The Politics of Science and the Science of Politics |
Berry College 11th Annual Conference on Politics,
Religion,
Culture, and Community |
March 26-27, 2008
Schedule of Events
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Wednesday, March 26
All events held in the Science Auditorium
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3:30 |
Science, Technology, and the Modern World
Student Panel, led by Dr. Scott Segrest
Abbi Butcher, Rachel Draper, April Gunn, Laura Lieberman,
Blair Schermerhorn and John Luke Weaver
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6:00 |
"Virtue, Technology, and Wendell Berry"
Patrick Deneen
Dr. Deneen, author of Democratic Faith, is an Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, where he also holds the Markos and Elini Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Chair in Hellenic Studies and serves as the Founding Director of The Toqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy.
With response from:
Kevin Pybas, Missouri State University
Joseph M. Knippenberg, Oglethorpe University
Jeff Lidke, Berry College
Elizabeth Amato, Baylor University
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Thursday, March 27
All events held in the Evans Auditorium |
9:00 |
Higher Education as Civic Education
A breakfast discussion for college professors and high school teachers led by Dr. Eric Sands
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1:30 |
Perspectives on the Election of ‘08
Student Panel, led by Ashley Hilliar
Kaitlin Beard, Caitlin Carroll, Clayton Franklin, James Sink (Berry)
Krista Billingsley,Travis Braidwood (University of West Florida)
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3:30 |
Perspectives on the Election of ‘08
Faculty Roundtable, led by Dr. Michael Bailey
Jocelyn Evans, University of West Florida
Robert Jeffrey, Wofford College
Eric Sands, Berry College
Wendy Davis, 21st Century Democrats Director
James Poulos, Georgetown University
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6:00 |
“The Right, The Left, and Science”
Yuval Levin
Dr. Levin is currently a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he is the Director of the EPPC’s program on Bioethics and American Democracy. He is also currently the Senior Editor for The New Atlantis. Before joining EPPC, Levin served as the Associate Director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House, later joining the President’s Council on Bioethics as Executive Director
With response from:
Jack Moran, Kennesaw State University
Ivan Kenneally, Rochesther Institute of Technology
Michael Papazian, Berry College
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