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Socratic Conversations are workshops of the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences, intended as gymnastics for the brain of its members and guests.\u00a0 Speakers include faculty, graduate students, and free-floating intellectuals who come to air new ideas, which the audience then discusses.\u00a0 Unless otherwise indicated, the Socratic Conversations are held in Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, room STH 625. <\/span><\/p>\n

Academic Year 2009-2010
\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm<\/h5>\n
“On Mentalist Sociology”
\nEric Malczewski, PhD Candidate UNI 2011
\nLecturer, Harvard University<\/address>\n
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm<\/h5>\n
“Young Adult Literature: Empowering our Daughters?”
\nKaren Siegemund, PhD UNI 2007
\nLecturer, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth<\/address>\n

Academic year 2008-2009 <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 4:00-6:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Inventing Prehistory: A social and cultural history of prehistoric archeology in 19th century France”<\/address>\n
Dr. Nathalie Richard, University of Paris 1<\/address>\n
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:00-7:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Au berceau des sciences humaines. Histoire, psychologie, philosophie en France au milieu du XIXe siecle”<\/address>\n
Dr. Nathalie Richard, University of Paris 1<\/address>\n

Academic Year 2007-2008 <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 7::00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
\u201cOn the Origins of Greek Nationalism\u201dNikolas Prevelakis, Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University<\/address>\n
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 3:00 pm, Room, STH B20<\/h5>\n
\u201cNationalism and Religion\u201dJonathan Eastwood, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washington and Lee University)<\/address>\n
Thursday, May 22, 2008, 6:00-8:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Intercultural Education in Catalonia (Spain): Approaching a New Social Reality”Dr. Blanca Deusdad, University of Barcelona<\/address>\n

Academic year 2006-2007<\/h4>\n

Friday, October 28, 2006, 6:00-8:0o pm<\/h5>\n
“Sociological Implications from Psychological Literature in Japan: Ressentiment and Mental Disorder”
\nChikako Takeishi (Professor of Sociology, Chuo University, Tokyo) <\/address>\n
Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 6:00-8:00 pm<\/h5>\n
Annie Dillard’s “Total Eclipse”
\nEric Malczewski, Ph.D. candidate, UNI, BU<\/address>\n

Academic year 2005-2006<\/h4>\n

Monday, October 24, 2005, 6:00-8:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Casuistry and the Cannibals: The Form of Conscience in Robinson Crusoe”
\nEric Malczewski, Ph.D. Candidate, UNI, BU<\/address>\n
Monday, November 9, 2005, 6:00-8:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Some Problems With Benedict Anderson\u2019s Account of Nationalism in Latin America”
\nJonathan Eastwood, Lecturer in Social Studies, Harvard University<\/address>\n
Friday, January 27, 2006,\u00a0 6:00-8:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Coping With Trauma : Experiences From Beslan”
\nVera Brofman, Professor of Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical University<\/address>\n
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 5:00-7:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“‘Serbia Is Rising’ National Dignity and Political Revolution”
\nChandler Rosenberger, Lecturer in International Relations, BU<\/address>\n
Monday, March 13, 2006, 6:00-8:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Reformulating Japanese Cultural Sciences: the Attempt of the American Occupation After World War II”
\nChikako Takeishi, Professor of Sociology, Chuo University, Tokyo<\/address>\n
Monday, April 24, 2006, 3:00-5:00 pm, Room STH 325<\/h5>\n
“Balkan Dilemmas: Ethnonationalism, European Integration and the Case of Serbia and Kosovo”
\nJacques Rupnik
\nVisiting Scholar, Center for European Studies and Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director of Research, Centre d\u2019Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Institut d\u2019Etudes Politiques, Paris<\/address>\n

Academic year 2004-2005<\/h4>\n

Thursday, September 16, 2004, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Reflections on Kant’s Antinomies”
\nLiah Greenfeld, University Professor, BU<\/address>\n
Thursday, September 30, 2004, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“The Cultural Bases of Behavior”
\nBrad Hudson, Ph.D. Candidate, BU<\/address>\n
Thursday, October 14, 2004, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Political Charisma in Western Democraties”
\nBlanca Deusdad, Fulbright Scholar, Barcelona
\n<\/address>\n
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“The Landmark Herodotus”
\nRobert Strassler, Editor, The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War<\/address>\n
Thursday, November 4, 2004, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“The Economic Impact of Nuclear and Biological Terrorism and Defenses Against Them”
\nClark Abt, Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University; Chairman, Abt Associates, Inc.<\/address>\n
Thursday, December 2 2004, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“Globalization in Light of the Franco-American Mergers”
\nLinda Brownson, Ph.D. Candidate, BU<\/address>\n
Thursday, February 24, 2005, 6:00-8:00 pm, Room STH 325<\/h5>\n
“A Performer\u2019s View of Baroque Music”
\nMartin Pearlman, Artistic Director, Boston Baroque<\/address>\n
Thursday, March 17, 2005, 6:00-8:00 pm, Room STH 325<\/h5>\n
“What Do Orthodox Monks Have to Say to the Modern World: Father Paisios of Mount Athos”
\nFr. Methodios Alexiou, Ph.D., University of Paris-Sorbonne<\/address>\n
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 7:00-9:00 pm, Room STH 325<\/h5>\n
“The Magic of Decadence: Poets Between Ideal and Abyss”
\nVlada Brofman, Ph.D. Candidate, UNI, BU<\/address>\n
Thursday, April 14, 2005, 7:00-9:00 pm, Room STH 325<\/h5>\n
“At the Intersection of Computer Science and Social Science: Developing a New Tool for Learning Interconnectedness”
\nDavid Barron, B.A. Candidate, UNI, BU<\/address>\n
Thursday, April 28, 2005, 7:00-9:00 pm<\/h5>\n
“What Are Teens Reading and Why?”
\nKaren Siegemund, Ph.D. Candidate, UNI, BU<\/address>\n
\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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