Glimmer and Consequence

Listen and respond as faculty from a wide range of science, arts, and humanities disciplines share questions and reflections provoked by The Gift. This lunchtime roundtable discussion will create a space for interdisciplinary encounters in advance of seeing the installation later in the evening.

Speakers

Christian Gonzalez Ho

Christian Gonzalez Ho is a PhD candidate in Art History at Stanford University and holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University. Christian works as a cultural theorist, curator, art historian, and architectural designer, with a focus on how art and architecture mediate relationships with the self, others, and the numinous.

 

Susan Clark

Susan Clark is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Stanford University, and a senior member of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC). Clark is an astrophysicist, with primary research interests in cosmic magnetic fields and the interstellar medium. Clark earned her PhD from Columbia University in 2017, and was a Hubble Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study before joining the Stanford faculty. At Stanford, Clark leads the Cosmic Magnetism and Interstellar Physics Group, working on a diverse set of problems involving Galactic and extragalactic magnetism, 3D structure of the interstellar medium, interstellar turbulence, star formation, and polarized cosmological foregrounds, among other topics. Clark was recently honored as a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow.

 

Tom Mullaney
Photo Credit: Michelle Mengsu Chang

Tom Mullaney is Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the recipient of Stanford’s highest award for excellence in teaching, the Gores Award. He is the co-author of Where Research Begins (University of Chicago Press, 2022, with Christopher Rea), The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT Press 2017), and Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China (UC Press, 2010), among other works. His writings have appeared in Fast CompanyMIT Technology ReviewQuartz, the South China Morning PostTechCrunch, the Journal of Asian StudiesTechnology & CultureForeign Affairs, and Foreign Policy. His work has been featured in RadioLabThe Atlantic, the BBC, and in invited lectures at Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and more. He earned his BA and MA from the Johns Hopkins University, and his PhD from Columbia University.

 

Karl Lorenz

Dr. Karl Lorenz is a primary care and palliative care physician and serves as Professor of Medicine and Research Section Chief for the adult section of palliative medicine at Stanford. He Co-Directs the VA's national palliative care Quality Improvement Resource Center, and serves as a core investigator at the Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i). His current research encompasses global palliative care and collaborations in India, Ethiopia, and South Africa, quality measurement, use of narratives in medical decisions, and surgical -palliative integration. He co-leads a course for Stanford freshmen focused on personal and societal perspectives on illness-related suffering.

 

This event is co-organized by the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life and Stanford Arts. Introductory remarks will be made by Denning Visiting Artist Janani Balasubramanian, '12, Associate Professor in Physics at Colorado College Natalie Gosnell, and Director of Public Humanities + Research at the Bard Graduate Center Andrew Kircher.

Denning Visiting Artist Janani Balasubramanian, ‘12, is hosted by the Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford Compression Forum, the Physics Department, and the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, with funding from the Stanford Visiting Artist Fund in Honor of Roberta Bowman Denning.

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Ellen Oh

Director of Interdisciplinary Arts Programs

ellenoh@stanford.edu