[act-ma] Noam Chomsky, Live Webcast Today at Noon EST

[Charlie Welch]

    REMINDER: Watch a Live Webcast with Noam Chomsky, Today at Noon EST
    <http://slice.mit.edu/2015/01/19/chomsky-interview-jan-20/>

by Jay London <http://slice.mit.edu/author/londonj/> on January 19, 2015

Today at noon EST, Institute Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky 
<http://chomsky.info/>—the longtime political activist and founder the 
field of modern linguistics—will discuss his career and take live 
questions from the MIT community in a Faculty Forum Online webcast 
<http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22768&content_id=26149>. Chomsky 
will also discuss the Chomsky Archive 
<http://libraries.mit.edu/chomsky/>, an MIT Libraries 
<http://libraries.mit.edu/> project to preserve and digitize the 
lectures, personal papers, and materials he has donated to the Institute 
Archives and Special Collections.

Known as the “father of modern linguistics,” Chomsky shaped the 
linguistics field around the profound question, “What does language 
reveal about the nature of knowledge?” One of the world’s most-cited 
living scholars, he has authored more than 100 books and his political 
commentaries have sparked controversy and conversation for more than 50 
years.

*How to Watch*

  * *MIT alumni*: Register for the webcast
    <http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22768&content_id=26149>
    using an Infinite Connection account. MIT alumni can also submit
    live question during the webcast. (A link to the alumni webcast page
    will be sent upon registration.)
  * *General public:* Visit the general public webcast page
    <http://webcast.amps.ms.mit.edu/spr2015/Alumni/20jan/2.html> at noon
    (EST) on January 20. Share your thoughts on Twitter by following the
    MIT Alumni Association and MIT Libraries and using the hashtag
    #mitfaculty
    <https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23mitfaculty&src=typd>.

*Where to Watch*

  * Watch from your computer, smart phone, or tablet, or attend a
    viewing of the live webcast in Hayden Library
    <http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14>‘s Killian Hall (160 Memorial Drive,
    room 111). Visit the MIT Libraries blog
    <http://libraries.mit.edu/news/screening-webcast/16925/> for more
    information.

Known as the “father of modern linguistics,” Institute Professor 
Emeritus Noam Chomsky shaped the linguistics field around the profound 
question, “What does language reveal about the nature of knowledge?” 
Chomsky joined the MIT faculty in 1955 and was appointed Institute 
Professor in 1976.

Chomsky has authored more than 100 books on language and politics and is 
one of the world’s most-cited living scholars.

His well-known political beliefs have made him a significant figure in 
public activism, particularly on issues like capitalism and foreign policy.

*Chomsky in the Press*

The Chomsky Videos <https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChomskyVideos>, YouTube
Noam Chomsky Official Website
<http://www.chomsky.info/>The Chomsky Archives 
<http://libraries.mit.edu/chomsky/>, MIT Libraries
“MIT Libraries receive papers of distinguished linguist, philosopher and 
activist Noam Chomsky 
<http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2012/libraries-chomsky-collection-0209>,” MIT 
News
“Unboxing the Chomsky Archive 
<http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/unboxing-chomsky-archive-1106>,” MIT News
“Chomsky on Russia: ‘The worst-case scenario, of course, would be a 
nuclear war 
<http://www.salon.com/2014/11/07/noam_chomsky_on_u_s_and_russian_relations_the_worst_case_scenario_of_course_would_be_a_nuclear_war/>,’” 
/Salon
/“Interview with Noam Chomsky on the Crisis in Central America and 
Mexico 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/187097/interview-noam-chomsky-crisis-central-america-and-mexico>,” 
/The Nation
/@chomsky_quotes <https://twitter.com/chomsky_quotes>, a collection of 
Noam Chomsky quotes on Twitter

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