Yve-Alain Bois talks about Picasso and the Oscar Wells film regarding a forged Picasso painting: "F for Fake", Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 160, No. 1 (March 2016), pp. 6-17
Christopher Jones tells the story of Constantinos Simonidis, a famous 19th century forger. He used his printshop as a factory to create forgeries of works known to have existed, but hitherto unfound.
Nick Wilding presents a talk on how to spot a fake Galileo pamphlet based on etchings of the moon., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 160, No. 1 (March 2016), pp. 37-72
The rise of citizen science and the rise of citizen authenticating is changing who is in control of what is "authentic." Adrian Johns examines how this has occured and what it means for our culture., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 160, No. 1 (March 2016), pp. 18-25
The Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture for 2015 is presented by Dr. Patricia Wright. She discusses the challenges facing the lemurs of Madagascar and how climate change is effecting their habitat.
A presentation of awards: 1) John Frederick Lewis Award (Edward J. Olszewski);2) Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History (Adelheid Voskuhl);3) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (David W. Tank)
George Whitesides gives the Walter L. Robb Lecture on “Useful Knowledge.” He describes his research group's advances in soft robots, which are fabricated in materials that do not use a rigid skeleton to provide mechanical strength, and are actuated pneumatically
Awarded the Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities in 2017, this lecture focuses on the US and Mexico border. Massey discusses the political motivations for keeping this border policed., Podcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/great-talks-american-philosophical-society/paradox-mexico-us-border
