As the celebration of our scientific community in New York, Ambassador Istvan Pasztor, Consul General of Hungary, Tamas Novak, PhD Scientific & Technology Attaché, and Dorottya Nagy-Szakal, MD PhD, President of the New York Hungarian Scientific Society, cordially invite you to our next NYHSS scientific event.
We are pleased to announce that after a year and a half hiatus, we will be able to organize in-person scientific events again!
6:30 - 7:00 welcoming reception (drinks, Hungarian food)
7:00 - 7:15 clarinet concert by Noemi Sallai
7:15 – 8:00 scientific talk by Agnes, Mocsy, PhD
Please kindly RSVP on Eventbrite (in-person attendance is limited and RSVP is required). Please note that this event will host an indoor stage for which all attendees 12 years of age and older must provide proof of at least one dose of a World Health Organization-approved COVID -19 vaccine.
Suggested donation is $20. All donations will benefit the Szent-Gyorgyi Young Investigator Award. The award has been given since 2015 to young Hungarian researchers with promising research proposals. Over the past six years, 22 scholars have been awarded $1000-5000 to support their research.
Our distinguished speaker: Professor Agnes Mocsy PhD
Professor, Theoretical Physicist, Filmmaker - Pratt Institute
Visiting Professor - Facility for Rare Isotope Beams - Michigan State University
Presentation Title: Physics Narratives Shaken and Stirred
During this talk we'll depart from the often present science-art dichotomy, exploring the complicated, often unexpected relationship that physics and the arts share. This complex relationship provides opportunities for fresh storytelling, in particular physics narratives embedded in a wider culture and interdisciplinary explorations. I'll also argue that science acting in concert with the arts can deliver benefits beyond science communication: addressing questions of social justice as influencer for a more equitable world.
Bio: Dr. Agnes Mocsy, a Transylvanian Hungarian - American theoretical physicist, professor, and documentary filmmaker, currently holds the position of Visiting Professor at the Facility of Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University, on leave from her position as Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Ágnes also holds an appointment as Visiting Professor, Fellow at Yale University, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. Agnes made significant contributions in high-energy nuclear physics, in particular in the theory and phenomenology of strong interactions, investigating how matter formed microseconds after the Big Bang. After 34 publications accruing more than 3000 citations, her more recent research and creative expressions is at the intersection of science and the arts and that of social justice. She is a filmmaker and the producer/performer of varied science communication shows, and also known for her work as advocate for diversity and inclusivity in the sciences and beyond. Previously, Agnes held positions at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, at Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, and held visiting appointments at École Polytechnique and CEA Saclay in Paris, France and at Wright Lab/Physics Department at Yale University.