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Anne Harrington: Culture in the Brain and Under the Skin: What Historians Know about Illness Experience and Why it Matters

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 23, 2012, 1:00pm
University of King's College: Informal lunch discussion with Dr. Harrington, Harvard University

Culture in the Brain and Under the Skin:
What Historians Know about Illness Experience and Why it Matters

Dr. Anne Harrington, Harvard University.
Tuesday, Oct. 23rd 1PM
*Room change to Classroom 3*, University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Rd., Halifax, NS

Alirio Rosales: Scientific Theories as Narratives

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 18, 2012, 5:00pm
UBC: STS series at UBC continues with Dr. Rosales, Department of Philsophy, UBC.

Thursday, Oct. 18, 5:00-6:30pm, Buchanan Tower Room 1197
ALIRIO ROSALES, Department of Philosophy, UBC

Evelyn Fox Keller: Language, Gender and Science

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 18, 2012, 12:00pm
Mount St. Vincent University: Dr Keller discusses language, gender and science at informal luncheon. Suggested readings.

Oct. 18th, 2012
12:15pm-2pm: "Language, Gender, and Science."
Seton 404/405 (faculty lounge), Mount St. Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway.         

Evelyn Fox Keller: Rethinking the Meaning of Biological Information

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 16, 2012, 2:45pm
Dalhousie University: Dr. Keller presents as part of the launch of the Department of Biology graduate module on Biological Information

Tues. Oct 16, 2012   
2:45pm-3:45pm: Biology module public presentation "Rethinking the Meaning of Biological Information"
5th floor lounge, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
Hosted by Dalhousie University Biology Department

Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium

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Network Node: 
McGill University
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Oct. 12, 2012, 9:00am - Sat., Oct. 13, 2012, 5:00pm
McGill University: This first Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium to commemorate 100 years since Canada appointed its first female professor.

Women in Science,Engineering and Medicine Symposium

This first Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium to commemorate 100 years since Canada appointed its first female professor.

October 12 and 13, 2012
Redpath Museum Auditorium

Vis-à-Vis Television: Andy Warhol's Therapeutics, Part 2

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 11, 2012, 5:00pm
UBC: STS Colloquium series

“VIS-À-VIS TELEVISION: ANDY WARHOL'S THERAPEUTICS, PART TWO”

Thursday, Oct. 11, 5:00-6:30pm, Buchanan Tower Room 1197
PROFESSOR ADAM FRANK, Department of English, UBC

Steven Shapin: The Tastes of Wine: Towards a Cultural History of Sense and Value

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Mon., Sep. 24, 2012, 4:00pm
UBC: Steven Shapin, Harvard University, is the UBC STS program Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecturer

The UBC Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program is pleased to announce:
 
The 2012 Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecture
 
Professor Steven Shapin
Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science
Harvard University
“The Tastes of Wine: Towards a Cultural History of Sense and Value”
 
Monday, 24 September 2012
4:00-6:00 pm

Neil Gross: Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 20, 2012, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
UBC: the UBC STS series continues with Professor Neil Gross of the UBC Department of Sociology

Professor Neil Gross of the UBC Department of Sociology delivers an STS colloquium talk entitled “Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?” Thursday, September 20, 5:00-6:30 in Buchanan Tower 1197.

Bernie Lightman: Evolutionary Naturalists and Christian Metaphysicians: The Metaphysical Society in the 1870's

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Network Node: 
University of Alberta
Date: 
Wed., Sep. 19, 2012, 4:00pm
University of Alberta: Dr. Lightman presents one of two talks

Professor Bernard Lightman of York University is a leading authority on science, evolution and religion in nineteenth century Britain. He will be visiting the University of Alberta on Wednesday September 19th to deliver two talks on these subjects. Everyone welcome!

Bernie Lightman: Herbert Spencer and His Disciples

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University of Alberta
Date: 
Wed., Sep. 19, 2012, 12:30pm
University of Alberta: Dr. Lightman presents one of two talks.

Professor Bernard Lightman of York University is a leading authority on science, evolution and religion in nineteenth century Britain. He will be visiting the University of Alberta on Wednesday September 19th to deliver two talks on these subjects. Everyone welcome!
 

“Herbert Spencer and His Disciples”

Andrea Tone: Spies & Lies: Ewen Cameron, the CIA, and Cold War Psychiatry

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 13, 2012, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
UBC: the UBC STS series continues with Professor Andrea Tone of the McGill Department of the Social Studies of Medicine

Professor Andrea Tone of the McGill Department of the Social Studies of Medicine delivers an STS colloquium talk entitled “Spies & Lies: Ewen Cameron, the CIA, and Cold War Psychiatry” Thursday, September 13, 5:00-6:30 in Buchanan Tower 1197.

Technoscience Salon: Ecologies - A Conversation Round the Campfire

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Wed., Sep. 12, 2012, 6:00pm
Toronto: The first Technoscience Salon for 2012-13. The theme for this year is ecology.

Opening event of this year's Technoscience Salon.

Event ::  Ecologies: A Conversation Round the Campfire

Michael Lynch: Distinguished Visitor Events

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Network Node: 
University of Alberta
Date: 
Mon., Sep. 10, 2012, 9:00am - Fri., Sep. 14, 2012, 5:30pm
University of Alberta Sept 10-14, 2012: Dr. Michael Lynch, Cornell University, presents in a series of events at the University of Alberta as Distinguished Visitor.

University of Alberta Distinguished Visitor, September 10-14, 2012
Professor Michael Lynch, Cornell University

The University of Alberta Node of the Cluster is pleased to support graduate student help for these events.

STS at UBC: A Sampler of Topics and Perspectives

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 6, 2012, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
UBC: the UBC STS series continues with Judy Segal, Alexei Kojevnikov, and Margaret Schabas

Coach House, Green College, 5:00 – 6:30 pm, with reception to follow
“Science and Technology Studies at UBC: A Sampler of Topics and Perspectives”

HOPOS 2012

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Date: 
Thu., Jun. 21, 2012, 8:00am - Sun., Jun. 24, 2012, 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