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Armenian News - Tert.am - 13:39 Dec 02, 2023
These days, Yerevan has become a gathering place for Armenian and foreign businessmen, researchers, and investors. On December 1 and 2, the second conference, "Science and Business Days 2023," was held in Yerevan at the National Academic Theater named after G. Sundukyan. The main speaker of this year's event was scientist, writer, and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Ralph Yirikian, Director General of Ucom, was among the guests of honor and speakers. "The future is, of course, technological, and those countries that adapt to the changing environment succeed. We are future-oriented and have embarked on Ucom's massive network modernization program. We hope that this development will provide new opportunities and speeds not only to our population but also to the enterprises of our country, to their development and progress," said Director General of Ucom Ralph Yirikian. During the conference, many innovative ideas were discussed, focusing on the challenges facing humanity, as well as the success stories of Ar... -
Events at Stanford - 21:55 Sep 09, 2021
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021. 12:00 PM. Location: Hybrid event - Public via Zoom Derek Kramer explores the theme of liberatory science in Korean narratives of the atomic bombings. In doing so, his work highlights how North and South Korean conflations between science and developmentalism silenced Korean survivors of the attacks. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a constant feature of the post-liberation Korean press. During this time, the science behind the bomb acted as a marker of futurity that circulated in ways that directly commented on the nature of the postcolonial condition. For some, atomic science simply pointed to the predominance of global hegemons and demonstrated the liberatory potential of these powers. Versions of these readings are explored through an examination of the concept of “Science War” in Korean accounts of the Asia-Pacific War. While this narrative certainly demoted the authority of the Japanese metropole to define the future, it did little to undermine a Eurocentric vi... -
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