Season 3 of the podcast launches in July. We have a great lineup of guests coming up!

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What, if anything, is beautiful about democracy? Is it meaningful to talk about beauty when it comes to politics?

These questions were discussed (and even fiercely debated) in our final plenary session of the Beauty at Work international symposium held at The Catholic University of America, May 27, 2023.

This episode is the second part of the discussion. Please listen to the first part here if you haven't already: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2043099/15128215

Panelists for the session were Hélène Landemore (Yale University), Shadi Hamid (The Atlantic), and Osita Nwanevu (The New Republic)

The panel was moderated by Samuel Kimbriel, The Aspen Institute.

You can find the full video of the discussion on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/9FQPHMRsW1A?si=t7fcKRhfnr4EbL2r

This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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What, if anything, is beautiful about democracy? Is it meaningful to talk about beauty when it comes to politics?

These questions were discussed (and even fiercely debated) in our final plenary session of the Beauty at Work international symposium held at The Catholic University of America, May 27, 2023.

We will share this session with you over the next couple of episodes.

Panelists for the session were Hélène Landemore (Yale University), Shadi Hamid (The Atlantic), and Osita Nwanevu (The New Republic)

The panel was moderated by Samuel Kimbriel, Aspen Institute.

You can find the full video of the discussion on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/9FQPHMRsW1A?si=t7fcKRhfnr4EbL2r

This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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This is part 2 of a 2-part episode examining how beauty works to shape our brains, the spaces we inhabit, and the communities we build.

Please check out part 1 if you haven't already: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2043099/15078668

These questions were the focus of the second plenary session of our International Symposium on Beauty at Work that we held in Washington DC in May 2023.

Our panelists were:

Anjan Chatterjee, University of Pennsylvania

Julio Bermudez, The Catholic University of America

Pallavi Dean, Roar, Dubai, UAE

Sheri Parks, University of Maryland

The panel was moderated by Christine Emba, Staff Writer at The Atlantic

You can watch the video of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/4VhC7mTxEoQ

This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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How does beauty shape our brains, the spaces we inhabit, and the communities we build?

These questions were the focus of the second plenary session of our International Symposium on Beauty at Work that we held in Washington DC in May 2023.

The panelists in this second session of our Symposium tackle these questions

Anjan Chatterjee, University of Pennsylvania
Julio Bermudez, The Catholic University of America
Pallavi Dean, Roar, Dubai, UAE
Sheri Parks, University of Maryland

The panel was moderated by Christine Emba, Staff Writer at The Atlantic

You can watch the video of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/4VhC7mTxEoQ

This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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This episode is the second part of our plenary session on the meaning and value of beauty in science which opened the International Symposium on Beauty at Work that we held in Washington DC in May 2023.

Please check out part 1 of the discussion here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2043099/15037678

The session was a discussion between four scientists: Dr. Robert Gilbert (Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford); Dr. Aaron Dominguez (Professor of Physics and Provost, Catholic University of America); and Dr. Massimo Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute) and Dr. Maria Teresa Landi (National Cancer Institute at NIH) who moderated the conversation.

There are some beautiful visuals and videos that you can watch on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_ESu8RPeI

This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, the Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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What does Beauty mean to scientists? Why does it matter for the practice of science?

These questions drive the opening plenary session of the Beauty at Work international symposium held at The Catholic University of America, May 26, 2023.

We’re going to share this session with you over the next couple of episodes.

The session opened with remarks from the President of the Catholic University of America, Dr. Peter Kilpatrick. It was followed by a discussion between four scientists: Dr. Robert Gilbert (Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford); Dr. Aaron Dominguez (Professor of Physics and Provost, Catholic University of America); and Dr. Massimo Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute) and Dr. Maria Teresa Landi (National Cancer Institute at NIH) who moderated the conversation.

There are some beautiful visuals and videos that you can watch on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_ESu8RPeI

This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, the Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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In July 2022, we held an interdisciplinary panel at the University of Oxford on the role of beauty in science. The event was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust and Magdalen College. The panel represented perspectives from diverse disciplines: mathematics, physics, biology, philosophy of science, and sociology.

This is the third episode in the series. In this episode, I present results from the world’s first large-scale survey of beauty in science. You can see the slides from the presentation on the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/t6AQ9O2MLUY?si=VQpoyHYaMSWYpBoN

Following this presentation we’ll have a discussion among panelists and Q&A from the audience.

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