Other: Node Workshops, Panels, Salons, etc.

Evolutionary Aspects of Gender and Sexuality

Network Node: 
Date: 
Thu., Nov. 18, 2010, 3:30pm

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

Date: 
Thu., Nov. 4, 2010, 8:00am - Sun., Nov. 7, 2010, 8:00am

HSS and PSA 2010 Annual Meeting
Montréal, Quebec
4-7 November 2010

Globe and Mail University Report: Alberta Science, Technology and Society featured

Network Node: 
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 27, 2010, 5:15pm
The Globe and Mail University Report has (on p 32) a list of “arts programs you may not know about but should.”

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 26, 2010, 7:00pm

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

Dr. Philip Sloan

"From Midwifery to Mustard Gas: A Feminist Historian's Research Journey"

Network Node: 
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 20, 2010, 3:00pm

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 19, 2010, 7:00pm - Tue., Oct. 26, 2010, 7:00pm

 

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Fri., Oct. 15, 2010 (All day) - Sat., Oct. 16, 2010 (All day)

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 30, 2010, 12:30pm

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 8:00am - Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 8:00am

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)

Network Node: 
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 5:45pm
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.

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Wed., Sep. 1, 2010, 7:00pm

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Mon., Aug. 30, 2010, 6:45pm
Spontaneous Generations is a graduate student Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science.

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

Network Node: 
Date: 
Wed., Aug. 25, 2010, 10:45am

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")

Date: 
Thu., Aug. 5, 2010, 8:30am - , 10:00am
The Current interviews Dr. Brain on empathy and science.

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