Events

Past Event

Film Screening: Cajal and Contemporary Neuroscience

February 15, 2018
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South, New York, NY

This screening features two documentary films: Santiago Ramón y Cajal—Las mariposas del alma (Butterflies of the Soul), directed by Ana Martínez for Televisión Española, 2006, 59 min. (with English subtitles); and Bluebrain Year 7, brief excerpts from an ongoing project directed by Noah Hutton, which follows neuroscience research around the world, including Henry Markram’s ambitious Blue Brain Project in Switzerland. With commentary by Noah Hutton and Benjamin Ehrlich, author of a forthcoming biography of Cajal.

This event is in conjunction with the exhibition The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, January 9 – March 31, 2018, at the Grey Art Gallery, NYU.

Free and open to the public, but capacity is limited.  Please see Grey Art Gallery website for more details and updates.