January 30, 2007
CONTACT: Kate Olderman
(215) 349-8369
kate.olderman@uphs.upenn.edu
Invitation to Cover
“Why Curse? Why Not?”
PENN Psychiatry Presents a Panel Discussion Looking at Cursing
from a Linguistic, Sociological, and Psychological Perspective
(PHILADELPHIA) – What makes one four letter word profane and another docile? The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia will host “Why Curse? Why Not?” – an interdisciplinary forum aimed at understanding the development, diffusion, and taboo of cursing from a linguistic, sociological, and psychological perspective.
| WHERE: | University of Pennsylvania Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall 3417 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
| WHEN: | February 1, 2007 7 p.m. |
| WHO: | Roger
Abrahams, PhD, Hum Rosen Professor in Folklore
and Folklife and Professor of English
Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Anjan Chatterjee,
MD, Associate Professor, Department
of Neurology and Center for
Cognitive Neuroscience, University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Elio Frattaroli, MD, Faculty, The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia Carolyn Marvin, PhD, Frances Yates Professor in the Annenberg School for Communications, University of Pennsylvania Robert Blair St. George, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Center for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania |
For additional information, contact Sarah Lichter at 215-746-7248 or Kate Olderman at 215-349-8369.
This event is open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
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This release is available online at
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/jan07/discussion-cursing.htm