Colloquia
Unless otherwise indicated, the lectures are held on Fridays, in conjunction with the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Program and Colloquium in Studies of Science and Technology, at 3:35 PM US Central Time. For Fall 2021, the colloquia will be in person in 45 Rapson Hall.
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Fall 2021
September 10, 2021, 3:35PM
Punch Drunk Slugnuts: Violence and the Vernacular History of Disease
Stephen Casper, Humanities and Social Sciences, Clarkson University
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
September 17, 2021, 3:35PM CST
Microaggressions in Social Explanation and Individual Phenomenology
Mikio Akagi, History and Philosophy of Science, Texas Christian University
September 24, 2021, 3:35PM
Normal and Abnormal Rhythms in the Search for Biological Clocks: An Epistemological Gap Between Early Twentieth-Century Biology and Experimental Psychology
Jole Shackelford, History of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 1, 2021, 3:35PM
No colloquium
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 8, 2021, 3:35PM
Toxic Anachronism in the History of Science and Technology: The Case of Liebniz
Andre Wakefield, History, Pitzer College
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 15, 2021, 3:35PM
Carbolic Colonialism: Race, Labor, and Plague in South Africa
Jacob Steere-Williams, History, College of Charleston
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 22, 2021, 3:35PM
Why care about quantization?
Benjamin Feintzeig, Philosophy, University of Washington
October 29, 2021, 3:35PM
The Do-It-Herself Smear: Prevention Technology, Medical Practice, and Cervical Cancer Screening in 1960s Britain
Elizabeth Toon, History and Sociology of Science, University of Manchester
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 5, 2021, 3:35PM
Vaccination and its Historical Documents
Elena Conis Journalism, University of California, Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 12, 2021, 3:35PM
Making Razze: Knowing and Controlling Animal Generation, 1500-1600
Mackenzie Cooley, History, Hamilton College
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 19, 2021, 3:35PM
What’s to be Gained from an Evolutionary Approach to Behavior?
Subrena Smith, Philosophy, University of New Hampshire
December 3, 2021, 3:35PM
Genesis, Creation, and Generation in Robert Boyle's Natural Philosophy
Ashley Inglehart, College of Medicine, Florida State University
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
December 10, 2021, 3:35PM
No colloquium