[Sci-tech-public] REMINDER -- TODAY, November 17 -- Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics: Ruth Schwartz Cowan, speaker

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>>TODAY!
>>
>>
>>2008 Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics  -  November 17, 2008
>>
>>Climbing Up the Slippery Slope:  The History of Genetic Screening
>>
>>Ruth Schwartz Cowan
>>4:00 pm, MIT
>>Bartos Theater (E15-070, lower level)
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>>
>>
>>Abstract:
>>Is genetic screening a new form of eugenics?  This history of the 
>>technologies of screening does bioethics with historian's 
>>tools--and answers that question with a resounding "no."
>>
>>Bio:
>>Ruth Schwartz Cowan is the Janice and Julian Bers Professor of the 
>>History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. 
>>Professor Cowan is an historian of science, technology and 
>>medicine. Her areas of specialization include history of 
>>technology, history of genetics, genetics and social policy, 
>>history of reproduction, history of medical technology, gender and 
>>science, medicine, and technology. She was a member of the History 
>>Department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 
>>1967 to 2002, attaining the rank of Professor in 1984 and Emerita 
>>Professor in 2002. Between 1997 and 2002, she was the Chair of the 
>>Honors College at SUNY-Stony Brook; she also served as Director of 
>>Women's Studies from 1985-1990. Professor Cowan received her Ph.D. 
>>from The Johns Hopkins University, her M.A. from the University of 
>>California at Berkeley, and her B.A. from Barnard College.
>>
>>Professor Cowan is the author of four books and numerous articles. 
>>Her books are: The Social History of American Technology (New York: 
>>Oxford University Press, 1997); (with Neil M. Cowan) Our Parents' 
>>Lives: The Americanization of Eastern European Jews (New York: 
>>Basic Books, 1989) [revised second edition published as Our 
>>Parent's Lives: Everyday Life and Jewish Assimilation (New 
>>Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1996)]; Sir Francis Galton and 
>>the Study of Heredity in the Nineteenth Century (New York: Garland 
>>Press, 1985); and More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household 
>>Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave (New York: Basic 
>>Books, 1983). Her most recent book 
>><http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/COWHER.html>Heredity and Hope: 
>>the Case for Genetic Screening was published by Harvard University 
>>Press in May, 2008.
>>
>>Please join us on November 17th for Ruth Schwartz Cowan's Arthur 
>>Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics. For more information, please 
>>contact Debbie Meinbresse at meinbres at mit.edu or 617-452-2390.
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