60-Second Lectures - In Quarantine

Every spring and fall, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty take a minute out by the Ben Franklin statue in front of College Hall to share a unique perspective in one minute or less. This semester, 60-Second Lectures go digital as we seek to understand this difficult and unique moment in time. A wide variety of scholars and experts will shed light on the pandemic, including the science; the complex social, cultural, historical, and economic issues; and the response here on campus.

Faculty Presenters
The Great Rehearsal 
Anne Berg, Assistant Professor of History

Norm-Nudging
Cristina Bicchieri, Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program and the Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences Program

COVID-19 and the Era of U.S.-China Rivalry: First, the Bad News
Avery Goldstein, David M. Knott Professor in Global Politics and International Relations, Inaugural Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, and Associate Director of the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics

Resistance to COVID-19 Science
Michael Weisberg, Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science and the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance

Lectures will be posted every Wednesday in April at noon on Penn Arts & Sciences Facebook and Twitter pages @PennSAS and on Penn Arts & Sciences Vimeo Library.