reading from W.S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea (with Laila Robins and Arthur Aulisi) will be followed by a discussion on gender, ethics and the science of cloning with a psychoanalyst, bioethicist and scholar of Victorian culture.

Monday, October 31, 7:30 PM
The Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall
Free
Sponsored by Science & the Arts and The NY Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

The Nobel Foundation decides to award a "retro-Nobel" for the discovery of oxygen --but who should it go to? In this acclaimed play by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann, the action alternates between 1777 and 2001.  Reading by Break A Leg Productions

Monday, November 14, 7:00 PM
Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall
Free
Sponsored by Science & the Arts and Baruch College, as part of the Marie Curie Centennial Symposium.  Details and registration at: http://faculty.baruch.cuny.edu/dgruber/Symposium.html

Iddo Netanyahu’s play A Happy End follows a Jewish physicist, head of the atomic lab at the University of Berlin, through the arduous decision of whether to leave Germany in 1932. Following the reading, Netanyahu will talk with scientist, playwright, and Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann. 

Monday, December 12, 6:30 PM
The Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall
Free
Sponsored by Science & the Arts and the Martin E Segal Theatre Center