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Past Member

John Lardas Modern

Affiliation

Social Science

Field of Study

Religious Studies
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John Lardas Modern is interested in the religious history and religious affects of cybernetics. His research agenda involves, first, charting different moments in the pre-history of the cybernetic boom at mid-century and, second, investigating the proposition that the brain is a machine of the highest order under which all other forces in the human world play subservient roles.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science

Degrees

University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D.
2003
Miami University (Ohio)
M.A.
1996
Princeton University
B.A.
1993

Honors

2018
ACLS Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars

Appointments

Franklin & Marshall College
2006–2017
Faculty
Haverford College
2003–2006
Visiting Asst. Professor