Hong Kong legislator to discuss freedom and the Falun Gong
Margaret Ng, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, will discuss "Safeguards for the Freedoms of Speech, Association and Religion Under Test in Hong Kong SAR -- the Falun Gong Case" on Monday, April 16.
Her talk will take place 12:20-1:30 p.m. in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. Sandwiches and beverages will be served at noon prior to the start of the lecture. Sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies, the event is free and open to the public.
Ng is a practicing barrister in Hong Kong. A member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council until 1997, she was returned by overwhelming majorities to the same constituency in the elections of 1998 and 2000.
The author of numerous publications, Ng is a noted commentator and writer in both English and Chinese. She served as deputy editor-in-chief of the Ming Pao News from 1986 to 1987, and publisher of the paper from 1988 to 1990. She is currently a regular contributor to the South China Morning Post.
Jaak Panksepp, a pioneering investigator in the field of affective neuroscience, will present a lecture titled "Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System: The Neural Sources of Sadness and Joy" on Thursday, April 19.
Panksepp will emphasize the evolutionary biology of emotion in his talk, which begins at 4 p.m. in Rm. 108 of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. Copies of preparatory readings will be available in Rm. 101 of the Whitney Humanities Center. Part of the seminar "Mind, Brain, Consciousness and Culture," the lecture is free and open to the public.
Panksepp's major research focus has been on experimental investigation of the neural basis of emotion and the role of emotion in behavior across a wide range of animal species. This research has led him to a unique perspective that emphasizes the evolutionary biology of the neural mechanisms involved in emotional behavior and on the generation of consciousness itself.
Panksepp is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychobiology at Bowling Green State University and adjunct professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. He is the author of the textbook "Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions."
Daniel Callahan '52, cofounder of The Hastings Center, will deliver the second Howard M. Spiro Lecture on Thursday, April 19.
Titled "Living with Limits, Devising an Affordable, Sustainable Medicine," the talk will begin at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. A reception will precede the lecture at 4:30 p.m. Part of the Program for Humanities in Medicine, the event is free and open to the public.
The Hastings Center is a research and educational organization that examines ethical issues of medicine, biology and the environment. Callahan was director and president of the center from its founding in 1969 until 1996. He is currently director of the center's international programs. He is also a senior fellow at Harvard Medical School and an honorary faculty member of Charles University Medical School in Prague.
Callahan holds honorary degrees from Oregon State University, the University of Colorado, Williams College, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science, and is a member of the Director's Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease Control. He won the 1996 Freedom and Scientific Responsibility Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In his talk, Callahan will assert that a clash is developing between biomedical progress, affordability and equitable access. How that problem is resolved, he believes, will have a profound effect on the future of health care around the world.
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