UCI INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF ETHICS AND MORALITY
2005-2006 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

[Dates and times subject to change. Please contact scushman@uci.edu for details]

October 14, 2005. 12-1:30. Faculty Workshop. Ron Miller "Professional distrust of altruism: Lessons from living unrelated kidney transplant donation". SSPA Room 5130.

October 26, 2005. Kristen Monroe, “But What Could I Do?” Responding to the Suffering of Others: A Study of Ethical Contrasts during the Holocaust”. Salon at Suzanne Butnik’s Home, Contact rswatez@uci.edu for details.

November 5, 2005. Kristen Monroe. Panel on The Hand of Compassion: Portraits of MoralChoice during the Holocaust at the Social Science History Association, Portland, Oregon.

November 7, 2005. Kristen Monroe. “’But What Else Could I Do?’ Choice and the Psychology of Genocide.” Department of Political Science Colloquium. 5201 Social Science Plaza B, 12-1:30.

November 10, 2005. Kristen Monroe. “Moral Psychology and Genocide: A Study in Ethical Contrasts during the Holocaust.” Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies. 777 Social Science Tower, 12:1:20.

December 7, 2005. “Faith-Based Business Ethics.” Rabbi Rosenstein. Director, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem. Co-sponsored with the Department of Economics. University Club. 6:30. RSVP scushman@uci.edu

February 3, 2006. Faculty Workshop. Arnold Goodman, Claudia M. Bellato and Lily Khidr, “The Uncertain Future for Central Dogma: Implementing Paul Silverman’s Vision.” Description of their article in The Scientist 19(12): 20-21, June 20, 2005. Goodman is in UCI Research & Graduate Studies/Center for Statistical Consulting and Khidr is in the UCI Department of Biological Chemistry/Wen-Hwa Lee Laboratory. Social Science Plaza B. Eckstein Common Room.  12:00-2:00 pm  RSVP to scushman@uci.edu

February 9, 2006. Talk and Luncheon. Joseph Carens, Professor Political Sciences University of Toronto. 'Live-in Doomestics, Seasonal Workers, Foreign Students and Others Hard to Locate on the Map of Democracy' - SSPB 5206 RSVP by February 6, 2006 to Sandra Cushman at 949-824-3344 or scushman@uci.edu

February 17-19, 2006. Conference on Counter Terror and Human Rights: International Perspectives on National Security. Organized by Alison Brysk and Gershon Shafir, UCI and UC San Diego. Contact scushman@uci.edu for further details.

February 21-22, 2006. Kenneth Arrow, Stanford Nobel Laureate in Economics. Distinguished Lecturer in Social Science. Co-sponsored with Departments of Economics, Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science, Sigma Xi, and the School of Social Science. Talk 1. " Antimalarial Drugs: Economics, Biology and Ethics Meet" Discussants: Don Saari, Tony McGann, Francisco Ayala. Talk 2. ” The Responsibility of Parents to Children" Discussants: Mark Petracca, Philip Nickel, Yuliya Tverdova. Contact scushman@uci.edu for details.

March 6, 2006.  Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv University. 'Societal and Psychological Foundations of Intractable Conflicts' - Colloquium SSPA 2112 - 12:00-1:30pm.Co-sponsored with Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and The Department of Education. Public Lecture SSPA 2112 - 6:00-7:30 pm "The Psychological Earthquake in 2000: Understanding the Present Impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" - co-sponsored with Department of Political Science; Department of Psychology and Social Behavior; The Program in International Studies; UC Irvine Difficult Dialogues Project; and The Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies.

March 30, 2006. Faculty Workshop. Catarina Kinnvall. The Political Psychology of Religious Nationalism:  Examples from the 2002 Gujarat massacre in India to anti-Muslim sentiments in the West in light of the war on terror and Islamic fundamentalism. Lund University, Sweden. Eckstein Common Room, Social Science Plaza B, Room 5250. 12-1:30. RSVP to scushman@uci.edu

April 26, 2006. The Stem Cells and Society Public Forum. Co-sponsored with Schools of Biological Sciences, Medicine and Humanities, and the Humanities Research Institute.

May 5. Kristen Renwick Monroe. The Moral Psychology of Genocide. Speech at Georgetown University, Institute for Global and International Studies.

May 22, Lee Ann Fujii. George Washington University. Killing neighbors: Social dimensions of genocide in Rwanda - Faculty Workshop, Eckstein Common Room, Social Science Plaza B, Room 5250. 12:00-1:30pm. RSVP to scushman@uci.edu

May 25, 2006. Kristen Renwick Monroe. "The Righteous Gentiles: Portraits of Moral Choice During the Holocaust". Clubhouse #6. Leisure World

June 9, 2006. Awards Banquet. Speeches by 2005 Silverman Award Winners, F.Sherwood Rowland and Kimberly Anderson. Announcement of 2006 Silverman Award Recipients. University Club, Library Room, 6:30-9:00 pm

2006-7. Visit from Jared Diamond, UCLA. TBA
Books: Stem Cell volume. Under review.

Executive Board Meetings: October, January, April. TBA

Caucus of Concerned Scholars: Committee on Ethics and Morality. See website for details of new joint venture with the International Society of Political Psychology.