University of Alberta
Node Manager(s)
Robert Smith
Ph.D., History & Philosophy of Science,
University of Cambridge (1979)
Part III of the Mathematics Tripos,
University of Cambridge (1975)
B.A., First Class Honors Degree in Physis,
Queen Mary College, University of London (1974)
Tel: (780) 492-3918
Email: rwsmith@ualberta.ca
Node News and Events
Josipa Petrunic: Platonism, Cognitive Science and the Learning of Mathematics: a Wittgensteinian response to exclusionary trends in the philosophy of mathematics
Support for this talk has been provided in part by the SSHRC Cluster Grant on Situating Science.The Science Technology and Society Program is pleased to present:
Josipa Petrunic , Postdoctoral...
Keynyn Brysse: Evidence, interpretation, and communication: Lessons from the interdisciplinary mass extinction debates
The Science Technology and Society Program at the University of Alberta is pleased to present:
Keynyn Brysse, Postdostoral Research Associate, Princeton University
Evidence, interpretation, and...
Elizabeth Lunbeck: The Narcissism of the Powerful: Charisma and Fascination in Psychoanalytic Thought
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...
Facing Uncertainty: Who is Destined for Alzheimer's Disease?
Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary: Science and its Publics National Lecture Series Presents Part 5:
Facing Uncertainty: Who is Destined for Alzheimer's Disease?
TH MARCH 24TH 3:30PM MDT...
Erik Conway: "Merchants of Doubt: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War" Jan 13, 2011
Erik Conway presents, "Merchants of Doubt: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War"
Jan 13, 2011
3:30 pm in Business 1-5
University of Alberta
News article in Edmonton...
Incentives in the Family Firm
Public lecture by Joan Roughgarden (Stanford University)
Incentives in the Family Firm
Friday, Nov. 19 at 4:00pm
Earth Sciences (ESB) 327
Abstract: Social-selection theory envisions that...
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
Abstract: The biological...
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...
LIVING ARCHIVES ON EUGENICS IN WESTERN CANADA
Please register by October 18, 2010 for Free Lunch at
http://www.whatsorts.net/register/
Updated Information at http://www.whatsorts.net
No Charge
Everyone Welcome
Refreshments Provided...
"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...
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."
KEYNOTE Friday Sept. 10, 7pm
Lisa Cartwright,...
Public talk: “A ‘Computer’ from Ancient Greece: The Antikythera Mechanism” Uof A April 8 2010
Public talk: “A ‘Computer’ from Ancient Greece: The Antikythera Mechanism”
Co-sponsors: American Institute of Archeology. University of Alberta Science, Technology and...
Reading Bruno Latour: A Seminar Series
The Science, Technology and Society Program presents Reading Bruno Latour Seminar Series, including:
Kathleen Lowrey – Department of Anthropology
“Bruno Latour, Empathetic...
Health Legacies: Militarization, Health and Society Workshop. UofA Sept. 18-19, 2009
A one day workshop to examine the human and environmental health consequences of war.
Exploring the impact of militarization and demilitarization on the health and welfare of...
Putting Region in Its Place: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Health, Healing and Place 2007
Of the social phenomena said to distinguish the modern era from previous periods of history, the process known as globalization is often held as paradigmatic. Notoriously ill defined, the term...
Research and Development
More to come soon!
Postdoctoral Appointment
Dr. Alex Choby is the Situating Science Postdoctoral appointment.
Upcoming Events
Apr 18 9:00AM
York University: This workshop examines the complexities, affinities, and politics of care in technoscience research. [+]
Apr 20 7:00PM
York University: Thompson (Berkeley) launches the Politics of Care in Technoscience workshop [+]
Jun 21 8:00AM
Dalhousie University and the University of King's College: 9th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science [+]