Meeting with Monica Colpi and Antonio Pascale, November 13th, 2009, FBK premises in Povo.

(v.l.) Monica Colpi, professor of Stellar Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Milan-Bicocca, and Antonio Pascale, agricultural expert and author of "Scienza e sentimento" (Einaudi, 2008), will address the fascinating subject of the relationship between sciences and humanities.
The conference is organised by the Centre for Religious Studies of Fondazione Bruno Kessler and will be held on November 13th, 2009, from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm, at the FBK premises in Povo (via Sommarive, 18).
During the conference, excerpts will be read from Science and Culture by T.H. Huxley (1880), Literature and Science by M. Arnold (1882), Scienza e sentimento by A. Pascale (2008) and Buchi neri evanescenti by M. Colpi (2005).

Abstract
In 1959 Charles Snow, the British physicist - a novelist by vocation - published the first edition of The Two Cultures, that proposed the old issue regarding the complex relationship between sciences and humanities. Fifty years later, we once again tackle this topic with a discussion that will address three main items. The first is whether today we can still speak of open conflict between the two cultures or whether, instead, we are witnessing a truce; we will also attempt to establish which are the images attributed to each of the two cultures and, finally which are the possible future scenarios, with special focus on the implementability of inter-disciplinary cooperation projects.

CONFERENCE
THE TWO CULTURES
Sala Grande - Edificio Ovest
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Povo (Trento), via Sommarive, 18
Friday 13th November, 2009 – 10 -12.30 am
Speakers: Monica Colpi and Antonio Pascale