Previous Colloquia

Unless otherwise indicated, the lectures are held on Fridays at 3:35 p.m. in room 131 of the Tate Laboratory of Physics on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (refreshments at 3:15 p.m. in Room 216).

January 25
275 Nicholson Hall, East Bank Campus
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION
Author Meets Readers *
Paleofantasy:
What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Author: Marlene Zuk
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota
Readers:
Susan Craddock
Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
University of Minneosta
Michael Wilson
Department of Anthropology
University of Minnesota
(abstract)

February 1
William Storey
Department of History
Millsaps College
"The Vision of Cecil Rhodes:
Technology, Space, and Power in Africa"
(abstract)

February 8
Catherine Jackson
History and Philosophy of Science
University of Notre Dame
"How Did Practice Lead to Theory in
Emil Fischer's Work?"
(abstract)

February 15
Carlson School of Management, room 1-132
West Bank Campus
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION
Anjan Chakravartty **
Department of Philosophy
University of Notre Dame
"Voluntarism and Scepticism Regarding Scientific Knowledge"
(abstract)

February 22
Alexei Kojevnikov
Department of History
University of British Columbia
"Space-Time, Death-Resurrection, and
the Russian Revolution:
Alexander Friedman and the Origins of Big Bang Cosmology"
(abstract)

March 1
275 Nicholson Hall, East Bank Campus
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION
Christopher Pincock *
Department of Philosophy
Ohio State University
"Abstract Explanations in Science and Mathematics"
(abstract)

March 8
Kristoffer Whitney
Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies
University of Wisconsin - Madison
"A Bird in Hand:
Craft, Data, and Hope in Wildlife Biology"
(abstract)

March 15
No Colloquium: Spring Break

March 22
No Colloquium: Spring Break

March 29
Atsushi Akera
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Engineering 'Manpower' Crisis and
the 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education"
(abstract)

April 5
275 Nicholson Hall, East Bank Campus
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION
Adrian Owen *
The Brain and Mind Institute
University of Western Ontario
"When Thoughts Become Actions:
Functional Neuroimaging in Disorders of Consciousness"
(abstract)

April 12

CANCELLED

April 19
Amy Fairchild
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
"Don't Panic!
The 'Excited and Terrified Public Mind' from
Yellow Fever to Bioterrorism"
(abstract)

April 26
275 Nicholson Hall, East Bank Campus
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION
Sally Haslanger *
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Are We Breaking the Ivory Ceiling?
Women and Minorities in Philosophy and STEM Disciplines"
(abstract)

May 3
James Colgrove
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
"Chronicle of an Epidemic Foretold:
The Fall and Rise of Tuberculosis in
Post-War New York City"
(abstract)

May 10
Gianna Pomata
Institute of the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
"Epistemic Genres or Styles of Thinking?
Tools for the Cultural Histories of Knowledge"
(abstract)

* Cosponsored by Studies of Science and Technology and the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.
** Cosponsored by Studies of Science and Technology, the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and the Department of Philosophy.