Bergren Forum - John D'Angelo
The Bergren Forum, sponsored by the Division of Human Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will be meeting in-person from 12:10 to 1:00 on Thursdays in Nevins Theatre, Powell Campus Center. Bring a brown bag lunch if you wish. Coffee and tea will be provided.Oct. 6 John D’Angelo, “It’s Nobel Prize Week! The History, and Inequity of Alfred Nobel’s Prize “
The Nobel Prize is one of, if not the best-known award in modern human society. Why did Alfred Nobel create the award? Why are the recipients so “homogeneous”? Why are they sometimes skipped? Are the awards ever controversial? Are Nobel Prize-winning works ever proven “wrong” after the fact? How many Nobel Prize winners were also criminals, war criminals, scientific fraudsters, or political prisoners? How did someone hide from the Nazis a pair of Nobel Prizes in plain sight? John D’Angelo will discuss these questions and more.
For those not able to make it to Nevins, there is a Zoom link, which will be the same each week.But people who Zoom in will have to make their own tea or coffee.