Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
Upcoming Events
Bios Talk: Paul Turner - Leveraging Evolution: Thinking in the Development of Phage Therapy
Jeff W. Lichtman: The Past, Present, and Future of Connectomics
Despite enormous effort and interest, the brain remains the most poorly understood aspect of human biology. How behavior, thoughts, and, more generally, consciousness are instantiated in the brain's physicality is a genuinely hard problem. The challenge...
HoS Colloquium: "Minds, Machines, and Managers: Capitalism and AI in Cold War America"
Healing the World
How have people understood and managed human health in the past?
Tuesday and Thursday - 10:30-11:45 AM with Professors David Jones and Hannah Marcus
Digital Democracy
In the age of AI, what has happened to the dream of democracy, the faith that we can collectively govern ourselves?
Monday and Wednesday - 12:00-1:15 PM with Professor Marc Aidinoff
Solving Genuinely Hard Problems in Science
What can we do, as a society, to help make progress on solving the hardest problems in science?
Tuesday and Thursday - 10:30-11:45 AM with Professors Peter L. Galison, Jeff W. Lichtman, and Logan McCarty
Making the World: An Introduction to the History of Technology
Mondays and Wednesdays - 1:30-2:45 PM with Professors Victor Seow and Eric Gurevitch
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Faculty Bookshelf
Opportunities for History and Science Concentrators
Teaching Innovation
Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI
How should we at Harvard make knowledge in the future?
