CHAIRED BY: Piero Scaruffi

March 25 @ 6pm (California time). Find your timezone HERE

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LASER Talks Stanford present:

-Monica Smith (UC Los Angeles) on "Urban Art: The First 6,000 Years"
-Brian Knutson (Stanford) on "The Neuroscience of Emotions"
-Sophia Moskalenko (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism, Maryland) on
"Radicalization and Martyrdom"


1. Monica L. Smith (UCLA) is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and in
the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of
California, Los Angeles. She holds the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian
Studies and is the director of the South Asian Archaeology Laboratory at the
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Her archaeological field experience includes
work in England, Italy, Egypt, Madagascar, Bangladesh, Tunisia, and the American
Southwest. She is the author of The Prehistory of Ordinary People (2010) and
Cities: The First 6,000 Years (2019).

2. Brian Knutson is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Stanford
University. His research focuses on the neural basis of emotional experience and
expression. Knutson is a fellow of the Academy for Behavioral Medicine Research
as well as the Association for Psychological Science. He recently proposed a
"deep science" approach capable of linking neural, affective, and motivational
levels of analysis.

3. Sophia Moskalenko is a research fellow at the National Consortium for the
Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. Her research on terrorism and
radicalization has been presented in scientific conferences, government
briefings, radio broadcasts and international television newscasts. She has
worked on research projects commissioned by the Department of Defence,
Department of Homeland Security and Department of State. With Clark McCauley,
she has co-authored the books "Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and
Us" (2011), "The Marvel of Martyrdom" and "Radicalization to Terrorism" (2020).

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The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks