January Salons

Reservations required for all salons.

Spaces for some salons
are limited and reservations will be
accepted in order of receipt. If you cannot honor
a reservation please call to cancel.

Bring chair to salon when noted (chair).

 

4th Monday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Trash Islands

Susanne Neuer, PhD, an oceanographer at ASU, will discuss the trash islands and pollution in the oceans.

http://sols.asu.edu/people/faculty/sneuer.php

7th Thursday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Overscreening for Cancer

Diana Petitti, MD, vice chair, of the United States Preventive Services Task Force and a professor of biomedical informatics, ASU, will discuss the recent recommendations for screening of breast cancer.

http://bmi.asu.edu/directory/page.php?profile=794
http://www.ahrq.gov/CLINIC/uspstf/uspsbrca.htm

10th Sunday 3PM The Salon (chair)
Experimental Music of
Artist Joe Willie Smith

Artist and musician Joe Willie Smith, who recently created experimental sounds for the Nick Cave ‘Soundsuit’ performance at SMOCA, will perform with his original musical instruments.

12th Tuesday 7PM The Salon
Disturbances in Consciousness

George P. Prigatano, Ph.D., Newsome Chair, Clinical Neuropsychology at Barrow Neurological Institute will discuss disturbances in human consciousness in the awake brain: insights from the study of anosognosia.

http://www.thebarrow.org/About_Barrow/Bios/Group_3/Prigatano_George_PhD/index.htm

14th Thursday 7PM The Salon
Life is Not a Disease

Carl Hammerschlag, MD, a psychiatrist, author, lecturer and storyteller, will discuss the current trend of defining and treating unacceptable behaviors as mental illnesses.

http://www.healingdoc.com/

19th Tuesday 7PM The Salon (chair)
U. S. Governors

Richard Herrera, PhD, a political science professor at ASU, will discuss the politics of the current Governors of the United States.

https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/41273

23rd Saturday 7PM The Salon (chair)
The Naked Art Critic

Richard Nilsen, art critic for The Arizona Republic, will discuss what does it mean to be naked in art.

http://www.azcentral.com/

25th Monday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Meteorites

Meenakshi Wadhwa, PhD, Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies, ASU, will discuss meteorites and bring meteorites to view.

http://sese.asu.edu/person/meenakshi-wadhwa

26th Tuesday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Conversation with Frank Wilczek
members only

Frank Wilczek, PhD, a theoretical physicist and professor at MIT, winner of The Nobel Prize, and author of ‘The Lightness of Being’, will speak about recent developments in fundamental physics and the understanding of the nature of the universe.

http://www.frankwilczek.com/

27th Wednesday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Stimulus and the Recession

Dennis Hoffman, PhD, a professor of economics at ASU, will discuss the U.S. stimulus and recession.

http://wpcarey.asu.edu/directory/stafffaculty.cfm

28th Thursday 7PM The Salon (chair)
The Ancestral Diet

Bonnie Beezhold, PhD, a nutritionist at ASU, will discuss the ancestral diet, how it compares to the modern human diet, and the effects of the transition.

http://nursingandhealth.asu.edu/directory/226775

31st Sunday 5PM
(arrive 4:50PM - 5PM)
The Honors College Dinner Salon
Great Classics You Should Read

Spirit of the Senses is beginning a dinner salon series at The Barrett Honors College. Members meet at the Honors College Dining Hall followed by a salon. (dinner price about $14 each not included)

David Pickus, PhD, a professor at The Barrett Honors College, ASU, will discuss great classics you should read.

http://barretthonors.asu.edu/home/?p=1243

http://barretthonors.asu.edu/home/?cat=56

Special Extra Event:

In addition to the salons for members, Spirit of the Senses has arranged for special seating for:

The Beyond Center Annual Lecture by Frank Wilczek

Thursday 7:30PM January 21st
Reservations to Spirit of the Senses by January 15th.

ASU location in Tempe to be announced