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  • lincoln_darwin

    Why Lincoln and Darwin?

    Tuesday, February 12, 2013 – 4:30pm
    The MIT Chapel

    Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the shared Birthday of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln Speakers including: Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Darwin Society, the MIT Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and the MIT Dean…

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  • persia

    Persia: The Pertinent History of the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Tuesday, April 2, 2013 – 8:00pm
    MIT Center for International Studies

    Read a recent interview with Professor Tirman about US-Iran misperceptions. Click here for a timeline of Iran’s nuclear program. 

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  • Mr. Ibish is a regular contributor to many American and Middle Eastern publications, including NOW Lebanon, and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Co-Sponsored with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar.

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  • nothing_to_hide

    Nothing to Hide? Illusions of Privacy and Security

    Friday, June 13, 2014 – 5:00pm
    MIT Museum; 265 Massachusetts Avenue

    When was the last time you emptied your pockets and stepped through a security scanner? What were the last words you entered into an internet search engine? Data mining programs collect more and more information about our activities and our preferences. How much of ourselves are we sharing…

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  • moral_tribes

    Getting Beyond Us and Them: Our Brains and the Possibility of Peace

    Friday, February 14, 2014 – 8:00pm
    MIT Center for International Studies

    New brain imaging studies show us that our instincts and assumptions can set us up to experience greater conflict, especially between groups that have differing moral codes or unequal access to power. Dr. Joshua Greene and Dr. Emile Bruneau will share insights from their research into why we…

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