Is it writing? Sciences & Humanities Under the Dome Lecture

Name: Is it writing? Sciences & Humanities Under the Dome Lecture
Start: 2024-09-26T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-26T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Old Main

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When:

September 26, 2024
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Where:

Old Main
4841 Cass (Room #0209)
Detroit, MI 48202

Event category: Lecture

In-person

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Is it writing?

Join Professor Stephen Chrisomalis (WSU Anthropology & Linguistics) as he shares inscribed communication systems from around the world and through time with us and we consider where and how writing systems developed. When is something a writing system and when is it something else?

Dr. Stephen Chrisomalis is a linguistic anthropologist who specializes in the anthropology of mathematics and the interaction of language, cognition, and culture. He has written extensively on the history of mathematical and notational systems around the world, and considers the way that numbers are used to represent and manipulate different aspects of the world we live in. He received his PhD at McGill University. At Wayne State Dr. Chrisomalis teaches courses such as Language, Culture & Cognition, History of Anthropology, and Language & Societies.

Sciences & Humanities Under the Dome is a free public lecture series supported by the Rita & Stanley Levy & Ratna & Vaman Naik Endowment. We welcome all members of the community to join us in the planetarium for these research lectures!

Light refreshments will be provided prior to the lecture. Doors open at 5:30pm.

Contact

Megan McCullen
313-577-6455
mccullen@wayne.edu

Cost

Free

Calendars

Wayne State University, Planetarium, Physics and Astronomy, Museums, Main Events Calendar, Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Events homepage, Anthropology

Audience

Community, Current students

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