Tag: yuval avnar

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.02.01-2021.02.05

    The Academic Minute for 2021.02.01-2021.02.05

      The Academic Minute from 02.01 – 02.05 Monday, February 1st Hao Huang – Scripps College Tradition and Environmentalism in Bali: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Currently the endowed Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music at Scripps College, Dr. Hao Huang has served as a four-time United States Information Agency Artistic Ambassador to Europe, the Middle…

  • Yuval Avnar, Scripps College – News Echo Chambers

    Yuval Avnar, Scripps College – News Echo Chambers

    On Scripps College Week: Are news echo chambers really a bad thing?  Yuval Avnur, professor of philosophy, takes a two-pronged approach to this question. Yuval Avnur is Professor of Philosophy at Scripps College. He works on a broad range of issues about belief and doubt, including in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of religion, and the history of…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.02.01)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.02.01)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.02.01   Monday, February 1st Hao Huang, professor of humanities, looks at environmentalism and music in a sacred way. Tuesday, February 2nd Martha Gonzalez, associate professor of chicanx-latinx studies, looks into how music has been affected by commoditization. Wednesday, February 3rd Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, associate professor of biology, takes a…