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CURRENT EVENTS
Humanist Anniversaries To Celebrate.
March 2010 - The Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York Meetings
The current Chapter President is Dr. Thomas Riggins. There is a four-member Executive Board consisting of Dave Buehrens, Dorothy Klein, Beth Lamont, and Lila Smith. The previous Chapter President was Dr. Julius Manson.
The group meets approximately twice per month — generally on the evening of the second and fourth Tuesdays, usually with a speaker followed by a discussion.
See: http://www.corliss-lamont.org/hsmny/
March 2010 New York Society for Ethical Culture Meetings
11:15 a.m. - Meetings at 2 West 64th Street, Manhattan
Leaders:
- Dr. Anne Klaeysen
- Curt Collier
- Dr. Joseph Chuman
March 2010 Atheist Meetings, New York City
- Attend the brunch, social gatherings, and monthly meetings. Also, check out the atheism cable show and the book club cable show.
March 2010 Listings for Richard Dawkins.net
Calendar lists not only events in which Richard Dawkins is involved but also events in various British cities.
April 20, 2010 - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Philosophy and Politics. Suggested Reading: Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell, chapter 1: “Philosophy and Politics.”
May 18, 2010 - Happy Birthday Bertie! - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
No suggested reading - just come ready to celebrate Russell's 138th birthday.
May 21, 2010 to May 23, 2010 Bertrand Russell Society Meeting, McMaster U in Canada
On the centenary of Russell's Principia Mathematica, the Board of Directors will meet at McMaster University in Canada. See http://bertie.ccsu.edu/russell2010
May 23, 2010 Margaret Fuller Bicentennial
- • First American to write a book about equality for women
- • First woman foreign correspondent and war correspondent to
- serve under combat conditions
- • First woman journalist on Horace Greeley’s New York Daily Tribune
- • First editor of The Dial, foremost Transcendentalist journal,
- appointed by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- • First woman literary critic who also set literary standards
- • First woman to enter Harvard Library to pursue research
June 3 to 6, 2010 - 69th Annual Conference, American Humanist Association (AHA)
- The 69th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association will take place June 3-6, 2010, at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California. Details.
June 15, 2010 - The 2010 Annual Meeting of the BRS - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
No suggested reading—come hear a report on the annual meeting.
June 18, 2010 - "God and Politics" in Copenhagen, Denmark
An international atheist conference will bring activists from around the world to Denmark from June 18 to 20, 2010, to explore the intersection between religion and politics.
Speakers at "Gods and Politics" will include: Taslima Nasrin, Roy W. Brown, Anthony C. Grayling, Richard Wiseman, Victor Stenger, P.Z. Myers, and Rebecca Goldstein. The conference, which is hosted by the Danish Atheist Society and Atheist Alliance International, will be held at the Double Diamond Hotel in Copenhagen.
See http://atheistconvention.eu/
July 20, 2010 - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Self-Deception. Suggested Reading: Motivated Irrationality by David Pears, chapter TBA.
August 17, 2010 -Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Russell on Inference. Suggested Reading: The Art of Philosophizing by Bertrand Russell, chapter 2: “The Art of Drawing Inferences.”
September 2010 - The 100th Anniversary Congress of the International Asssociation of Liberal Religious Women (IALRW), Kochi, India
The world's oldest women's international interfaith organization will hold their Centennial Congress (100th Anniversary) in Kochi immediately preceding the IARF Congress. That is, September 1-4, 2010. Contact: http://home.iarfus.org/home/33rd-congress-of-the-iarf-2/
September 21, 2010 - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Russell on Reckoning. Suggested Reading: The Art of Philosophizing by Bertrand Russell, chapter 3: “The Art of Reckoning.”
October 19, 2010 - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Russell on Free Will. Suggested Reading: Religion and Science by Bertrand Russell, chapter VI: “Determinism.”
November 16, 2010 - Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Scheer on Russell. Suggested Reading: Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death: Essays on the Pornography of Power by Robert Scheer, chapter TBA.
December 21, 2010- Bay Area Bertrand Russell Set (BARS)
Russell on Religion. Suggested Reading: "The Theologian’s Nightmare” by Bertrand Russell (available in Nightmares of Eminent Persons and many other collections).
August 12-14, 2011 - 18th World Congress in Norway
The Norwegian Humanist Association announces the 18th Humanist World Congress to be held in Oslo, Norway, on August 12-14, 2011. The main Congress theme is "Humanism and Peace".
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