“‘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 …
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History of Science Brown Bag – Susan Rensing
“‘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 …
STS Brown Bag – Catherine M. Jackson
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 …
History of Science Colloquium – Melissa Charenko
“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 …
CANCELLED – History of Science Brown Bag – Elizabeth Hennessy
“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 …
History of Science Brown Bag – Jole Shackelford
“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, …
History of Science Brown Bag – Pablo Gómez and Lynn Nyhart
“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 …
Lecture: Lynn K. Nyhart
“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. …
Latest book Lynn Nyhart co-edited with Scott Lidgardlisted is among “Choice’s” 2017 list of Outstanding Academic Titles
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 …
History of Science Brown Bag – Raphaëlle Rabanes
“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, …