[Sci-tech-public] ***REMINDER*** STS Brown Bag Lunch Talk by Perikles Monioudis, May 19th

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>>STS Brown Bag Lunch Talk
>>
>>Speaker:  Perikles Monioudis, Writer-in-Residence at MIT
>>
>>"In the Ether. A Poetological Exploration of Science and a Scientific 
>>Exploration of Poetics"
>>
>>Thursday, May 19th
>>E51-191, 12-1:30
>>
>>In Monioudis' talk, poetics will be revived as a distinct category for 
>>creating knowledge in the space between the exact sciences on the one 
>>hand and the humanistic sciences on the other.  The term ether has been 
>>used in very diverse contexts, i.e. in physics, philosophy, theology, and 
>>poetics. All attempts to define the ether, "the fifth element" as the 
>>Greeks called it diverge greatly. According to Aristotle, ether is the 
>>heavenly Ur-matter in which all planets move, a notion that René 
>>Descartes expanded on, postulating that ether penetrates everything. 
>>Whereas Einstein denied the existence of the physical ether, quantum 
>>physics revived the term again.  Monioudis introduces someone living in 
>>the ether: a  Poet and Telegrapher at sea.
>>
>>Perikles Monioudis was born in Switzerland and lives in Berlin. His many 
>>novels, novellas and collections of short stories have been translated 
>>into several languages and have received many prizes, including the Swiss 
>>Writers’ Association Prize and the Swiss Schiller Foundation Prize. 
>>Monioudis is teaching German literature in the FL&L department this 
>>spring semester.
>>
>>Perikles provided a translation of his paper  (see attached).
>>Please feel free to bring your lunch.  We will provide coffee and dessert.
>>See you on the 19th at noon!
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