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Signal Achievements: Hans Reichenbach on Radio and on Radio

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University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Jan. 9, 2014, 5:00pm
UBC: Alan Richardson explores one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers of science in the UBC STS series

Signal Achievements: Hans Reichenbach on Radio and on Radio
Dr. Alan Richardson, Philosophy, UBC
January 9, 5:00 - 6:30pm
Green College, UBC

Critical Itineraries of Technoscience Salon - Geneological Aspirations

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Jan. 9, 2014, 4:00pm
University of Toronto: The Technoscience Salon continues with Alondra Nelson (Columbia University)

Please join us for the next Technoscience Salon event of 2013-2014.

Event :: GENEALOGICAL ASPIRATIONS
'A Dream Deferred': The Politics of Race after the Genome

Speakers :: Alondra Nelson (Columbia University)

Thomas Jefferson, Count Buffon, and a Giant Moose: When Natural History and History Collide?

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Dec. 13, 2013, 12:30pm
Montreal, UQAM: Lee Dugatkin, Department of Biology, University of Louisville.

Thomas Jefferson, Count Buffon, and a Giant Moose: When Natural History and History Collide?

In the Kingdom of Solovia: The Rise of Growth Economics at MIT, 1956-1970

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Université du Québec à Montréal
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Fri., Dec. 6, 2013, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
Montreal: UQAM: Mauro Boianovsky, Département d'économie, Universidade de Brasília et Kevin Hoover (conférencier), Département d'économie et de philosophie, Duke University

In the Kingdom of Solovia: The Rise of Growth Economics at MIT, 1956-1970
vendredi, 6 décembre 2013

Jean Gayon: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Enhancement

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University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Nov. 26, 2013, 4:45pm
UBC: The Director of the Institute for History and Philosophy of Science at University of Paris speaks on human enhancement

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Enhancement
Jean Gayon, Director of the Institute for History and Philosophy of Science at University of Paris 1
Wednesday, November 27 5pm

Sample and Mix: The Body Sonic in Qing Science and Medicine

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University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Thu., Nov. 14, 2013, 5:00pm - , 5:30pm
UBC: Carla Nappi, UBC Department of History, explores sonic elements of language

The Science and Technology Studies Colloquium presents:

Sample and Mix: The Body Sonic in Qing Science and Medicine
Carla Nappi, Department of History
Thursday, November 14 in Buchanan Tower, Room 1197, 5:00-6:30,


Supported by the UBC Node.

Richard Gold: Myriad Genetics and Beyond: The Fallout of the US Supreme Court Decision

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University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Nov. 8, 2013, 5:00pm
UBC: The STS series continues with Richard Gold, Faculty of Law, McGill University

The Science and Technology Studies Colloquium resumes Thursday, November 7 at Green College, Coach House, 5:00-6:30 with wine and cheese reception to follow.

Richard Gold, Faculty of Law, McGill University
Myriad Genetics and Beyond: The Fallout of the US Supreme Court Decision
 

Other Worlds: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Cross-Cultures of Spiritualism

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University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 30, 2013, 3:30pm
Edmonton, UofA: The Alfred Russel Wallace series continues with this capstone address by Christine Ferguson, Senior Lecturer, English Literature University of Glasgow

Other Worlds: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Cross-Cultures of Spiritualism
Edmonton: University of Alberta, Oct. 30, 2013

Benjamin Olshin: Adventures in History of Science: Maps, Marco Polo, and other Curiosities

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 29, 2013, 12:30pm
York: The STS series continues with Benjamin Olshin, University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

The Institute for Science and Technology Studies is pleased to announce the following talk by Prof. Benjamin Olshin of the University of the Arts, Philadelphia:

"Adventures in History of Science: Maps, Marco Polo, and other Curiosities"

Isaac Newton, Philosopher

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Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 24, 2013, 7:30pm
Halifax: Andre Janiak launches the symposium, Isaac Newton's General Scholium to the Principia: Science, Religion and Metaphysics

Isaac Newton, Philosopher
Dr. Andrew Janiak, Creed C. Black Associate Professor of Philosophy Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Author of Newton as Philosopher (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Influencers panel

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 23, 2013, 5:30pm
Ottawa: The Science and Society 2013 symposium wraps up with key decision makers discussing the results of the symposium

Influencers Panel
Panel of influential decision-makers discussing results of the symposium

Wallace on Science the Problems of Progress

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University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 23, 2013, 3:30pm
Edmonton, University of Alberta: The Alfred Russel Wallace series continues with Martin Fichman, Professor, Department of Humanities York University

Wallace on Science the Problems of Progress
Edmonton, University of Alberta: Oct. 23, 2013

The Alberta node is pleased to support this event as part of More than Natural Selection: A Lecture Series on Alfred Russel Wallace at the University of Alberta, October 2013.

Uncertain Science, Uncertain Times

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 22, 2013, 7:30pm
Ottawa: Jay Ingram moderates a stage reading and disucssion of Michael Frayn's acclaimed play, Copenhagen.

UNCERTAIN SCIENCE, UNCERTAIN TIMES
Selections and discussion of Michael Frayn’s Tony Award-winning play, Copenhagen
Moderated by Jay Ingram
Directed by Kevin Orr

Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, 7:30 pm
Alumni Auditorium, Jock-Turcot University Centre, 85 University, University of Ottawa
Free
Donations accepted at the door
Reception to follow

The Transformations in the Relations between Science, Policy and Citizens

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 7:00pm
Ottawa: Dr. Yves Gingras (UQAM) launches the Science and Society 2013 symposium

THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE, POLICY AND CITIZENS

Dis/Integration: On the New Interdisciplinarity

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University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 4:00pm - , 6:00pm
UBC: Barbara Herrnstein Smith is on campus to deliver the Seventh Annual Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecture.
 

Dis/Integration: On the New Interdisciplinarity
UBC: Oct. 21, 2013 4:00-5:30