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Soyoung Suh
Dartmouth College
 

Warwick Anderson,
Department of History,
University of Sydney

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Sari van Anders,
University of Michigan
 

Gender/Sex, Social Neuroendocrinology, and Feminist/Queer Science
 

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Rebecca Jordan-Young,
Barnard College
 

"Transient Assemblages”: A New Hypothesis About the Biology of Sex"

A pre-seminar reading group, open to the public, will meet a...

Jennifer Derr,
Department of History, UC Santa Cruz 

"Origin Stories: Constructing the liver in Egypt through epidemics of schistosomiasis and hepatitis C"... Read more about History of Science Seminar: Jennifer Derr

How have people thought about mental illness in different cultures, and are there positive aspects associated with it, thinking historically and scientifically? Should we think of mental illness as categorically different or as deviations from the normal healthy state? What measures other than pharmaceutical medicines can be helpful for maintaining positive mental health? Join us as we take a deep dive into the biological, historical and psychological aspects of mental illness.

A panel featuring: Prof. Anne Harrington (History of Science),
Prof....

Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture, Hidden Figures is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—brilliant African American women working at NASA, who served as the brains...

Speaker: David S. Jones

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Title: “AIDS Origins: Can Stories that Don’t Tell Well Still Become History?"

Speaker: Naomi Oreskes
 
Scientists are often reluctant to speak in public on contested issues, for fear that this will “politicize” their science and have a negative impact on their credibility.  In this talk, I examine these concerns, by exploring historical...