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Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His talk "Technology and the Narrative of the Self" will address the ethical implications of speculative technologies. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016).

Dorsett Lecture Series: Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang, American science fiction writer, will speak on October 30, 2018. Lecture title: "Technology and the Narrative of the Self"

Dorsett Lecture Series: Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace, will speak on April 18, 2019.

Aaron Lecture Series: Asha Rangappa

Asha Rangappa, Director of admissions and a senior lecturer at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, will speak on May 21, 2019.

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Oct 16

5:30PM
#MeToo: Assessing the Impact
KDE

Explore a gallery of stories written by Dartmouth student survivors of sexual harassment and/or sexual violence. Facilitated discussion; dinner provided. A WGSS student project.
Oct 16

7:00PM
Film: "Eating Animals"
Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium

Natalie Portman narrates this eye-opening documentary adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestseller about the consequences of factory farming.
Oct 18

8:00AM
IDE Summit: Poverty & Equity
Hanover Inn

Full-day conference with workshops, panels, and keynote speaker Dr. Jessica Santos, Senior Research Associate at the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University
Oct 24

8:00AM
Ethics in End of LIfe Care: Quality Measures in Pediatrics
Dartmouth Hitchcock Auditorium E

24th Annual DHMC Pediatric Ethics Conference Cosponsored by the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth.
Oct 30

4:30PM
Ethics Institute Dorsett Lecture Series with Science Fiction Writer Ted Chiang
Haldeman 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)

His talk "Technology and the Narrative of the Self" will address ethical implications of certain speculative technologies.
Nov 02

2:00PM
2nd Annual Moral and Political Philosophy Workshop
Haldeman, Room 125

This two day workshop seeks to bring leading scholars to Dartmouth to discuss a range of normative concerns that are at the core of the scholarly study of ethics.