The Columbia University chapter of
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
presents
The Gene Wars:
Basing Sovereignty Claims on Genetics
Speakers: Diana Muir Appelbaum and Paul S. Appelbaum, MD
Location: 303 Uris Hall*
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm
Diana Muir Appelbaum is an award-winning author and historian. Her Reflections in Bullough's Pond received the Massachusetts Book Award as the best non-fiction book of 2000 and has been adopted by several college courses as a text on the interplay between man and nature. Although her books are written for a general audience, her work on the social history of Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July is considered foundational in the study of human celebration. Muir also has written a pair of children's books on the Maine woods and the ice trade, which have delighted a generation of New England schoolchildren. YankeeMagazine named her first book Giants in the Land one of the 40 greatest children's books of all time. She is a graduate of Barnard College.
Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, and Director of the Division of Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and an affiliated faculty member at Columbia Law School. He is the author of many articles and books on law and ethics in clinical practice and research. Dr. Appelbaum is a Past President of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He has served as Chair of the Council on Psychiatry and Law for the American Psychiatric Association. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Appelbaum is a graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Medical School.
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*Uris Hall is the main building of the Graduate School of Business. It is located behind (north of) the Low Library, which is the building at the top of the steps to your left (behind the statue of Alma Mater) as you enter the Columbia College Walk from the east side of Broadway at 116th Street.
