Other: Node Workshops, Panels, Salons, etc.
Evolutionary Aspects of Gender and Sexuality
Public lecture by Joan Roughgarden (Stanford University)
Thursday, Nov. 18 at 3:30pm
in Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex E1-007
HSS/PSA conference Nov. 4-7, 2010 Montreal
HSS and PSA 2010 Annual Meeting
Montréal, Quebec
4-7 November 2010
Globe and Mail University Report: Alberta Science, Technology and Society featured
The Globe and Mail University Report has (on p 32) a list of “arts programs you may not know about but should” that includes “Science, technology, and Society” and lists Alberta where you can pursue such programs.
Congratulations Alberta!
The guide is here:
Race lecture Series: Science, Philosophy, and Race: The Shaping of the Race Concept in the Late Enlightenment
Video available HERE
Podcast available HERE
Dr. Philip Sloan, University of Notre Dame
Science, Philosophy, and Race: The Shaping of the Race Concept in the Late Enlightenment
Lecture for Conceptions of Race in Philosophy, Literature and Art Lecture Series
7 PM
Alumni Hall, New Academic Building, University of King's College, Halifax, NS
"From Midwifery to Mustard Gas: A Feminist Historian's Research Journey"
Announcing the first lecture in the Gender and/or Feminist Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine lecture series:
"From Midwifery to Mustard Gas: A Feminist Historian's Research Journey"
Susan Smith,
Professor of History
Sci Fi Movie and Panel Discussion Series
SituSci's Atlantic Node is sponsoring a sci fi movie and panel discussion series, which will consist of a FREE movie screening and panel discussion every Tuesday evening throughout the month of October.
Tuesday, October 5, beginning at 7:00 pm: Surrogates (PG-13)
The Individual in Science and Philosophy Annual ARPA Meeting. Keynote: Robert A. Wilson. Oct. 15-16
Situating Science is pleased to co-sponsor the Atlantic Region Philosophers Association's (ARPA)
Annual Meeting 2010
The Individual in Science and Philosophy
October 15 - October 16, 2010
University of King's College, Halifax
"Merchants of Doubt" An Interactive Presentation with Naomi Oreskes Thursday, September 30 12:30pm York University
Inaugural lecture for the new Institute for Science and Technology Studies, York University!
See Poster for more.
Envisioning Science: Imaging the Body. Node Workshop at UofA Sept 10-11, 2010
A workshop investigating "how we see, how we are able, allowed, or made to see, and how we see this seeing or the unseen therein."
New STS/HPS blog, The Bubble Chamber (UofT)
The Bubble Chamber is a blog written by historians and philosophers of science for discussing contemporary issues of science and society through the lens of historical context and critical analysis.
History of Medicine Seminar Series
The U. of Saskatchewan Node cooridated activities with the History of Medicine Seminar Series in 2010-11.
More information here
Spontaneous Generations Journal: New Volume
Spontaneous Generations is a graduate student Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science
Latest issue:
Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture
Conceptions of Race in Philosophy, Literature and Art Lecture Series: Philip Sloan and JH Fujimura lectures
Situating Science is pleased to partner for
Conceptions of Race in Philosophy, Literature and Art Lecture Series at the University of King's College, Halifax, NS.
Winter 2011:
Dr. Joan Fujimura, March 22, event information here
Dr. Robert Brain discusses science of empathy on CBC's The Current ("Varieties of Empathy")
The Current interviews Dr. Brain on empathy and science.
The discussion follows-up on the "Varieties of Empathy in Science, Art, and Culture" Workshop at UBC Oct. 10-11, 2009.
Have a listen: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/08/august-5-2010.html