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Spring Quarter 2012

March 28: Philosophy of Science Reading Group

Discussion of 'Varieties of 20th Century American Naturalism' by John Shook
Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359
April 3: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Bruce Hevly (History, UW)
"The Technocratic Impulse"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
April 3: IAS Research Colloquium: Johanna Crane (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW-Bothell)
"Donation, Compensation, and Data: The Politics of Transnational HIV Research in Uganda"
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Rose Room, UW-Bothell (UW1-Room 280)
April 5: Science and Society Series, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Jimena Canales (Department of History of Science, Harvard)
“A Tenth of a Second”
5:00 - 6:30 pm, Coach House, Green College, UBC
April 9: Department of Philosophy Spring Colloquium
Hasok Chang (History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)
"A Case for Pluralism in Science"
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Communications 202
April 10: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Hasok Chang (History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)
"The Premature Death of Phlogiston"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
April 11: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
Discussion of "Integrative Pluralism" by Sandra D. Mitchell (2002) in Biology and Philosophy 17: 55-70.
Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359
April 17: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Bruce Hevly (History, UW)
"Man Proposes, Nature Disposes, Broadway Supposes: The Titanic disaster after 100 years"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
April 23: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium
Myles Jackson (History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, NYU)
Visit sponsored by The Kammeyer Fund for the History of Science and Technology
"Intellectual Property and Molecular Biology: Biomedicine, Commerce, and the CCR5 Gene Patent"
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Communications 202
April 24: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Myles Jackson (NYU)
Visit sponsored by The Kammeyer Fund for the History of Science and Technology
"Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in 19th-Century Germany"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
April 25: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
Discussion of "Precis of The Empirical Stance" by Bas van Fraassen and "Discussion - What is a Stance?" by Paul Teller

Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 368
April 26: The End of Disciplinarity: Robert Frodeman (Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas)
5:15 - 6:30 pm, Parson's Gallery, Urban Center Building (2nd floor), Portland State University
May 1: IAS Research Colloquium: Santiago Lopez (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW-Bothell)
"Landscape Change in Western Amazonia: From Dispersed to Nucleated Production Systems"
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Rose Room, UW-Bothell (UW1-Room 280)
May 1: FOSEP Discussion: Dave Hammond (Regulatory and Clinical Trials Consultant)
"Ethical considerations for clinical trials in low resource settings"
Food will be provided!
4:30 pm, Foege N230
May 3: GPSS Science & Policy Summit 2012
Presentation competition ("TED"-style talks)
2:00 pm, Burke Museum
May 4: "Critical Medical Humanities" Lecture Series
Seth Messinger (Anthropology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
"Negotiating a Good Outcome: The Many Dimensions of Recovery from Traumatic Limb Loss at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center"
3:30 pm, Savery 260
May 7: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium: Gary Christian (Chemistry, UW)
"The Ethics of Scientific Writing: How to Write and How Not to Write a Paper"
4:30 - 5:30pm, Savery 408
May 8: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Ian Chase (HPS student, UW)
"History of Science, Philosophy of Science, and the Problem of Unconceived Alernatives"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
May 8: GPSS Science & Policy Summit 2012
Panel Sessions: 1) Preventive Medicine, Health Promotion, and Ethics; 2) Science Policy in Presidential Campaigns
2:00 pm, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall
May 9: Philosophy of Science Reading Group

Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359
May 14: H5N1 Avian Influenza: A teach-in by the Center for Biological Futures, FHCRC
"Review of recent studies extending the host range of avian H5N1 influenza"
6:00 pm, Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
May 15: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Al Miller (PhC History, UW)
"Ferocious Felines and Terrible Terriers: The Kotzebue Expeditions and the Cultivation of the Ratak Chain, 1816-1825"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
May 21: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium: Tom Daniel (Biology, UW and Interim Director, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering)
"Neural Engineering: the intellectual and physical interface between technology and life"
4:00 - 5:30pm, Communications 202
May 22: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Mary Anne Henderson (PhC, History, UW)
"Battling the Broomstick Brigade: Tuberculosis, Fear and NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) Politics in Progressive Era Seattle"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
May 22: FOSEP Seminar with the Union of Concerned Scientists
"Lessons from California's Adventures in Renewable Energy"
3:00 pm, Guggenheim 218
May 23: Philosophy of Science Reading Group

Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359
May 29: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: TBA
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
June 5: IAS Research Colloquium: Bruce Kochis (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW-Bothell)
"Does a Corpse Have Human Rights?"
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Rose Room, UW-Bothell (UW1-Room 280)

