Symposia
Intellectual exchange and discussion at Connecticut College is deepened and broadened when the College periodically hosts symposia on the arts, culture, scientific research and the environment.
Established symposia:
- Elizabeth Babbot Conant Symposium, established in 2002 by a gift from Linda J. Lear '62, to provide biennial conferences through the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies.
- The biennial Ammerman Center Symposium on Arts & Technology, a major international conference devoted to exploring the increasing links in the interdisciplinary world of arts, sciences, media, and technology. The 11th symposium, "New Creativity," took place from Feb. 28-March 1, 2008.
- The Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium on Writing and Moral Vision at Connecticut College, established in 1989 by the parents of Daniel Klagsbrun, a 1986 graduate of the College who died tragically in New York City within days of his 24th birthday. The Klagsbrun family established the symposium to create a positive, living memorial to their son. The symposium has brought to campus such noted authors as Dorothy Allison, Saul Bellow, Joseph Brodsky, Sandra Cisneros, Michael Cunningham, E.L. Doctorow, Adrienne Rich and Elie Wiesel.
Other Symposia:
The 2006 Symposium on Cornel West's "Democracy Matters" was the inaugural event sponsored by the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, bringing together world-renowned scholars, community activists, and students in panels and workshops to discuss and debate Professor West's work. The CCSRE 2008 "Race, Space and Memory Symposium" was the highlight of the Center's year-long Celebration of "Race and the Arts."
A rapidly growing biennial international conference on tunable diode laser spectroscopy, TDLS, has been organized for several years by Arlan Mantz, Oakes Ames Professor of Physics.
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