2019 UC SoCal History of Science Graduate Seminar
Graduate students from the southern UC campuses in the history of science and allied fields will present papers over the course of the day. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. […]
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History of Science Colloquium
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6275 Bunche Hall
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Scottie Buehler, “Religion and Ecclesiastical Practices of Midwifery Education in Eighteenth-century France”
5288 Bunche HallHistory of Science, Medicine, and Technology Fall 2019 Colloquium All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted. November 18: Scottie Buehler, UCLA “Religion and Ecclesiastical Practices […]
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Vivien Hamilton “Competing Virtues of Measurement: Physics, Medicine and Quantification in Early X-ray Therapy”
5288 Bunche HallHistory of Science, Medicine, and Technology Fall 2019 Colloquium All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted. November 25: Vivien Hamilton, UCLA “Competing Virtues of Measurement: Physics, […]
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Lukas Rieppel, “Assembling the Dinosaur”
5288 Bunche HallLukas Rieppel, Brown University “Assembling the Dinosaur” Dinosaur fossils were first found in England, but a series of late-nineteenth-century discoveries in the American West turned the United States into a […]
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Aro Velmet, “Pasteur’s Empire: Bacteriology and Politics in France, Its Colonies, and the World”
5288 Bunche HallAro Velmet, University of Southern California “Pasteur’s Empire: Bacteriology and Politics in France, Its Colonies, and the World” March 2, 2020, 4:00pm | Bunche Hall 5288
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Otniel Dror, “Supra-Maximal Super-Pleasure”
6275 Bunche HallOtniel Dror, Hebrew University and UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics “Supra-Maximal Super-Pleasure” This talk presents the discovery of a new post-World War II “supramaximal” “super-pleasure” region in the brain (of […]
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Deborah Coen, “Climate Change and the Enigma of Usable Knowledge”
5288 Bunche HallDeborah Coen, Yale University “Climate Change and the Enigma of Usable Knowledge” One of the most pressing challenges for historians of science today is to explain the failure of scientific […]
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History of Science Colloquium: Theodore Porter (UCLA) “Democracy Counts: On Sacred and Debased Numbers”
Nov. 2, 2020, 4:00pm, PST Theodore Porter (UCLA), "Democracy Counts: Sacred and Debased numbers" Commentary by Amir Alexander (UCLA) The Trump Administration's systematic rejection of accurate numbers in such domains […]
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History of Science Colloquium: Celebration of Soraya de Chadarevian
Fall 2020 Colloquium Schedule November 16, 2020 | 4:00pm Book Event: Presentation and celebration of Soraya de Chadarevian, Heredity under the Microscope: Chromosomes and the Study of the Human Genome (University of […]
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History of Science Colloquium: Taylor Moore (UCSB): “Tracing the Magical Rhinoceros Horn in Egypt: A Decolonial Materialist History”
Fall 2020 Colloquium Schedule We will meet on zoom from 4-5 pm. RSVP links will be circulated with the announcements for the individual talks. Nov 23 Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdeGurzIqGtxldiJYGsO0ROwIFjd72WeD Taylor Moore (UCSB): […]
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History of Science Colloquium: Claire Gherini (Cedars-Sinai Postdoctoral Fellow)
ZoomFall 2020 Colloquium Schedule We will meet on zoom from 4-5 pm. RSVP links will be circulated with the announcements for the individual talks. Nov 30 Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMldumtpz0sEtPww5ISb-MGdBajvEwO8SZP Claire Gherini (Cedars-Sinai […]
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Grace Kim, “Preserving Art, Producing Science: The Microbiological Lives of Cultural Heritage.”
Zoom RSVPWinter 2021 Colloquium Jan 11 | 4PM - 5PM PST Speaker Grace Kim (Vanderbilt) “Preserving Art, Producing Science: The Microbiological Lives of Cultural Heritage.” Zoom registration link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97402888165?pwd=SWpWdGNoR2h0dDJqbjZvZG00clI4dz09
