What is Oppenheimer Good for? Panel Conversation and Q&A

Date/Time
Thursday
5 Sep 2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location
Zellerbach Playhouse

Event Type
Non-CSTMS Event


Join On the Same Page for a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary panel and Q&A discussion about the film Oppenheimer. We’ll hear from historians, physicists, and a filmmaker about Christopher Nolan’s Academy Award–winning film. Reception to follow.

This event is the first in a series this fall around Oppenheimer, presented by the On the Same Page program.

On the Same Page is UC Berkeley’s way of welcoming our new students into the intellectual community. Each year, we feature a book, theme, or other work of art to provide the focus of a range of events, courses, and activities that bring our new students into contact with each other and our faculty.

 

Panelist: Dmitri Brown, Assistant Professor of History, UC Berkeley
Panelist: Cathryn Carson, Professor and Chair of History, UC Berkeley
Panelist: Jon Else, Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Panelist: Yasunori Nomura, Professor of Physics and Director of the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, UC Berkeley
Panelist: Kyoko Sato, Associate Director of Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University
Moderator: Steven Kahn, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Presenter: Benjamin Hermalin, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley

 

To RSVP, please visit the On the Same Page program’s website. Registration/RSVP is kindly requested, though not required, so we know how much food to order. This event is free and open to the public. If you require an accommodation or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact us with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

This event is sponsored by: On the Same Page