{"616463":{"#nid":"616463","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Distinguished Lecture: The Moral Education of Albert Einstein","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWednesday, January 16, 2019\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n3:00 - 4:00 PM\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStudent Center Ballroom\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobert Schulmann is an American historian who became known for his work on Albert Einstein. He studied history, receiving\u0026nbsp; his doctorate in 1973 from the\u0026nbsp;University of Chicago. In the early 1990s, he\u0026nbsp;was an assistant professor of history at Boston University. Later he became director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.einstein.caltech.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022Einstein Papers Project (page not available)\u0022\u003EEinstein Papers Project\u003C\/a\u003E. He is co-editor of the book \u0026quot;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Einstein-Politics-Private-Thoughts-Nationalism\/dp\/0691160201\u0022\u003EEinstein on Politics\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026quot; based on Einstein\u0026#39;s writings.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture is part of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/mlk-celebration-events\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;2019 Martin Luther King Jr Celebration\u003C\/a\u003E, Jan. 10-Feb. 2.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchulman will discuss the interplay\u0026nbsp;the interplay of politics with Albert Einstein\u0026rsquo;s concerns for human rights and the trajectory of his professional career. How did a groundbreaking physicist come to be known as a keeper of the world\u0026#39;s conscience?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/universal-declaration-human-rights\/\u0022\u003EDeclaration of Human Rights by the United Nations\u003C\/a\u003E, proclaimed on Dec. 19, 1948.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robert Schulman, a leading Albert Einstein scholar, will deliver this lecture on Wednesday in the Student Center Ballroom."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2019-01-15 18:38:13","changed_gmt":"2019-01-15 18:38:13","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593312":{"id":"593312","type":"image","title":"The Albert Einstein statue near Tech Green (Photo by Renay San Miguel)","body":null,"created":"1499445545","gmt_created":"2017-07-07 16:39:05","changed":"1499793188","gmt_changed":"2017-07-11 17:13:08","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226159","name":"Einstein statue 1.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Einstein%20statue%201.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Einstein%20statue%201.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":161411,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Einstein%20statue%201.JPG?itok=AP4yPw3g"}}},"media_ids":["593312"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"166958","name":"speakers and events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}