Our campus is closed to the public for this event.

Monday, June 16

8:15 Shuttles depart hotel
8:30 Breakfast at SFI
9:00 Welcome, introductions, overview of questions (David Krakauer, Doug Erwin, Tony Eagan, Kyle Harper)
10:00 Laws and Regularities in Fundamental vs Special Sciences
  • Tim Kohler
  • Ivan Ermakoff
  • Lynn Hunt
10:45 Break
11:00 Discussion of Laws and Regularities
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Contingency and Determinism in History
  • Rachel Powell
  • Julia Adeney Thomas
  • Peter Turchin
2:00 Discussion of Contingency and Determinism
3:00 Break
3:30 Day 1 Discussion
5:00 Shuttles back to hotel (group dinner at 6:30)

Tuesday, June 17

8:15 Shuttles depart hotel
8:30 Breakfast at SFI
9:00 History as Evolutionary Science: Biology and Culture
  • Nicolas Baumard
  • Daniel Smail
  • Ian Morris
10:00 Discussion of History as Evolutionary Science
10:45 Break
11:15 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Causation/Epistemology/Reductionism
  • Thomas Blanchard
  • Chris Haufe
  • Michael Strevens
2:00 Discussion of Causation/Epistemology/Reductionism
3:00 Break
3:30 Day 2 Discussion
5:00 Shuttles depart to hotel (group dinner at 7pm)

Wednesday, June 18

8:15 Shuttles depart hotel
8:30 Breakfast at SFI
9:00 Progress and Direction in History
  • David Freedberg
  • Thomas Moynihan
  • James Belich
10:00 Discussion of Progress and Direction
10:45 Break
11:00 Wrap-up discussion
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Shuttles depart to hotel
6:30 to 9:00 Community Lecture by Kyle Harper: Climate Change and Contagion Complex Crises Past and Present