April 2024
Live stream the Meeting Thursday, April 25–Saturday, April 27.
Meetings of the American Philosophical Society are held each April and November for elected Members, their families, and distinguished guests. Sessions are live streamed.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
10:00 a.m.
Library Hall
Orientation for Members attending their First In-Person Meeting
1:00 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Roger S. Bagnall
APS President
Welcome Remarks
Induction of Members Attending Their First Meeting
Jaqueline K. Barton
Vice President, in the Chair
From the Big Bang to Life, Observations and Questions from Astronomy
John C. Mather
Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory,
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center
Studying the Shape and Composition of the Universe
David Spergel
President, Simons Foundation
Intermission
Coffee: The Other Complicated Colonial Beverage
Michelle C. McDonald
Director of the Library & Museum, American Philosophical Society
4:00 p.m.
Philosophical Hall, 2nd Floor
Council Meeting
4:00–6:00 p.m.
APS Museum Visit, Sketching Splendor
Mary Grace Wahl
Associate Director of the Museum, American Philosophical Society
6:00 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Cocktail Reception
Dinner on Your Own
7:00 p.m.
Monaco Hotel, Copenhagen Room
New Members' Dinner
Friday Morning, April 26, 2024
7:00 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Nina Jablonski
Vice President, in the Chair
Benjamin Franklin Biostasis Conjecture Symposium
Lance B. Becker, Moderator and Framer
Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health
Historical Context and Ethics
Jane Maienschein
Director of the Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University
The Current Realities of ECMO and HCA
Bonnie L. Milas
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
Intermission
10:25 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Hypothermia as Treatment Practice
Sam Tisherman
Professor, Department of Surgery and the Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine
DARPA's Foundational Biostasis Program
Joeanna Arthur
Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Panel / Audience Discussion
Helen Quinn, Moderator
Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Emerita, Stanford University
Luncheon
1:00 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Roger S. Bagnall
President, in the Chair
Herman Goldstine Lecture—The Internet's Milestones and Millstones
Vinton Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Intermission
2:30 p.m.
Concert
Avery Gagliano
Pianist, Curtis Institute of Music
4:00 p.m.
Philosophical Hall, 2nd Floor
Members' Business Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Cocktails and Dinner
Nora Monroe, Director of Membership and Prizes Retirement Toast
Saturday Morning, April 27, 2024
7:45 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Breakfast
9:15 a.m.
Caroline Bynum
Vice President, in the Chair
The Indian Law Bombshell Case: McGirt v. Oklahoma
Robert J. Miller
Jonathan and Wendy Rose Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
William G. Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education
Nancy Weiss Malkiel
Professor of History, Emerita, Princeton University
Intermission
The Growth of Useful Knowledge
Joel Mokyr
Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University
Bearing Burdens, Taking Up Arms: Women with the Continental Army
Holly Mayer
Professor Emeritus, Duquesne University
Luncheon
Members and Friends Library Tour
Michelle C. McDonald
Director of the Library and Museum, American Philosophical Society
Bus departures:
1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. in front of Benjamin Franklin Hall