STS Colloquium 2018-19
All sessions to be held on Thursdays, from 5-6:30pm, unless otherwise indicated.
September 20
JD Fleming
Simon Fraser University
“’The more Navigation increaseth’: Sir Francis Bacon’s idea of discovery and the origins of scientific naturalism”
Co-Sponsored by Early Modern Studies
September 27
Nancy Tuana
Pennsylvania State University
“Bringing Values to Science: Climate Change Decision Support Science”
Co-Sponsored by the Philosophy Department
*Prof. Tuana will also participate in a Faculty/Grad Student luncheon and will speak in the Philosophy Colloquium the following day.
October 25
Michael Wintroub
University of California, Berkeley
“A Balance of Trust: Hostages, Stars, Bonnets and Beads on a sixteenth century voyage of discovery”
Co-Sponsored by the History Department and Early Modern Studies
November 6* (Tuesday)
Mi Gyung Kim
North Carolina State University
“A People-Machine: Visualizing the Nation in Revolutionary France”
Co-Sponsored by the History Department, Early Modern Studies, and the Department of French, Spanish, and Italian
November 22
T’ai Smith
University of British Columbia
“Notes Toward a History and Theory of the Trend”
Term II
January 3
Jaipreet Virdi
University of Delaware
“Therapeutic Gadgetry: Curing Deafness with Electricity”
Co-Sponsored by the History Department
January 14
Alice Christensen
University of British Columbia
Title: TBA
January 31
Kyle Powys-Whyte
Michigan State University
Title: TBA
Co-Sponsored by the Indigenous/Science Collective and Prof. Alison Wylie
*Prof. Powys-Whyte will lead a special seminar with the Indigenous/Science Collective the following day.
February 28
Renisa Mawani
University of British Columbia
Title: TBA
March 21
Mary Terrall
University of California, Los Angeles
“Indigo Trials and Tribulations: Michel Adanson’s Encounter with Africa”
Co-Sponsored by the History Department, Early Modern Studies Group, and the Department of French, Italian, and Spanish
