The Philomathean Society
presents
presents
Terrorism: The Science, Weapons, and Politics of Fear
A multi-disciplinary symposium featuring:
Dr. M. Susan Lindee (History & Sociology of Science, Author of Suffering Made Real: American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima.)
Dr. Ian Lustick (Political Science, Author of Trapped in the War on Terror)
Dr. Stanley Plotkin, M.D. (Wistar Institute, Author of "Vaccines")
Dr. Harvey Rubin, M.D. , (Director, Penn’s Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response)
February 20th
6:00 P.M.
in the Philomathean Halls (4th Floor of College Hall, see website for directions)
Dr. M. Susan Lindee is a native Texan who received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a journalist for ten years before she pursued graduate study at Cornell University, where she earned a Ph.D in History and Philosophy of Science. Her research focuses on twentieth-century biological and biomedical sciences, particularly radiation biology, human genetics and genomics. Her books include Moments of Truth: Genetic Disease in American Culture (2004), Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropology and Science Beyond the Two Culture Divide (2003), The DNA Mystique: The gene as a cultural icon (1995), and Suffering Made Real: American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima (1994). She teaches about science and gender, science and war, and the history of American science. She is a sea kayaker and birdwatcher.
Dr. Ian S. Lustick is Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania where he holds the Bess W. Heyman Chair. He has authored or edited more than twenty books. His latest book is Trapped in the War on Terror (2006). His other books include Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank and Gaza (1993); and For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (1994). His articles have been published in leading journals, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World Politics, American Political Science Review, International Organization, Middle East Journal, Journal of Israeli History, and Middle East Policy. He is a recipient of awards from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the United States Institute of Peace. Dr. Lustick is a founder and past President of the Association for Israel Studies. He is the originator of the PS-I computational modeling platform and a leader in the application of agent-based modeling techniques to problems in the social sciences. He has worked in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and has been a consultant on Middle East and national security affairs for each of the last seven American administrations.
Dr. Stanley Plotkin is currently an advisor at the pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur and is an emeritus professor at the Wistar Institute where he conducted research on the rubella vaccine. He is also an emeritus professor of pediatrics at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. He has served senior assistant surgeon with the Epidemic Intelligence Service, United States Public Health Service; director of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and associate chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Plotkin investigated the last known outbreak of inhalation anthrax prior to the terrorist events of 2001 and helped demonstrate the efficacy of the current anthrax vaccine. He has also written “Vaccines,” a standard reference book. Over the course of his career Dr. Plotkin has been awarded the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the Sabin Foundation Medal, the French Legion Medal of Honor, the Clinical Virology Award, the Pan American Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis, the Distinguished Physician Award, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society and the Bruce Medal of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Harvey Rubin is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and holds secondary appointments as Professor in the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and as Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Medicine, Chair of the School of Medicine Committee on Appointments and Promotions, a member of the School of Medicine Curriculum Committee and won the Donald B. Martin, MD Teaching Service Award in 1996. He is also the Director of Penn’s Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (ISTAR). His research focuses on the genetics and metabolic networks of tuberculosis.
A multi-disciplinary symposium featuring:
Dr. M. Susan Lindee (History & Sociology of Science, Author of Suffering Made Real: American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima.)
Dr. Ian Lustick (Political Science, Author of Trapped in the War on Terror)
Dr. Stanley Plotkin, M.D. (Wistar Institute, Author of "Vaccines")
Dr. Harvey Rubin, M.D. , (Director, Penn’s Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response)
February 20th
6:00 P.M.
in the Philomathean Halls (4th Floor of College Hall, see website for directions)
Dr. M. Susan Lindee is a native Texan who received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a journalist for ten years before she pursued graduate study at Cornell University, where she earned a Ph.D in History and Philosophy of Science. Her research focuses on twentieth-century biological and biomedical sciences, particularly radiation biology, human genetics and genomics. Her books include Moments of Truth: Genetic Disease in American Culture (2004), Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropology and Science Beyond the Two Culture Divide (2003), The DNA Mystique: The gene as a cultural icon (1995), and Suffering Made Real: American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima (1994). She teaches about science and gender, science and war, and the history of American science. She is a sea kayaker and birdwatcher.
Dr. Ian S. Lustick is Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania where he holds the Bess W. Heyman Chair. He has authored or edited more than twenty books. His latest book is Trapped in the War on Terror (2006). His other books include Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank and Gaza (1993); and For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (1994). His articles have been published in leading journals, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World Politics, American Political Science Review, International Organization, Middle East Journal, Journal of Israeli History, and Middle East Policy. He is a recipient of awards from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the United States Institute of Peace. Dr. Lustick is a founder and past President of the Association for Israel Studies. He is the originator of the PS-I computational modeling platform and a leader in the application of agent-based modeling techniques to problems in the social sciences. He has worked in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and has been a consultant on Middle East and national security affairs for each of the last seven American administrations.Dr. Stanley Plotkin is currently an advisor at the pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur and is an emeritus professor at the Wistar Institute where he conducted research on the rubella vaccine. He is also an emeritus professor of pediatrics at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. He has served senior assistant surgeon with the Epidemic Intelligence Service, United States Public Health Service; director of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and associate chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Plotkin investigated the last known outbreak of inhalation anthrax prior to the terrorist events of 2001 and helped demonstrate the efficacy of the current anthrax vaccine. He has also written “Vaccines,” a standard reference book. Over the course of his career Dr. Plotkin has been awarded the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the Sabin Foundation Medal, the French Legion Medal of Honor, the Clinical Virology Award, the Pan American Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis, the Distinguished Physician Award, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society and the Bruce Medal of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Harvey Rubin is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and holds secondary appointments as Professor in the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and as Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Medicine, Chair of the School of Medicine Committee on Appointments and Promotions, a member of the School of Medicine Curriculum Committee and won the Donald B. Martin, MD Teaching Service Award in 1996. He is also the Director of Penn’s Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (ISTAR). His research focuses on the genetics and metabolic networks of tuberculosis. 
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