Enhancement Technologies Research Meeting 2

March 4-5, 1998, The Galton Laboratory, Department of Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BB

Wednesday, March 4 1998

1:00 pm

• David Gems (genetics), University College London, E-mail: d.gems@galton.ucl.ac.uk
  "Life-Extension as an Ontological Enhancement"

  2:15 pm
  

• Alice Dreger (history and philosophy of science), Michigan State, E-mail: dreger@pilot.msu.edu
  "Facing Difference: The Treatment of Cleft Palate"

  3:30 pm
  

• Paul Martin (sociology), University of Sussex, E-mail: P_A_Martin@compuserve.com
  "History of Genetic Engineering"

9:00 am

• Jon Turney (science and technology studies), University College London, E-mail: ucrhjon@ucl.ac.uk
  "Can Man Be Modified: Twentieth Century Views"

  10:15
  Bruce Charlton (psychiatry, anatomy, literature), Newcastle University, E-mail:

• Bruce.G.Charlton@ncl.ac.uk
  "Human Evolution and the Role of Psychopharmacology"

  11:30 am
  

• Peter Kramer (psychiatry, literature), Brown University, E-mail: pdkmd@brown.edu
  "Through a Glass Darkly: Examining the Melancholic Perspective"

  12:45
  Lunch

  2:15 pm
  

• David Healy (psychiatry), University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, E-mail: healy_hergest@compuserve.com
  "Does Technology Drive Progress?"

  3:30 pm
  

• Hayward Krieger (philosophy), Viadrina European University of Frankfurt (Oder), E-mail: h.krieger@philosophers.net
  "Prozac and Being"

  4:15 pm
  

• Tod Chambers (cultural studies, comparative religion), E-mail: t-chambers@nwu.edu
  "Dressing for the Future: Identity and Cyberculture Fashion"

Other group members

Margaret Lock, E-mail: cy61@musica.mcgill.ca

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