The Hope for Humanism: Within the West, Beyond the West – lørdag 29. mai 2010
Fritt Ord og The New York Review of Books inviterer til konferansen ‘The Hope for Humanism: Within the West, Beyond the West’ lørdag 29. mai og søndag 30. mai 2010 i Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo.
Programme – Saturday, 29 May 2010
Arrival and Registration – 9.00-9.45 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks – 9.45-10.00 a.m.
Francis Sejersted: ‘Human Values in Scandinavia’
Education and Humanist Values – 10.00-11.30 a.m.
Panelists:
Andrew Delbanco: ‘Education: For Whom? For What?’
Ingrid Rowland: ’Waiting for the Barbarians’
Lars Løvlie: ‘The Promise of Education’
Chair: Robert Silvers
Break – 11.30-12.00 p.m.
Technology, Work, and Skill – 12.00-1.30 p.m.
Panelists:
Simon Head: ‘Towards a New Industrialism?’
Richard Sennett: ‘Good Work’
Michael Massing: ’Technology, Ideas and Power: From Gutenberg to the Huffington Post’
Chair: Ole Hanseth
Lunch Break – 1.30-3.00 p.m.
Health Care: Transatlantic Models – 3.00-4.30 p.m.
Panelists:
Arnold Relman: ‘The US Health Care System: Medical Care as a Commodity’
Marcia Angell: ‘Overhauling US Health Care: Faith Based Reform’
Charlotte Haug: ‘Healthcare systems: Same problems, different solutions’
Chair: Sissel Rogne
Break – 4.30-5.00 p.m.
Keynote Address – 5.00-6.00 p.m.
Robert Darnton: ‘Old Books and E-Books’
Chair and Introduction: Robert Silvers
