July 2016 At the recent American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting in Minneapolis, History of Science department graduate student Travis Weisse received an Honorable Mention in the Richard H. Shryock Medal Essay Contest for his paper titled “‘A Farewell to Chitterlings’: Alvenia Fulton, Natural Health Foods, and the Civil Rights Movement.” Another …
An International Conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison May 6 – 7, 2016 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM University Club, 803 State St. Featuring: Ali Akhtar (Bates College) Wendy Laura Belcher (Princeton) Alexander Bevilacqua (Harvard) Shmuel Feiner (Bar Ilan University) Elaine Fisher (UW–Madison) Pablo F. Gómez (UW–Madison) Janet Gyafso (Harvard) John Stratton (Columbia) J. Michelle …
April 2016 Professor Susan E. Lederer, Robert Turell Professor of History of Medicine and Bioethics, Professor of History of Science, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will give the Fielding H. Garrison Lecture at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) in …
April 2016 Assistant Professor Catherine Jackson visited the Chemistry Department at De Pauw University, Indiana, in April 2016 to deliver the 23rd Burkett Lectures (see lecture brochure for more information and a list of previous speakers). The Burkett Lectures are endowed by alumni of De Pauw’s Chemistry Department to honor the memory of esteemed teacher and …
September 4 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Welcome, introductions, and planning for the semester Location: 204 Bradley Memorial September 11 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag: Stephen Neal, History of Science, UW–Madison “Making Science Global During the Cold War.” Location: 204 Bradley Memorial September 18 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag: Stephen Young, Geography Department and International …
November 2015 The UW Center for the Humanities has awarded History of Science Assistant Professor Nicole Nelson a First Book Award, one of the three UW junior faculty in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to receive this support. The award will allow Nelson to assemble a “dream team” of readers for her first academic …
November 2015 The UW History of Science Department will be well-represented at the annual History of Science Society (HSS) meeting this month in San Francisco. Graduate students James Brannon, Melissa Charenko, Bridget Collins, Dana Freiburger, Molly Laas, and Daniel Liu are giving talks at this conference. Collins and Freiburger organized the sessions for their talks …
October 2015 History of Science Professor Florence Hsia recently penned a piece for The Conversation about Pope Francis, the Jesuits, and science. Titled “Jesuits as science missionaries for the Catholic Church”, Hsia ponders the historical relations between these three parties since the founding of the Society of Jesus nearly 500 years ago.
September 2015 In the case of the logo of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the answer is a good deal of science history. A recent issue of Chemical and Engineering News (protected content link here) featured an interview with UW historian of science professor Catherine M. Jackson that highlighted this curious device chosen by the …
September 2015 Tales From Planet Earth returns to Madison November 6-8, 2015. Founded by Gregg Mitman, William Coleman Professor of History of Science, Professor of Medical History and Science & Technology Studies, and Environmental Studies, in 2007, the theme of this year’s festival is Belief. Visit the Tales From Planet Earth festival web site for …