“‘Unfortunately, he did not survive to keep that appointment’: Death, Prison Protest and Health Care Reform at Fox Lake, WI, 1972-1975” Irene Toro Martinez UW–Madison, History Department Graduate Student Friday, March 23, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, …
“‘A Coldly Scientific Venture’: Unwed Mothers and the Eugenic Baby Panic” Susan Rensing UW Oshkosh Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th Friday, May 4th All Brown Bags are held in the …
History of Chemistry: Who Cares? Catherine M. Jackson Assistant Professor of History UW–Madison Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:30-1:30 PM 8417 Social Science Chemistry around 1900 was the queen of the sciences. But recent decades have seen professional history of science move on from modern chemistry – and especially the discipline of organic chemistry – as …
“Environmental Change through Deep Time.” Melissa Charenko UW–Madison, History Graduate Student Thursday, March 8, 2018 Refreshments start at 3:45 Colloquium begins at 4:00 PM Memorial Library Special Collections 728 State St, Madison, WI As ecology emerged as a scientific discipline in the early twentieth century, a number of influential ecologists argued that the basic function …
“A Laboratory of Sustainability?” Elizabeth Hennessy Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies UW–Madison Friday, March 9, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th Friday, May 4th All Brown Bags are held …
“The History of Chronobiology: Constructing the Timescape of a New Scientific Field” Jole Shackelford University of Minnesota Friday, March 2, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th …
“How (Not) to Write a Book Review” Pablo Gómez and Lynn Nyhart Friday, February 23, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th Friday, May …
“The Great Disruption: Biologists, Revolutions, and the Values of Science ca. 1848” Lynn K. Nyhart Vilas-Bablitch-Kelch Distinguished Achievement Professor of History of Science University of Wisconsin–Madison Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:30 PM L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building In the German-speaking states of the 1840s and 50s, revolution was in the air. While the political revolutions …
The latest book Lynn Nyhart co-edited with Scott Lidgardlisted, Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives (University of Chicago Press, 2017), is among “Choice’s” 2017 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Every year in the January issue, in print and online, Choice publishes a list of Outstanding Academic Titles that were reviewed during the previous …
“Attending to Topography, Unearthing Counter-Histories: Guadeloupean Landscapes of Memory” Raphaëlle Rabanes Friday, February 16, 2018 12:00-1:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, February 23rd Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th …