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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: "Harvard STS"
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To: "Harvard STS Circle"
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Subject: Today, 5-7 pm: Ulrich Beck - Science & Democracy
Lecture<br>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:06:07 -0500<br><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#0000FF"><b>Sorry for cross
postings. But please do not forget we have Ulrich Beck's Science &
Democracy Lecture this afternoon (5-7 pm, Tsai Auditorium)!<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">The Program on Science, Technology,
and Society at the John F. Kennedy School of Government presents<b>
<i>Science & Democracy Lecture Series 2008:</i></b> <br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Risk Society's
Cosmopolitan Moment: <br>
Climate change and the opportunity for<br>
a new world order<br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Ulrich
Beck<br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Professor of
Sociology, University of Munich; <br>
British Journal of Sociology Professor, London School of Economics <br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Wednesday,
November 12, 5:00 - 7:00 pm<br>
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<br><br>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Tsai
Auditorium<br>
1730 Cambridge Street<br>
CGIS Building<br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Harvard
University<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>WITH PANELISTS:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Peter Hall</b>, Government,
Harvard University<br>
<b>Michèle Lamont</b>, Sociology, Harvard University<br>
<b>Brian Wynne</b>, Lancaster University<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>MODERATED BY:<br>
Sheila Jasanoff</b>, Harvard Kennedy School <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Beck's hugely influential 1986 work,
<i>Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity</i>, reframed risk as a
sociological category, and his concept of "reflexive
modernization" fundamentally reshaped both theoretical and policy
discussions concerning science and technology. In his lecture, Beck will
draw on his recent work on the uncertainties and ambivalence of
contemporary cosmopolitan societies to explore global responses to the
risks of climate change.<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">This event is co-sponsored by the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard University
Center for the Environment. For more information on Science, Technology,
and Society events at Harvard University, please visit:
<a href="http://ww.hks.harvard.edu/sts/"><u>
http://ww.hks.harvard.edu/sts/</a><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">This event is free and open to the
public.<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Contact:<br>
Lisa Matthews<br>
Events Coordinator<br>
Harvard University Center for the Environment<br>
24 Oxford Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02138<br>
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lisa_matthews@harvard.edu</a><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">p. 617-495-8883<br>
f. 617-496-0425<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>Science & Democracy Lecture
Series</i> aims at exploring both the promised benefits or our era's most
salient scientific and technological breakthroughs and the potentially
harmful consequences of developments that are inadequately understood,
debated, or managed by politicians, lay publics, and policy institutions.
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