History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium

Colloquium, Fall 2009

Schedule

All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm.

September 30 – Opening Reception

October 5 – Knut Sorensen, Norwegian University for Science and Technology and Visiting

                        Scholar, Stanford: "Polytecnical education ideology in the 20th century: From

                        broad skills to the virtue of teamwork"

October 12 – NO COLLOQUIUM

October 19 ­– Adam Shapiro , Dibner Research Fellow, Huntington Library: "The Credible

                        Audiences for Paley's Natural Theology"

October 26 – Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University and Visiting Professor, Harvey Mudd

                        College: "Drawing the Line:  Reflections on Writing about Science and Art"

November 2 – Cathy Gere, UCSD Science Studies:  "The Utilitarian Self: The Neurosciences and

            Political Reform in Nineteenth-century Britain"

November 9 – Ulf Mellstrom, Luleå  University of Technology and Visiting Professor, Stanford:

                        "Why has computer science in Malaysia been dominated by women

                        over the last three decades?"

November 16 – Elizabeth Gray, (Towson University and 2009 O'Malley Research Fellow, UCLA

                        Biomedical Library): "From 'God's Own Medicine' to 'Criminal Indulgence':

                        Opium and America to 1900."

(Sponsored by the UCLA Program in Medical History and the Medical Humanities)

November 23 – NO COLLOQUIUM  

November 30 – Article Discussion; Article TBA

Note: Any pre-circulated papers will be available in Bunche 5288 one week prior to the event, as well as posted here.