Fall 2019 Schedule

Sept 6   [no talk; introduction to course]
Sept 13

Moon Duchin
Tufts Math & STS

 Math, Race, and Voting Rights
Sept 20 Ben Green
Harvard & AI Now!		 The Smart Enough City
Sept 24
(TUESDAY 4:30pm)		 Ruha Benjamin
Princeton African American Studies		   A New Jim Code?
Oct 4 Joe Auner
Tufts Music & STS		 Post/Human/Feedback
Oct 11 Peter Levine
Tufts Political Science & Tisch College		 The Politics of Knowledge
Oct 18

Zarin Machanda
Tufts Anthropology & Biology

 Chimpanzee Technology and Cultural Transmission
Oct 25

Samantha Jo Fried
Tisch College

 Environmentalism/National Security in Remote Sensing
Nov 1 Kris Manjapra
Tufts RCD & History		 The Scientific Bone Trade and Colonial Genocide
Nov 8 Enoch Lambert
Tufts Center for Cognitive Studies		 ‘Conceptual Engineering’ in Philosophy
Nov 15 Aloni Cohen
BU CS & Law		 Compelled Decryption and the Fifth Amendment
Nov 22 James Murphy, Michael Hughes, Abiy Tasissa
Tufts Math / CS		 Algorithms and Explanations Panel
Nov 29   [no talk; Thanksgiving]
Dec 6

Aidan Kestigian
Tufts STS

 Ethics and Decisions in the Case of Artificial Hearts
     

About the lunch seminar

STS Lunch Seminar runs as an undergraduate course through the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Tufts.  We expect it to be attended by a mix of undergraduates, faculty, and grads from nearby programs.  The seminar meets on Fridays from 12-1:15 in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room.  (Directions)

Seminar format:  speakers should expect to present for about 40 minutes, leaving at least 30 minutes for questions and discussion.  Students who are enrolled in the course will be expected to turn in a short response paper each week about the presentation from the previous week.

All are welcome, whether enrolled or not, whether Tufts-affiliated or not.

We’ll always serve lunch, and we’ll try to correctly anticipate attendance numbers!