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 …
The Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society commemorates the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from an American university (Physics, Yale University, 1876). The Bouchet Society seeks to develop a network of scholars who exemplify academic and personal excellence, foster environments of support, and serve as examples of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and …
Asaka, Ikuko – Dissertation title: “Race Across Empire and Republic: Black Migration to Canada and Racial, National, and Gender Formations in Atlantic Context”; post-doc., Penn State. Advisor: Steve Kantrowitz Bradley, Francis R. – Dissertation title: “The Social Dynamics of Islamic Rivalism in Southeast Asia: The Rise of the Patani School, 1785-1909”; visiting asst. prof., Hamilton …
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 …