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“Hildegard of Bingen: Medieval Lessons for Modern Medicine” with Victoria Sweet, MD, 2020 Medical Humanities Lecturer

Our 2020 Medical Humanities Lecturer is Victoria Sweet, MD, an associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the award-winning author of God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine and Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing. In these two books, Sweet argues for a new approach to medical care that takes into account valuable lessons learned from pre-modern practices. Sweet advocates for care based on viriditas, Hildegard of Bingen’s concept of the healing power of nature, onto which she grafts respect for modern medicine through engaging stories drawn from her own medical training.

When: Thursday, November 19, 2020
Time: 9:00 - 10:00am MST

Location: Zoom (virtual)
Passcode: 130121

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Technology & AI Virtual Book Club - I , Robot

With Andrew Shephard

English faculty members Andrew Shephard and Jeremy Rosen who will run a bi-semester virtual book club on artificial intelligence, starting with I, Robot by Isaac Isamov and discussion led by Prof. Shephard.

When: October 29, 2020
Time: 7:00pm MDT
Location: Virtual

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Technology & AI Virtual Book Club - I , Robot

With Andrew Shephard

English faculty members Andrew Shephard and Jeremy Rosen who will run a bi-semester virtual book club on artificial intelligence, starting with I, Robot by Isaac Isamov and discussion led by Prof. Shephard.

When: October 29, 2020
Time: 7:00pm MDT
Location: Virtual

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

Technology & AI Virtual Book Club - I , Robot

With Andrew Shephard

English faculty members Andrew Shephard and Jeremy Rosen who will run a bi-semester virtual book club on artificial intelligence, starting with I, Robot by Isaac Isamov and discussion led by Prof. Shephard.

When: October 29, 2020
Time: 7:00pm MDT
Location: Virtual

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

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Mission

The Tanner Humanities Center promotes humanities inquiry and exchange by supporting innovative scholarly projects and creating opportunities for interaction among scholars, students, and lifelong learners. We offer programs in three major areas: public engagement, educational outreach, and academic research. Our activities reflect a vision of the humanities as not only relevant, stimulating, and cutting-edge, but also essential for developing critical thinking, tolerance, and respect on campus and in our community.

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