Fall Quarter 2008
September 29:
Science Studies Program Meeting
SSP faculty and students only
October 6: Who wants to take a ride with a time machine?
Christian Wuthrich, UCSD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
abstract flyer
October 13:
The In Vitro Condition: Nutritional Epigenetics and the Human Milieu
Hannah Landecker, UCLA, Associate Professor of Sociology at the Center for Society and Genetics
abstract flyer
October 20: Samples and Specimens at Antarctic Biosecurity Borders
Jessica O'Reilly, Postdoctoral Scholar, Science Technology and Environmental Policy Program, Woodrow Wilson School
abstract flyer
October 27: Professional Development Workshop: Academic Placement
SSP faculty and students only
November 3:
Presentation Cancelled, rescheduled for April 27, 2009
Cori Hayden, UC-Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
November 10: Consuming Patients: Schizophrenia in the Age of Psychopharmacology (1950-2000)
Joel Braslow , UCLA, Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and History
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November 17: August Comte in Paradise: The Ecole Polytechnique, Temporal Series, and the Birth of Sociology
John Tresch, University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of
History of Science
abstract flyer
November 24:
Bad Weather: On Planetary Crisis
Joseph Masco, University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Anthropology
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December 1: Sightings and Seeing: Public Discussion of NASA's UFO Footage
Barry Brown, UCSD, Associate Professor of Communication
abstract flyer
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Winter Quarter 2009
January 5:
Science Studies Program Meeting
SSP faculty and students only
January 12: Drawing the Straight Line: Scientific Knowledge Struggles over Corrective Treatments for Homosexuality
Thomas Waidzunas, UCSD, Graduate Student in Sociology/Science Studies
abstract flyer
January 26:
The Role of Maturationally Natural Cognition in Science and Religion
Robert McCauley, Emory University, Director, Center for Mind, Brain and Culture
abstract flyer
February 2:
Presentation Cancelled
Nick Dyer-Witheford, University of Western Ontario, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies
February 9: Professional Development Workshop: Writing Reviews and Abstracts
SSP faculty and students only
February 23: Aristotle's Explanation of the Halo
Monte Johnson, UCSD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
abstract flyer
March 2: Sound Reproduction After Noise: Perceptual Coding and the Homology of the Fields, 1955-1979
Jonathan Sterne, McGill University, Associate Professor, Department Chair, Art History and Communication Studies
abstract flyer bio
March 9: The Neurology of Regicide: Decapitation, the brain, and the problem of revolutionary violence, 1664 and 1803
Cathy Gere, UCSD, Assistant Professor of History
abstract flyer
No Colloquium on January 19 or February 16
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Spring Quarter 2009
March 30:
Science Studies Program Meeting
SSP faculty and students only
*April 3 (Thursday, 5:30pm, Natural Sciences Building #1205):
Where Homeostasis Comes From And Where It Should Go
Ian Hacking, University of Toronto, Emeritus University Professor of Philosophy
abstract
April 6:
Three Perspectives on an Event of Middling Importance: The Transcontinental Excursion of 1912
Mark Hineline , UCSD, Sixth College Practicum and the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies
abstract flyer
April 13:
Photography and Medical Observation
Scott Curtis, Northwestern University, Associate Professor, School of Communication
abstract flyer
April 20: Of Futures and Fringes: California's Technological Enthusiasts, 1970-1990
W. Patrick McCray, UC-Santa Barbara, Professor of History
abstract flyer
April 27: The same and not the same: Generic medicines and the pharma-politics of similarity
Cori Hayden, UC-Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
abstract flyer
May 4:
The Misguided Sociology of Causal Action in Classical Physics
Sheldon Smith, UCLA, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
abstract flyer
May 11: New Encyclopedias Will Appear: Mid-Twentieth Century social-science archives of human materials
Rebecca Lemov, Harvard University, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science
abstract flyer
May 13 (Wednesday, 10:30am-12pm) : Professional Development Workshop: Grant Proposal Preparation
SSP faculty and students only
May 18:
Following Insects Around: The Practice of Natural History in 18th-Century France
Mary Terrall, UCLA, Associate Professor of History
abstract flyer
June 1: Presentation Cancelled
Kelly Gates, UCSD, Assistant Professor of Communication
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*Students' Choice Speaker
No Colloquium on May 25
