Grad Scholar Talk:
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Breaking the Frames of the Past
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2/7
Tuesday Talk:
"Emerging End of Life Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice", 2/12
Buffet Sandwich Spread To Be Served
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"Emerging End of Life Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice"
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Kenneth Prager, MD
Prof of Medicine,
Director, Medical Ethics, Chair, Medical Ethics Committee, CUIMC
Medical technology and changing societal values are presenting physicians, patients, and families with increasingly complex ethical conundrums. At one extreme, technology can make it harder for hopelessly ill, actively dying patients to pass away peacefully when families and/or patients want “everything done.” At the other extreme, advocates for physician assisted suicide—or medical aid in dying, depending on one’s point of view—have succeeded in making PAS legal in 7 states. Euthanasia is legal in Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Colombia, and unofficially so in Switzerland. Dr. Prager will briefly review the evolution of increasing patient autonomy over the manner and timing of death in the US and present a case in contrast where family insistence on continued life support raised questions about the definition of death. Read more about Dr Prager's
work.
February 12, 2019
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Faculty House
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"
Breaking the Frames of the Past
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Daniella Wurst, Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Fellow,
Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies
Daniella Wurst's research traces the relationship between memory (both individual and collective), temporality, and aesthetic interventions in Latin American countries with a history of political and state violence—specifically Chile, Argentina, and Peru. Read
more.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Faculty House
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EPIC hit the ground running with B School Prof Emeritus David Beim’s timely, well attended and lively talk on bitcoin and blockchain technology. As Beim wrote afterwards: “There was no shortage of questions! Within 10 minutes I abandoned my outline and just let the discussion run where it wanted to go. Professors are talkers and older people are talkers, so the combination was a great deal of good talk and searching questions all around the table.”
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We will continue our searching discussions on February 12 when Ken Prager, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Medical Ethics at CUIMC engages with us on end-of-life issues in clinical medicine. While we can choose whether or not to invest in bitcoins – end-of-life decision-making is rather more involuntary. One needs to understand the issues and options thoroughly. We’ll have another buffet lunch at this Tuesday Talk – with cookies brownies! – might as well enjoy ourselves while pondering the inevitable. Please
RSVP.
The Morningside Gardens lecture series, an EPIC- School for Professional Studies collaboration curated by Prof Emerita (TC) Jo Shepard and George Calderaro, SPS, begins on February 13. Alice Kessler-Harris will lecture on
Lillian Hellman
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Spring Semester’s Graduate Scholar talks commence on
Thursday.
These talks are always enjoyable as we provide mentorship to young scholars selected by their departments for the honor. I enjoy looking at life through the lens of a different discipline. Please do join us at one or more of these events.
Have a good day.
Jeanne Mager Stellman,
President, EPIC
Professor Emerita & Special Lecturer
Mailman School of Public Health
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EPIC Yoga February 14, 21, 28 (no classes 2/7)
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Professor Emerita Virginia Papaioannou
, a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance, continues to lead EPIC Yoga.
No prior experience is required to join. Yoga can benefit people at all levels of physical training and health, but it is always wise to consult with a physician before undertaking any new exercise regime. Modifications will be offered to any participants with specific limitations arising from recovery from injury, arthritis, limited movement, or other causes.
Two one-hour classes are offered each week.
The
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
class practices breathing techniques and moves through some basic yoga poses, concentrating on alignment, balance, and flexibility. Those with experience move more deeply into the poses.
From
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
, we practice gentle/chair yoga, which is ideal for those of more limited mobility or flexibility. Classes include breathing, stretching, and yoga poses, done either seated in a chair or standing. No yoga mats are required for this class.
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On the horizon:
TUESDAY TALK, 2/26
"When the Emperor of Japan Becomes Emeritus"
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Barbara Ruch
Professor Emerita, Japanese Literature and Cultural History (GSAS)
Ongoing Director, IMJS: Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives, Columbia University
Two months from now, in April 2019, in an unprecedented development and to the consternation of the Japanese government, Japan’s most beloved Emperor, Akihito (b.1933-; r.1989-), will at last, after nine years of waiting, be granted his wish to retire from the throne and to cede it to his son, the Crown Prince. The Emperor, who will be 86 years old in December, is the 125th Emperor in the world’s longest uninterrupted monarchy that goes back in verifiable records more than 1500 years (and with named emperors expanding back even into pre-history. A modern “tradition,” begun only in the 20th century, dictates that an emperor’s reign is to end only in death. Emperor Akihito himself succeeded his father, Emperor Hirohito, at the latter’s death in 1989. A captive of new laws surrounding that new tradition, Emperor Akihito shocked the Imperial Household Agency and the government, Prime Minister Abe by informing them he felt incapable of adequately carrying out his onerous duties due to declining health. He did not wish to subject the people of Japan to a morbid wait for him to die nor to have his son accede to the throne in a state of mourning. We will take a look at what being an Emperor and Empress in Japan entails; the traditions and rituals of poetry, music, and compassion required in maintaining the stability of this imperial line; and modern issues that have emerged as society changes.
Read more about Professor Emerita Barbara Ruth on the Department of East Asian and Languages & Cultures
website
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February 26, 2019
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Faculty House
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