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Cornelius Borck: Chaos, Cyborgs & Chimeras: The Dadaists' Transhuman Body Montages

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Network Node: 
McGill University
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 11, 2011, 4:00pm
Montreal: Cornelius Borck speaks at the Fall 2011-12 HPS Seminar Series

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

How Uncertainty Became Randomness in Economics

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 6, 2011, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
University of British Columbia

Eric Schliesser (Department of Philosophy, Ghent University) will give a talk on "How Uncertainty Became Randomness in Economics."

Thursday, October 6, 2011, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Green College Coach House, UBC.

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

Hyunhee Park: Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds: Cross-Cultural Exchange in Pre-Modern Asia

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Network Node: 
McGill University
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 6, 2011, 4:00pm
Montreal: Hyunhee Park opens the Fall 2011-12 HPS Seminar Series

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

4 pm EST, Oct. 6, 2011
Social Studies of Medicine Building 3647 Peel St., Montreal

Hyunhee Park (CUNY John Jay College)
Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds: Cross-Cultural Exchange in Pre-Modern Asia

Situating Science Workshop Proposal Deadline

Date: 
Mon., Oct. 3, 2011, 5:00pm
The Situating Science Cluster solicits workshop proposals for 2012-13 as part of the annual call for workshop proposals.

The Situating Science Cluster solicits workshop proposals for 2012-13 as part of the annual call for workshop proposals.

The submission deadline is Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

More details HERE

Steven Shapin: The Long History of Dietetics: Thinking about Food, Expertise, and the Self

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 30, 2011, 7:00pm
Video now avail. St. Thomas U: Sept 30th 7pm. Dr. Shapin explores some of the cultural and social consequences of the rise of “nutrition science” in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Video available HERE

The Situating Science Atlantic Node is pleased to support the LIVE STREAMING of the Science and Technology Studies (STS) 4th annual lecture at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick:

"The Long History of Dietetics: Thinking about Food, Expertise, and the Self"

Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 30, 2011, 9:00am
University of Ottawa: Situating Science is proud to contribute to the Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy conference with the Institute of Science, Society and Policy.

Situating Science is proud to support student blogger travel grants and student training for the Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy conference Sept. 30th, 2011 at University of Ottawa with the Institute of Science, Society and Policy, marking the 24th annual conference of Les Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier.

Human Documents: The 'Database of Dreams' Archive at Mid-Twentieth Century

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 8, 2011, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
University of British Columbia

Rebecca Lemov (Department of History of Science, Harvard University) opens UBC's Science and Society Series, 2011 with her talk, "Human Documents: The 'Database of Dreams' Archives at Mid-Twentieth Century."

To be held September 8, 2011 from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm at the Green College Coach House. 

Everyone welcome!

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Reading Artifacts Summer Institute

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Mon., Aug. 15, 2011, 9:00am - Fri., Aug. 19, 2011, 9:00am
Ottawa: The Situating Science Cluster is proud to contribute to student travel to the annual Reading Artifacts Summer Institute at the Canadian Science and Technology Museum.

The Situating Science Cluster is proud to contribute to student travel to the annual Reading Artifacts Summer Institute at the Canadian Science and Technology Museum.

Blogs on the event now available HERE

August 15-19, 2011
Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM)
Collection & Research Division and Conservation Services
More information HERE

Scientific Authority within Democratic Societies Workshop

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Mon., Jun. 27, 2011, 9:00am - Tue., Jun. 28, 2011, 5:00pm

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia

Blog:

Bently Allan's blog entry HERE

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Atlantic Node Works in Progress Meeting

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Date: 
Thu., Jun. 23, 2011, 7:00pm - , 9:00pm

The next Works in Progress meeting will be held this Thursday, June 23 in the Seminar Room, 2nd Floor, New Academic Building, University of  King's College. Coffee and sweets at 7 pm, the talk begins at 7:30.  All are welcome.

Elizabeth Lunbeck: The Narcissism of the Powerful: Charisma and Fascination in Psychoanalytic Thought

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Network Node: 
University of Alberta
Date: 
Thu., Jun. 16, 2011, 7:00pm

The Narcissism of the Powerful: Charisma and Fascination in Psychoanalytic Thought
by Elizabeth Lunbeck
Department of History
Vanderbilt University
Nickle Art Museum
Calgary, Alberta
June 16, 2011

La cognition au prisme des sciences sociales, Claude Rosental, 20 mai 2011

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Date: 
Fri., May. 20, 2011, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm

UQAM: Claude Rosental, Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Institut Marcel Mauss

La cognition au prisme des sciences sociales

Paradox: The Art of the Scientific Naturalists

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Fri., May. 6, 2011, 4:00pm - , 5:30pm

“Paradox: The Art of the Scientific Naturalists”

4:00-5:30 pm; May 6, 2011.

The Delaney Gallery (320 Bethune College), York University

Revisiting Evolutionary Naturalism: New Perspectives on Victorian Science and Culture. Node Workshop May 6 – 7th, 2011 York University

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Date: 
Fri., May. 6, 2011 (All day) - Sat., May. 7, 2011 (All day)

Revisiting Evolutionary Naturalism: New Perspectives on Victorian Science and Culture
May 6 – 7th, 2011
York University, Toronto, Canada

Hayden receives Canada Council for the Arts Killam prize

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Apr. 20, 2011, 9:15am
The Canada Council for the Arts awards Dr. Michael Hayden of University of British Columbia a Killam prize. Hayden was a Trust in the New Sciences National Lecture Series presenter.

The Canada Council for the Arts awards Dr. Michael Hayden of University of British Columbia  a Killam prize. Hayden was a Trust in the New Sciences National Lecture Series presenter.

From the Canada Council for the Arts: