April 2016
Hungry Tides: Conquering Time, Water and the Weather on the Indian Subcontinent
This seminar in the history of science in South Asia features two leading speakers in the field who will discuss their new research relating to debates around the recasting of scientific disciplines, continental landscapes, and measures of time and the weather in colonial India
Find out more »The Search for Genetic Origins of Human Behavior: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications
The search for genes that influence human behavior raises important ethical, legal, and social issues. How will our attitudes change if we learn that people’s behavior is due, at least in part, to genes? Should genetic tests that predict tendencies to behave in certain ways be developed, and if so, how should they be used? If genetic contributions to gender identity are found, will that alter how we view sexuality and gender? What impact will identification of genes that…
Find out more »Katja Guenther – The Mirror and the Mind – Neuroscience and History Series
This talk brings the study of material culture to an unlikely object: the mind. Focusing on three episodes of mirror use in the medicine and science of the mind in the twentieth century, Katja Guenther analyzes the ways in which this simple piece of experimental equipment has been used to capture the mind’s workings.
Find out more »Marcia Angell, Former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
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Find out more »Jeremy Greene: Images and Texts in Medical History: NIH Keynote Lecture
Location: Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Please note, only the Keynote Lecture is open to the public. Keynote Lecture: Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine; Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Chair in the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Please visit the conference website for more information. Images and Texts in Medical History: A Workshop in Methods, Tools, and Data from the Digital Humanities will take place on the…
Find out more »Monsoon Rains: An Illustrated Talk with Upmanu Lall
The monsoon rains play a vital role in Nepal’s agriculture, spirituality, social culture, and art. Due to climate change, this life-giving force is under threat, creating a ripple effect for Nepal, the Indian subcontinent, and the world beyond.
Find out more »Expertise from Margin to Center: Science, Politics, and Democracy A Graduate Student Conference
Keynote Speakers: Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University), Stefan Timmermans (UCLA) Faculty Participants: Gil Eyal, Alondra Nelson, and Diane Vaughan (Columbia University) This conference is organized by graduate students from the Columbia University Department of Sociology, with support from the Center of Science and Society, and will take place at Columbia University in the City of New York, on April 14th and 15th, 2016. The conference aims to strengthen STS scholarship by promoting research and network building among early career scholars, and…
Find out more »Sarah James – Sleep Duration, Behavior Problems, and Children’s Telomere Length
Speaker: Sarah James, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Princeton University This event is part of the Fragile Families Working Group seminar series, at the Columbia Population Research Center. Open to the public, advance registration required. To register, please click here.
Find out more »What We Know Can Change the World: Panel for Students and Postdocs Writing for Popular Audiences
At a panel on April 14th, faculty will discuss their experiences sharing their expertise with the world outside the university. Intended for Columbia University doctoral students.
Find out more »Ice Cubed – An Inquiry into the Aesthetics, History, and Science of Ice
Ice is an apt analytic with which to bridge disciplines and to connect discourses within climate science, aesthetics, geography, arctic studies, history of science, glaciology, and the arts. This interdisciplinary conference brings together scientists, humanists, and artists to generate a productive conversation around the potentialities and properties of ice. Presenters will reflect on the ways in which ice disrupts fixed notions of matter. In considering the solid fluidity of ice, what new kinds of geographies emerge? How does thinking capaciously…
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