On 11 November 2010, Scott Atran (French National Centre for Scientific Research and Atris Director of Research) gave a 90-minute morning lecture on what motivates participation in violent political action, such as al Qaeda, and then lead an afternoon interactive classroom session. Scott is an anthropologist specializing in conflict resolution and...
On 16 December 2009, Harry Kroto (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1996, for the discovery of Carbon 60) gave a general lecture on Science, Society and Sustainability and a mini course on aspects on nano-science, which is a fascinating field of study and one that is of growing importance.
By Lawrence Krauss (ASU)
June 2009
On 27 - 30 September 2010, Professor Steven Nadler gave a general lecture on themes of moral philosophy and then taught a three-day, 6 hour mini course, introducing ethics and moral philosophy largely by way of Plato's Dialogues: Euthypro (knowing what is right), the Apology (the examined life) and philosophy as heroic enterprise.