Searching for Common Identity – A Personal Journey

Recorded March 14th, 2025. A lecture by Dr Sanjoy Som (scientist at
NASA Ames Research Center, USA) organised by Trinity's MPhil in
Identities & Cultures of Europe and funded by the Faculty of
Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. Come and listen to an
astrobiologist working at NASA on how space exploration can reshape
human identity in times of crisis. This event explores the
relationship between space exploration and human identity in the
context of the climate emergency, the new (commercial) space age
and the highly unpredictable state of world politics. Dr Sanjoy
Som, a scientist based at NASA’s Ames Research Center (California,
USA), will delve into this topic in a public lecture, reflecting on
how enhanced awareness of the Earth's interconnections with biology
and the human civilization it hosts, the vastness of space to which
the Earth system belongs, and the depth in time that has led to the
present moment can create a sense of identity that can be as strong
as cultural identities. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub