Lecture Series

The lecture series provides a venue in which distinguished scientists from around the world can engage in interdisciplinary dialog with members of the UCSB community to exchange recent breakthroughs in the mind sciences.

Upcoming Lectures

October 27

Hod Lipson. Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Computing and Information Science, Cornell University.

Title: Emergent Self-Models in Machine Minds.

December 1

Andrew Samwick. Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College. Director, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College.

Title: The Clash of Culture and Mind: The Collapse of Saving in the United States?

January 12

Daniel Schacter. William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Harvard University.

Title: Memory and the Mind: How We Construct True, False, and Imaginary Events.

January 30

Rebecca Goldstein. Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College.

Title: Spinoza's Mind.

February 2

Steven Pinker. Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University.

Title: Language as a Window into Human Nature.

March 9

James Wilson. The James A. Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy Emeritus, University of California Los Angeles. Lecturer, Pepperdine University.

Title: Why has Crime Increased in Advanced Nations since 1950?

April 6

Ian Tattersall. Curator, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.

Title: Becoming Human.

May 11

Lera Boroditsky. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Stanford University.

Title: From Perception to Language and Back Again.