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Date: 3/22/2023
Subject: Penn's Village Presents: "What Is a 'Paradigm' and How Does it 'Shift'? And More!"
From: Penn's Village




 What is a ‘Paradigm’ and How Does It ‘Shift?’

What is ‘Critical Theory’ and Is It Dangerous?”

With Dr. Ian Lustick

Bess W. Heyman Chair Emeritus

Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania

 Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

Via Zoom

The term “paradigm” refers to large-scale and typically unstated beliefs about the way the world is structured and about how information about the world is collected. These beliefs, experienced as “common sense,” often determine what we expect when we investigate a phenomenon and how we perceive the world and collect information. Critical Race Theory, like Critical Legal Theory, or Critical Anything Theory, seeks to identify the assumptions and unstated but problematic beliefs that make a scientific theory or scholarly approach both focused enough to be useful and distorted enough to give rise to erroneous beliefs. Science progresses by the constant criticism of theories and the paradigms upon which they depend and the painful ruptures that arise when conceptual limits must be broken to answer important questions.  Join us for this important and timely discussion.

 Dr. Ian Lustick holds the Bess W. Heyman Chair Emeritus in the Political Science Department of the University of Pennsylvania. He teaches Middle Eastern politics, comparative politics, and computer modeling. He is a recipient of awards from the Carnegie Corporation, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Social Sciences Research Council. Among his books are "Arabs in the Jewish State" (1980); "For the Land and the Lord" (1988, 1994); "Unsettled States, Disputed Lands" (1993); and "Trapped in the War on Terror" (2006).  His most recent book, "Paradigm Lost" (2019), can be found here:

https://paradigmlostbook.com/

 

LOCATION

 
This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing. You do not need a Zoom account but you will need to download and install the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device to join the event. Please email us at tech@pennsvillage.org in advance if you need assistance installing the Zoom app or check our new Zoom Instructions. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion.
 
You will receive an email a few days before the event as well as on the day of the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

RSVP

 
Self-registration is now available on the Penn's Village website!  Please review our
Self-Registration Instructions and register here: What is a Paradigm? You can also register by emailing info@pennsvillage.org or calling 215-925-7333. If you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to make room for others.
 
This program is free of charge to our members and volunteer partners.  
 
Guests are welcome to attend up to three programs per calendar year before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village, or they can pay $10 per additional program.  Refunds will be generated if a guest registration is cancelled in advance.
 
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