January 2011 Two awards from the UW–Madison Graduate School have been given to History of Science department faculty members. Professor Lynn K. Nyhart has received a Kellett Mid-Career Award and Professor Richard C. Keller has been awarded a H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. Both awards are intended to recognize and support tenured faculty and are …
January 2011 Department alumnus Michael F. Robinson (Ph.D. 2002), assistant professor of history at the University of Hartford, will appear in the American Experience documentary “The Greely Expedition” to be broadcast on PBS January 31, 2011.
December 2010 Recent department graduate Fred Gibbs (Ph.D. 2009) and his George Mason University colleague Dan Cohen enjoyed having their recent research work as “pioneering data hounds” discussed in the New York Times. Their project involves the charting of title words, such as ‘Science’ and ‘Christianity’, in all books printed in the English language in …
September 3 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Introductions September 10 (Friday) at Noon Kellen Backer, Bridget Collins, Brad Moore, and Scott Trigg, UW–Madison “The TAA, and the place of teaching in a graduate career.” September 17 (Friday) at Noon Sarah Hodges, University of Warwick “Global Histories of Medicine.” September 24 (Friday) at Noon Rana Hogarth, …
August 2010 History of Science doctoral candidate Bridget Collins has received a 2010-2011 Charles Donald O’Malley Short-Term Research Fellowship from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and History and Special Collections for the Sciences in the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. This will support her ongoing dissertation research on the “Transformation of …
September 2010 In association with this year’s “Go Big Read” book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, the History of Science Department Colloquium Series will examine diverse perspectives on the nature and implications of appropriations in science. All talks are open to the public. Colloquia for Fall 2010: September 28 – Ruth …
January 23 (Friday) at Noon Bridget Collins, Kellen Backer, and Jocelyn Bosley, UW–Madison “Prelims: Everything you needed to know but were too afraid to ask.” January 30 (Friday) at Noon An open forum for all A “Bring Your Own Idea” discussion – please join us and come armed with scintillating conversation! Location: Social Sciences 7130 …
January 22 (Friday) at Noon Friday Brown Bag Town Hall Meeting January 29 (Friday) at Noon Tom Broman, UW–Madison “Narratives of Modernity: History of Science in a Post-European World.” February 5 (Friday) at Noon Anna Zeide, Sarah Potratz, and Peter Susalla, UW–Madison “The MA Paper” February 12 (Friday) at Noon James Sweet, History Dept., UW–Madison …
April 2010 The Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards has honored Professor Judith Leavitt for teaching excellence with a Chancellor’s Award. She will receive this award along with nine of her faculty colleagues at a ceremony on April 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center. Having taught at UW–Madison since 1975, Leavitt has developed numerous …
February 2010 The University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce a new postdoctoral fellowship program in the humanities and humanistic social sciences funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The application deadline in April 9, 2010. The theme for the 2010 applicants is World Citizenship, broadly conceived. We welcome projects on the cultural aesthetic, philosophical, …