Technoscience Salon

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This is an open forum for interdisciplinary and playful intellectual exchange on questions of science, technology and biomedicine. The Salon is organized around a monthly theme and meets on the 10th floor of the Jackman Humanities Institute in Toronto. See their line-up at http://technosalon.wordpress.com/.

Technoscience and Regulation Research Unit (TRRU)

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hosts a bimonthly “Science Studies of Vaccines Reading Group.” Contact TRRU for details and readings at trru@dal.ca.

HOPOS 2012

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Date: 
Jun 21 8:00AM - Jun 24 5:00PM
Dalhousie University and the University of King's College: 9th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science

The Atlantic Node is proud to support



HOPOS 2012

June 21-24

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada



9th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science

Charis Thompson: Politics of Care in Technoscience lecture

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Date: 
Apr 20 7:00PM
York University: Thompson (Berkeley) launches the Politics of Care in Technoscience workshop

This public lecture marks the launch of the Politics of Care in Technoscience Workshop at York University.

The Politics of Care in Technoscience

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Date: 
Apr 18 9:00AM - Apr 21 9:00AM
York University: This workshop examines the complexities, affinities, and politics of care in technoscience research.

The Politics of Care in Technoscience

Organizers: Aryn Martin, Natasha Myers & Ana Viseu

Date: April 20-22, 2012

Location:York University, Toronto, Canada

Keith Wailoo: “Between Liberal Medicine and Conservative Care: The History and Politics of Pain Relief in the U.S. since WWII”

Date: 
Feb 2 5:00PM
UBC: The UBC Node is helping to support this event as part of the winter Science and Society Series

The UBC Node is helping to support the winter Science and Society Series

Keith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Keith Wailoo: How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: Reflections on History, Race, and Health

Date: 
Feb 1 4:00PM - 5:00PM
UBC: The UBC Node is helping to support this event.

The UBC Node is helping to support this event

Keith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Paul Thompson: Ethical Issues in Agriculture: Organic, Locavore and Genetic Modification

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Date: 
Jan 25 7:00PM
Dr. Thompson on CTV Morning Live (Halifax)! Part One of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs series, "The Elements: Ethical Uses of Our Resources - Food, Oil and Water"
Dr. Paul Thompson on CTV Morning Live - Wednesday, Jan.

Sciences and Narratives of Nature: East and West

Date: 
Dec 12 9:00AM - Dec 14 5:00PM
Manipal, India. Thank you for a superb event! The workshop examined developments in Science and Technology Studies in the "East" as compared with those in the "West".

Thank you for a superb event!

How to be Modern with Medical Images: Fritz Kahn, Modernism and the Invention of the Scientific Conceptual Image, 1920-1960

Date: 
Dec 1 5:00PM - 6:30PM
University of British Columbia

Michael Sappol (National Library of Medicine [US]): "How to be Modern with Medical Images: Fritz Kahn, Modernism and the Invention of the Scientific Conceptual Image, 1920-1960."

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Green College Coach House, UBC Vancouver campus.

Part of UBC's Science and Society Series, 2011.

Alan Richardson: Logical Positivism as Marginal Science: How STS Illuminates History of Philosophy of Science

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Date: 
Dec 1 4:00PM - 6:00PM
McGill University: Alan Richarson concludes the Fall 2011-12 HPS Seminar Series at McGill University

The Situating Science McGill Node is pleased to support the HPS Seminar Series (http://www.mcgill.ca/hpsc/seminars)


The Periodic Table Re-Visited: A lively evening on the writing of Italian Chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987)

Date: 
Nov 23 7:00PM - 9:00PM
STREAMED LIVE ONLINE AT LIVESTREAM.COM/SITUSCI : A lively evening on the writing of Italian Chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987) at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

Situating Science, the Contemporary Studies Program at the University of King's College, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum are pleased to partner for a lively evening celebrating the writing of Italian Chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987) at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

Heather Paxson: The Microbiopolitics of Food Safety Regulation: Classifying Microbial Ecologies AND Stefan Helmreich: Submarine Media: Conducting Undersea Ethnography (with Notes on Underwater Music)

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Date: 
Nov 16 3:30PM
McGill University: 3:30pm Heather Paxson (MIT) and 5pm Stefan Helmreich (MIT) present as part of the HPS Seminar Series at McGill University

The Situating Science McGill Node is pleased to support the HPS Seminar Series (http://www.mcgill.ca/hpsc/seminars)

Canadian Science Policy Conference 2011

Date: 
Nov 16 9:00AM - Nov 18 6:00PM
Ottawa, Ont: Situating Science is one of the community partners for the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Student bloggers welcome. Travel grants available (see Nov. 15th event)

Situating Science is one of the community partners for the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Student bloggers welcome. Travel grants available (see Nov. 15th event).

Our Post-Human Future

Date: 
Nov 15 9:00AM - 4:00PM
STREAMED LIVE ONLINE! This University of Ottawa Frontiers in Research conference at the Institute of Science, Society and Policy is streamed live all day.

VIDEO HERE (UNEDITED)

EVENT BLOGS HERE (COMING SOON)

This event was streamed live all day and we facilitated online questions and blogs.