Fall Quarter 2011

October 4: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Billy Brazelton (UW Oceanography/Astrobiology)
"Historical context for the meaning of 'interdisciplinary research' and implications for astrobiology"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
October 5: Philosophy of Science Reading Group: Discussion of Eric Schliesser's essay "Friedman, Positive Economics, and the Chicago Boys"
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Savery 408
October 10: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium
Emerging Issues in Biological Futures: A Panel Discussion
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Communications 206
October 11: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: TBA
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
October 18: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Kiki Jenkins (UW - School of Marine Affairs)
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
October 19: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Savery 408
October 25: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Mott Greene (UPS - History)
"Feynman, Chomsky, and Lévi-Strauss: 3 Jewish Scientists in the Post-War World"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
November 1: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Wendi Lindquist
"Death and dying in the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
November 2: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Savery 408
November 7: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium
Emerging Issues in Biological Futures II: Global Health
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Communications 206
November 8: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Antony Adler
"The Depths on Display: Exhibiting French Oceanography at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle in 1884"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
November 15: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Mira Green (PhD Candidate - UW - History)
"Ingestion and Nature: Tools of Political and Social Critique in Ancient Rome"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
November 22: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Thomas Hankins (UW - History)
"Order and Measure in the History of Graphs"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
November 29: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Ian King (PhD Student - UW Information School)
"Preservation and Restoration: a Value Tension in Computing History"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
November 30: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Savery 408
November 30: FOSEP/Biological Futures in a Globalized World: Roger Brent (Center for Biological Futures, Hutchinson Center) and Alison Wylie (UW - Philosophy and Anthropology)
"Biological Threats and Biological Futures"
4:00 - 5:00 pm, Communications 202
December 6: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Julie Homchick (WWU - Communication)
"Reclaiming the West: Creationism in the Spaces of the Western United States"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306
December 13: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Simon Werrett (UW - History)
"Lots of Science: Auctions and Natural Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century"
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 306

Winter Quarter 2012

January 10: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: David Stroupe (UW Graduate Student - Education)
"'Revising models is cool': School science classroom spaces and the treatment of science ideas"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
January 17: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Johanna Crane (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences - UW Bothell)
"The Value of Inequality: AIDS, Africa, and the Rise of Global Health Science"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
January 23: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium
Gaymon Bennett and Meg Stalcup (Center for Biological Futures, Hutchinson Center)
"On Internalization: Ethics Maxims for the Biological Sciences"
12:30 - 2:00 pm, Communications 202
January 24: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Rebecca Cummins (UW, School of Art)
"Necro-Techno: Examples from an Archeology of Media"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
January 25: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
Discussion of Lawrence Sklar's "I'd love to be a naturalist - if only I knew what naturalism was," PhilSci 77.5 (2010): 1121-1137. This is a paper proposed for discussion by Olin Robus.
Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359
January 31: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Karl Hufbauer (Visiting Professor, History, UW)
"Flint's Changing Roles in Egypt during ca3200/600 BCE"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
February 1: Science and Technology Studies Colloquium Talk, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Professor Keith Wailoo, Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: Reflections on History, Race, and Health"
4:00 - 6:00 pm, UCLL 103 (NB: UCLL is the building housing Sage and the Peter Wall Institute; 103 is downstairs among the classrooms in that building. Here's UBC's best attempt to explain how to get to the classrooms: http://blog.students.ubc.ca/classroomservices/2012/01/16/how-do-hou-access-the-ucll-classrooms/.)
February 2: Science and Society Series, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Professor Keith Wailoo, Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"Between Liberal Medicine and Conservative Care: The History and Politics of Pain Relief in the U.S. since WWII"
5:00 - 6:30 pm, Coach House, Green College, UBC
February 7: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Dave Stearns
“"Think of it as Money": A Brief Introduction to VISA and The Cashless Society”
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
February 8: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
Discussion of Dave Guston's work on "Anticipatory Governance"
Guston (ASU) will be a visiting speaker in the Biological Futures series on the following Monday (Feb. 13)
Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359
February 13: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium
Dave Guston (School of Politics and Global Studies and Co-Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Arizona State University)
“Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies”
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Communications 202
February 14: “Innovation Squared: Why innovations in technology require innovations in ethics”
Panel convened by Gwen Ottinger (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW-Bothell)
5:00 - 6:30 pm, Rose Room, UW-Bothell
February 15: "Pornography and Progress: Socially Camouflaged Technology"
Jonathan Coopersmith (Texas A&M University)
3:00 pm, 306 Smith Hall
February 21: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: W.D. Frank (History)
Title: "Indigenous Siberian influence on nationalism, sport and polar exploration during the long nineteenth century"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
CANCELED due to speaker illness. February 22: NSF Workshop on EESE Funding Opportunities
Kelly Moore (National Science Foundation) - Program Director for Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program, and for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) Program
10:00am
CANCELED due to speaker illness. February 22: NSF Workshop on STS Funding Opportunities
Kelly Moore (National Science Foundation) - Program Director for Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program, and for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) Program
3:30 pm
February 27: Biological Futures in a Globalized World Colloquium
Colin Koopman (Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon)
"Biopolitics and Its Problems: A Genealogical Pragmatist Approach"
4:00 - 5:30 pm, Communications 202
February 29: Philosophy of Science Reading Group
Discussion of Colin Koopman's work on "Biopolitics and its Problems: A Genealogical Pragmatist Approach"
Koopman (UOregon) will be a visiting speaker in the Biological Futures series on the previous Monday (Feb. 27)
Topics and readings are available on the PhilSci Reading Group GoPost:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/aw26/26063/
3:30 pm, Savery 359

March 1: Science and Society Series, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Scott Graham (English, UBC)
"A Rhetorical-Ontological History of Pain Medicine"
5:00 - 6:30 pm, Coach House, Green College, UBC
March 6: Tuesday Colloquium in History of Science and STS: Antony Adler (UW Graduate Student, History)
"Internationalism, Science, and the making of a Pacific World (1918 - 1944)"
12:30 - 1:20 pm, Smith 306
March 9: "Critical Medical Humanities" Lecture Series
Lesley Sharp (Department of Anthropology, Barnard College; Department of Anthropology and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University)
"Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: Moral Thinking in Xenotransplant Research"
3:30 pm, Savery 260
March 9 - 11: Columbia History of Science Group Meeting
University of Washington's Marine Biological Laboratory, Friday Harbor, WA