PASEF Lectures for Fall 2015 |
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September 8, 2015, Volume 62, No. 04 |
The Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty (PASEF) has a lecture series, held in the Hourglass Room of the University Club at the Inn at Penn. Senior faculty, emeritus faculty and standing faculty present topics within their area of expertise. We are very fortunate to have a great many distinguished faculty who are willing to present an aspect of their intellectual interests in these lectures.
These are lectures currently planned:
• Thursday, September 10, Joseph Turow; The Transformation of Retailing in the Digital Age. Dr. Turow is the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the Annenberg School for Communication. A 2005 New York Times Magazine article referred to him as “probably the reigning academic expert on media fragmentation.” He has authored nine books, edited five and written more than 150 articles on mass media industries.
• Tuesday, October 13, Charles L. Nelson; Future Prospects of Hip and Knee Surgery. Dr. Nelson is chief of the Joint Replacement Service and associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). He was recognized by Best Doctors in America in 2013-2014. Both his clinical practice at Penn and his research interests center on hip and knee surgery. He has published extensively in this field.
• Wednesday, November 11, Guthrie P. Ramsey; Title To Be Announced. Dr. Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at Penn. He is a pianist and a composer, and has published extensively. A forthcoming book is Who Hears Here?: Essays on Black Music History and Society. He is also an arranger for his Philadelphia-based band, Dr. Guy’s MusiQology.
• Tuesday, December 8, Annette Lareau; Unequal Childhoods and Unequal Adulthoods: A Longitudinal Study of Social Class Differences in Family Life. Dr. Lareau is a sociologist and the Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the Social Sciences. Her book, Unequal Childhoods, is based on research and interviews with 88 children and their parents. She discovered differences in parenting style that relate to class distinctions and asks how social stratification impacts life chances.
Collectively, these presentations cover a wide range of intellectual activity. The topics reflect responses to society’s current state, but they also reflect a university’s mission to be a critic—to test and explore new alternatives shaped by the values and skills of the scholar.
All are welcome to attend. Attendees pick up their lunches in the Dining Room, bring their meal into the Hourglass Room, listen to the lecture and participate, if they wish, in the discussion. The lectures start promptly at noon and end at 1:30 p.m.
Please contact our PASEF coordinator, Jocelyne Waller, at (215) 746-5972 or by email at emeritus@pobox.upenn.edu if you plan to attend.
—Anita Summers, PASEF Chair, 2015-2016 |