About

Benjamin B. Olshin is an interdisciplinary researcher, educator, and artist/designer, in fields as diverse as industrial design, the sociology of science and technology, philosophy, history, and cross-cultural communications in business. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Portugal, a Fulbright Scholar in Slovakia, and a Fulbright Specialist in Iceland, carrying out research and educational projects in cartography and exploration, industrial design, and philosophy.

Possessing a truly global background. Dr. Olshin is multi-lingual, with facility in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. He has published and presented work in the U.S., Canada, Portugal, England, Iceland, Egypt, Ghana, Brazil, Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, and Indonesia. Currently, he is working in several parallel projects in philosophy of physics, the visual arts, and design.

• Ph.D. and M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto (Canada)

• B.A. in Classics (Latin, Greek, and Ancient History), Williams College (U.S.A.)

• Program studies at AR.CO: Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual (Lisbon, Portugal)

• Program studies at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies (Rome, Italy)

• Program studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (Rome, Italy)