University Dean of Macaulay Honors College ann.kirschner@mhc.cuny.edu 212-729-2925 Ann Kirschner began her career as a lecturer in Victorian literature at Princeton University, where she earned a PhD in English. Her career as an entrepreneur in media and technology included the creation of satellite and internet businesses for the National Football League and Columbia University’s online […]
—Richard Kramer Composed in 1796, Haydn’s oratorio The Creation (Die Schöpfung) opens with an “Ouverture” (as it is called in a draft for the libretto) inscribed “Vorstellung des Chaos” (translation is treacherous here, but “Representation of Chaos” will do for now): the world before the World, so to say. Haydn’s music for this scenario provoked […]
—Lee Quinby For millennia, apocalyptic belief—also called doomsday or end of time belief– has been a predominant way for people to express what they mean by truth, what they see as powerful, how they envision time, their anxieties about death, and their hope for something beyond life on earth. Historically, what John J. Collins has […]
—Myriam Sarachick At its best and highest level, science requires great imagination and creativity. A wonderful illustration is Richard Feynman’s 1959 lecture “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, in which he spoke of “a field, in which little has been done, but in which an enormous amount can be done in principle. …….the problem […]
A Social Basis for the Imagination? Phil Kasinitz Abstract and Selected Readings The Nature and Dynamics of Entrepreneurship and Its Interplay with Imagination Ramona Kay Zachary Abstract and Selected Readings Imagining Musical Scales Norman Carey Abstract and Selected Readings Imaginative Play Roger A. Hart Abstract and Selected Readings Imagination in 19th c American Landscape Art: […]
The Zolt-Gilburne Faculty Seminar at Macaulay Honors College at CUNY provides a unique opportunity for an invited group of distinguished academics and guests from widely diverse backgrounds to engage in discussion of a selected theme. A dinner table setting and brief presentations by two participants each time encourage reflection and collaboration while enabling spontaneity. “Imagination” […]
Thursday, September 10th: Lee Quinby (American Studies) and Myriam R. Sarachik (Physics) Thursday, October 1st: Sergei N. Artemov (Mathematics/Computer Science) and Richard Kramer (Music) Monday, November 9th: Joan Richardson (English) and David Savran (Theatre) Tuesday, February 16th: Kathy Manthorne (Art History) and Ofer Tchernichovski (Biology) Thursday, March 18th: Roger A. Hart (Environmental Psychology) and Norman […]
Sergei N. Artemov, Mathematics/Computer Science Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics/Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center sartemov@gc.cuny.edu 212-817-8661 Norman Carey, Music Associate Professor, Ph.D. Program in Music; Deputy Executive Officer and director of the Doctor of Musical Arts Performance program at the CUNY Graduate Center ncarey@gc.cuny.edu 212-817-8594 Roger A. Hart, Environmental Psychology Professor of Environmental […]
Miles Gilburne Miles Gilburne has been active for more than 25 years as a venture capitalist, corporate strategist and technology lawyer in the media, communications and technology industries. He is currently a managing member of ZG Ventures, LLC, an early stage venture capital firm focused on media, information technology and bioinformatics. Prior to forming ZG […]
The Seminar hosts and founders are Nina Zolt and Miles Gilburne. University Dean of Macaulay Honors College, Ann Kirschner, is responsible for establishing the Seminar at Macaulay. Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Macaulay Honors College, Lee Quinby, serves as the faculty coordinator of the Seminar. The Seminar’s roots are in The Time Project that […]
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