Upcoming Events
FERMI'S PARADOX
PANEL DISCUSSION
April 12th, 2:00pm
2pm, CAVEA
In 1950, Enrico Fermi initiated a series of informal discussions among his Los Alamos colleagues as to the ubiquity of extra-terrestrial life and the probabilities of contact with alien civilizations. He famously asked, “Where are they?” citing the lack of any physical evidence for extra-terrestrial life, and hence the scientific paradox which still carries his name.
“Are we alone in the Universe?” is arguably one of the oldest and perhaps most universal questions ever asked. Join us and a panel of interdisciplinary experts as they dissect the question of where the extraterrestrial intelligence is and the philosophic and scientific implications the answers to that question have for human life on earth.
Join us for a discussion with SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Advisor Carol Cleland, Astrophysicist & Planetary Scientist Kamran Sahami, and Rhetorician & Religious Studies researcher Roger Green
Co-Sponsored by MSU Denver Honors Program
The Politics of Punk
PANEL DISCUSSION
Explore the intersection of Punk Music, Politics, and Community. 80s/early 90s DC hardcore, selective service, the Revolution Summer, and a coda on toxic masculinity in punk.
April 13th, 6:00pm
Mutiny Information Café (2 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80209)
Roy Cook
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota and an Associate Fellow at Arché, the Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of St Andrews. Roy is a longtime Punk musician and enjoyer.
Abe Brennan
- American sketch artist residing in Denver, Colorado. Inspired by the punk rock music scene in his teenage years, he became a touring musician for a lengthy period of time. The social implications in punk and hardcore play a role in his drawings, providing both subject matter and a means to interrogate interpersonal relations, political systems, cultural issues, and socio-economic status. Abe has been a member of many bands, including Wretch Like Me, Joy Subtraction, and My Name
Sean Morris
- Moderator Sean Morris received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where he teaches courses in the history of analytic philosophy, logic, and the philosophy of science. Dr. Morris DJs for the Ajax Dinner Book Club radio program for AKRFC 88.9
BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTING NATIVE PROGRAMMING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
CRITICAL DIALOGUE PANEL DISCUSSION
How can universities better support Indigenous students through curriculum and programming?
April 20th, 1:00pm
CAVEA (JSSB 420)
Laurie Arnold
- Assoc. Professor of History and Director of the Native American Studies at Gonzaga University
Michelle Villegas-Frazier
- Director of the Native American Retention Initiatives/Student Affairs at University of California, Davis Campus
Karen Driver
- Senior Advisor to the President of Native American Affairs at the University of Minnesota
Co-Sponsored by MSU Denver History
Simon Critchley and moonage daydream
LECTURE
Mysticism - The Abdication of Ecstasy
April (TBD)
St. Cajetan's
Simon Critchley is an English philosopher and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA.
Challenging the ancient tradition that philosophy begins in wonder, Critchley argues that philosophy begins in disappointment. Two particular forms of disappointment inform Critchley's work: religious and political disappointment. While religious disappointment arises from a lack of faith and generates the problem of what is the meaning of life in the face of nihilism, political disappointment comes from the violent world we live in and raises the question of justice in a violently unjust world. In addition, to these two regions of research, Critchley's recent works have engaged in more experimental forms of writing on Shakespeare, David Bowie, suicide, Greek tragedy and association football.