History of Science Colloquium

Book Celebration: Landscaping Indigenous Mexico by Fernando Pérez Montesinos
6275 Bunche HallJoin us for a book celebration and panel discussion in honor of Landscaping Indigenous Mexico: The Liberal State and Capitalism in the Purépecha Highlands (2025) by Fernando Pérez Montesinos, Associate […]
Jonah Walters: “The Capsicum Cure: Slavery, medicine, and the (pre)histories of pepper spray”
Bunche 5288 & Zoom"The Capsicum Cure: Slavery, medicine, and the (pre)histories of pepper spray" a talk by Jonah Walters, a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies […]

Dana Simmons: “On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic”
Bunche 5288 & ZoomJoin via Zoom here.
Marcel Boumans: “The History of the Mathematization of Economics”
Bunche 5288 & Zoom
How to Build a History of Science Course from the Ground Up
5288 Bunche HallEveryone is welcome to the first installment of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series. UCLA’s own Jamie Kreiner will be presenting “How to Build a History of Science […]

“Wasteland to Date Garden”: Eugenics and Agriculture in the California Desert; Between Radicalism and Technocracy: The Council for Science and Society and the Politics of Risk and Expertise, 1973-1990
5288 Bunche HallEveryone is welcome to the next installment of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series. UCLA’s own Margaret Spaulding and Claire Votava will be presenting. Meg’s talk is […]

Boring into the “Mountain Sickness” Miners’ Cancers, Occupational Health, and the Discovery of Radiation Risk in Central Europe
5288 Bunche HallEveryone is welcome to the next installment of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series. California State University, Long Beach’s Professor of History Dr. Caitlin Murdock will be presenting Boring […]