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 in Room 101 Tate Hall. Subscribe to our mailing list for colloquium updates
Fall 2019
September 6, 2019
The Health of the People: A New History of Latin American Social Medicine
Eric Carter, Geography, Macalester College
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
September 13, 2019
The Role of Historical Science in Methodological Actualism
Meghan Page, Philosophy, Loyola University
Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
September 20, 2019
Reimagining the History of Climate Science
Debbie Coen, History, Yale University
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
September 27, 2019
New Deal Medicine and the Birth of Socialized Health Care in Canada: Fred Mott in Saskatchewan, 1946–1951
Esyllt Jones, Histroy, University of Manitoba
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 4, 2019
The Dynamics of Epistemic Ecology: Learning from Scientific Theory Change
Lydia Patton, Philosophy, Virginia Tech
Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
October 11, 2019
Undergound Evangelizing: Theodicy and Orthodoxy in Lomonosov’s Theory of Earth.
Anna Graber, Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Minnesota
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 18, 2019
TBA
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 25, 2019
Indigo Trials and Tribulations: Michel Adanson’s African Laboratory
Mary Terrall, History, UCLA
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 1, 2019
Dispensing with Explanatory Inference
Kareem Khalifa, Philosophy, Middlebury College
Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
November 8, 2019
How to Train a Mouse - Methodological Challenges to Pre-clinical Exercise Oncology
Amit Hagar, History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 15, 2019
The methodologists: following the scientists who make tools, not facts
Nicole Nelson, Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 22, 2019
Brandy Shillace, Dittrick Medical History Center, Case Western University
Co-sponsored by the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
November 29, 2019
No colloquium Thanksgiving
December 6, 2019
The Structure of Best Explanations
Jonah N. Schupbach, Philosophy, University of Utah
Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science