Other: Node Workshops, Panels, Salons, etc.

Contextualizing Aboriginal Health Information Communication Technologies

Date: 
Fri., Oct. 14, 2011, 9:00am - Sat., Oct. 15, 2011, 10:00pm
York Institute for Science and Technology Studies: First Nations, Inuit and Métis understandings of health and wellness.

The Situating Science Toronto Node is pleased to co-sponsor this event.

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

Network Node: 
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

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

Network Node: 
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

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

Network Node: 
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

Network Node: 
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

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!

Abstract

Reading Artifacts Summer Institute

Network Node: 
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

Atlantic Node Works in Progress Meeting

Network 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

Network Node: 
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

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

Network Node: 
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

Network 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

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:

Actionnisme et dynamique de recherche : transformations du domaine des cellules souches, Michel Dubois, 13 avril 2011

Date: 
Wed., Apr. 13, 2011, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm

UQAM: Michel Dubois, Directeur de recherche CNRS, Groupe d'Etude des Méthodes de l'Analyse Sociologique de la Sorbonne (GEMASS) — CNRS / Université de Paris IV Sorbonne

Vidéo sur iTunesU

Actionnisme et dynamique de recherche : transformations du domaine des cellules souches