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Spring Quarter 2011

March 29: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Bryce Hevly, "Back to Big Science"
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 102
April 4: Roger Brent (University of Washington) - Biological Futures in a Globalized World
4:00, Communications 120
April 5: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: TBA
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 102
April 5: Priscilla Wald (Duke University) - "Cells, Genes, and Stories: HeLa's Journey from Labs to Literature"
4:00, Communications 120
April 12: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Simon Werrett, "Daston, Dear and Jasanoff: History, Sociology and the History of Science" (Discussion of pre-circulated texts)
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306
April 13: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: P. Kyle Stanford (University of California, Irvine), “Bush’s Nightmare: Changing Incentives and the Closing of the Scientific Mind”
3:30 - 5:15, Savery 408
April 15: Philosophy Colloquium- Kyle Stanford (UC-Irvine)
3:30-5:00, Savery TBA
April 15: EMERGE mini-conference - Credit and Credibility
Mario Biagioli (Law, Science, and Technology Studies, UC-Davis)
Ann Goldgar (History, Kings College London)
April 19: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Woody Sullivan, "Issues encountered during the early stages of doing a biograph on William Herschel (1738-1822)"
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306
April 26: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: David Stroupe
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306
April 27: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Paul F. A. Bartha (University of British Columbia), a selection from By Parallel Reasoning: The Construction and Evaluation of Analogical Reasoning (OUP 2010)
3:30 - 5:15, Savery 408
April 29: Philosophy Colloquium - Paul Bartha (UBC) - "What Can We Learn from Analogies in Mathematics?"
3:30-5:00, Savery TBA
May 3: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Eric Johnson
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306
May 3: Gwen Ottinger(UW - Bothel), "The Biopolitics of the Fenceline" - Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Research Colloquium - UW BOTHEL EVENT
4:00 pm
May 7: The 5th annual Pacific Northwest Philosophy of Science meeting The program will include philosophy of science faculty from Simon Fraser, UBC, and UW. For further information, contact Andrea Woody (Philosophy, UW) or event organizer Holly Andersen (Philosophy, SFU).
9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
May 10: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Sareeta Amrute
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 102
May 17: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Brian Schefke
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306
April 18: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: TBA - Open Session
3:30 - 5:15, Savery 408
May 24: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Katie Zimmerman
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306
May 31: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: TBA
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 306

Winter Quarter 2011

January 5: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Dale Jamieson (NYU) & Tom Ackerman (UW), Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Change
3:30 - 5:30, Walker-Ames room (Kane Hall)
January 11: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Simon Werret
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
January 12: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics:Phil Rasch (PNNL), Marine Cloud Brightening
3:30 - 4:50, Johnson 075
January 18: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Leah Ceccarelli
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
January 21: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Alan Robock (Rutgers), "Benefits, Costs, and Risks of Stratospheric Geoengineering"
3:30 - 4:50, Johnson 075
January 25: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Anna Maerker
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
January 25: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Jim Fleming (Colby College), "Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control"
3:30 - 5:30, Johnson 102
January 26: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Andrea Sullivan-Clarke
3:30 - 5:15, Savery 408
January 27: FOSEP Discussion: Communicating Science to General Audiences - Join FOSEP and Professor Deborah Illman for an interactive discussion about writing engaging and accurate science news.
4:30 pm, Foege N230
January 31: Meg Stalcup (FHCRC), "Suspicious Activities, Post-9/11" (Sociocultural Anthropology Colloquium)
3:30 - 5:00, Denny 401
February 1 - 19: Resonance: Nature, Glass, and Standing Waves in the Art of Joe Davis; Joe Davis, an artist-researcher in laboratories at both MIT and Harvard University, is a pioneer of "bioart," creating works that explore biological materials, genetics, and broader questions about the nature of life.
12:00 - 4:00 pm, Art Bldg. - Jacon Lawrence Gallery
February 1: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Kelly Kistner
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
February 8: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Antony Adler
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
February 9: Dan Hausman (University of Wisconsin - Madison) - Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation - TBA
February 10: Philosophy of Science/SSNet discussion group meeting with Dan Hausman (Wisconsin) - "Mindless or Mindful Economics: A Methodological Evaluation"
1:30 - 3:00, Savery 264
February 11: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Jane Long (LLNL), "Frankenstein's Academy: What Geoengineering Can Help Us Learn"
3:30 - 4:50, Johnson 075
February 11: Philosophy Colloquium: Dan Hausman (University of Wisconsin - Madison), "Some Mistakes about Preferences"
3:30 - 5:30, Savery 264
February 15: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Albert Miller
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
February 16: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: John O'Neill (Manchester)/Chistopher Preston (U of Montana), "Ethics, Policy, and Geoengineering: An Easy Day in the Mountains"
12:30 - 2:30, Johnson 075
February 22: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Alison Wylie
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
February 23: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Marc Lange (UNC)
3:30 - 5:15, Savery 408
February 23: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Steve Rayner (Oxford), "Geoengineering Governance"
3:30- 4:50, Johnson 075
February 25: Philosophy Colloquium: Marc Lange (Philosophy, University of North Carolina), "Explanation in Mathematics"
3:30-5:00, Savery 264
March 1: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Tom Hankins
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
March 2: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Ben Hale (U. Colorado), "Fixing the Wrong Wrong: Geoengineering and the End of the World"
3:30 - 4:50, Johnson 075
March 4: Jeannette Pols (University of Amsterdam), "Knowing Patients: Turning Practical Knowledge into Science"
7:00, Communications 120
March 7: Walker-Ames Lecture - Elizabeth A. Wilson (Women's Studies, Emory University) - Affect and Artificial Intelligence
4:00, Communications 120
March 8: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Brain Schefke
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E
March 9: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Jon Rosenberg
3:30 - 5:15, Savery 408
March 9: Geoengineering: Science, Policy and Ethics: Michael Robinson-Dorn (UC Irvine), "Climate Engineering: What Law Has to Say About it"
3:30 - 4:50, Johnson 075
March 13-14: UBC History of Science - UW visit
    March13: UBC-UW Grad Student Panel: A chance for UBC/UW grad students to meet and present their work.
    March 14: Lecture - Neil Safier (History, UBC) - History / Philosophy / SSNet - "Science and Empire"
    3:00, Communication 202
March 15: Tuesday Colloquium in the History of Science: Kristoffer Whitney
12:30 - 1:20, Smith 203E

Fall Quarter 2010

October 13: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Joe Ricci, "Reduction"
3:30, Savery 408
October 27: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Carol Lee and John Manchak, PSA Presentation Preview
3:30, Savery 408
November 2: Simon Werrett (History, University of Washington - New Books in Print: Fireworks: Pyrotechnic Arts and Sciences (Chicago 2010)
2:00-4:00, Simpson Center for the Humanities
November 3: Peter Chow-White (Communication, Simon Fraser University) - "Data Mined: How Information and Code are Shaping Us in Genome Science"
3:30-5:00 pm, Communications 120
November 17: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Alison Wylie, "The Leverhulme Evidence Projects"
3:30, Savery 408
December 1: Philosophy of Science Discussion Group: Andrea Woody, TBA
3:30, Savery 408