Academia Oamenilor de Stiinta din Romania - Filiala USA

Academy of Romanian Scientists - USA Branch



THE ACADEMIY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS

THE ROMANIAN INSTITUTE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY

THE METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF NEW YORK




The XXVth Theological, Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium

December 2, 2017  Metropolitan College of New York

60 West Street, New York,, NY 10006

 


 

 

Nation and Identity:

Reconciling the Traditional Sense of Belonging with the Globalist Tendencies of Current Post-Culturalism




Participants:

 

Theodor Damian, PhD

Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Metropolitan College of New York; President of the Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality:

Nationalism vs. Globalism. The Cultural Meaning of Borders

 

Humphrey Crookendale, JD

Dean of School for Public Affairs and Administration, Metropolitan College of New York

Communication and Identity in American Politics

 

Richard Grallo, PhD

Professor of Applied Psychology, Metropolitan College of New York:

Fooling Ourselves with Personal Identity

 

Louis Tietje, PhD

Professor of Ethics,Metropolitan College of New York:

Driverless Cars: A New Occasion for the Trolley Problem

 

Doru Tsaganea, PhD

Professor of Mathematics,Metropolitan College of New York

Nation, Nationalism and Nation State in Historical Perspective

 

David Rosner, PhD

Associate Professor of Values and Ethics, Metropolitan College of New York:

How Can the Ancient Teachings of Xenophanes of Colophon Be Applied to the Contemporary Problem of Globalization?

 

Alina Feld, PhD

Affiliate Faculty at the General Theological Seminary, New York

Cosmopolitanism or Recognizing Humanity on the Other: Simone Weil and Martha Nussbaum

 

 

Discussant:

David Rosner, PhD

 

 

Moderator:

Humphrey Crookendale, PhD

 

 

Guests of Honor:

His Eminence Nicolae Condrea PhD

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas

 

Vinton Thompson, PhD

President of the Metropolitan College of New York

 

Tilokie Depoo, PhD

Chief Academic Officer and Dean

School for Business

Metropolitan College of New York

 

“SPIRITUS”  ART GALLERY

Director, Viorica Colpacci