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Recent HoS Alum Simar Bajaj '24 Selected as 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholar

August 12, 2026

Simar Bajaj '24, who graduated with a double concentration in Chemistry and History & Science, has been selected as a 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Simar will pursue an M.D. at the Stanford School of Medicine. The Knight-Hennessy fellowship " provides...

HoS Alum Jonathan Galka Awarded Dissertation Prize by the World History Association

July 20, 2026

HoS alum Jonathan Galka was awarded the 2025 Dissertation Prize by the World History Association for his dissertation: “In the Nodule Provinces: A History of the Ocean that Minerals Promised.” Dr. Galka will take up the position of Assistant Professor in...

Eram Alam Awarded Philip J. Pauly Prize by the History of Science Society

July 14, 2026

We are delighted to announce that Eram Alam has been awarded the Philip J. Pauly Prize by the History of Science Society for her book, The Care of Foreigners. The History of Science Department extends its warmest congratulations to Professor Alam for this...

Eric Gurevitch Awarded the 2026 Indira Peterson Prize in Sanskrit Studies by the American Institute of Indian Studies

June 15, 2026

The History of Science Department extends its warmest congratulations to Eric Gurevitch, Assistant Professor in the History of Science, on being awarded the 2026 Indira Peterson Prize in Sanskrit Studies by the American Institute of Indian Studies for his...

Bios Talk: Angela Creager - Forms of Life or Chemicals? Microbes and the US Regulation of Biotechnology

October 2, 2026

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1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT

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Virtual

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Angela N. H. Creager is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science and chair of the Department of History at Princeton University. Author of Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine (University of Chicago Press, 2013)...

Gary King: When AI Makes Each of Us Better & All of Us Worse (and what to do about it)

October 6, 2026

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT

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Science Center 469

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This seminar is at capacity. Register to join the waitlist. Gary King begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. His talk is titled "When AI Makes Each of Us Better & All of Us Worse (and...

Bios Talk: Hallam Stevens - Experiments with Life in China's Experimental City: BGI, DNA, and Shenzhen

October 16, 2026

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1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT

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Virtual

Virtual

Hallam Stevens is an historian of science and technology whose work examines the intersections between the life sciences and information technologies. He is the author of Life Out of Sequence: A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics (2013), Biotechnology...

Bios Talk: Paul Turner - Leveraging Evolution: Thinking in the Development of Phage Therapy

October 30, 2026

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1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT

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Virtual

Virtual

Dr. Paul Turner is the Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at Yale University, and faculty member in the Microbiology Graduate Program and in the School of Public Health at Yale School of Medicine. He obtained a BA in Biology...

AI Seminar: Jeff Lichtman

November 3, 2026

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

In Person

Jeff Lichtman begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. Registration required. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of the History of Science and by the Harvard Data Science...

Bios Talk: Hans-Jörg Rheinberger - My Itinerary Toward a Historical Epistemology of the Life Sciences

November 13, 2026

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1:30PM - 3:00PM EST

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Virtual

Virtual

Hans-Jörg Rheinberger is Director emeritus at the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. He studied philosophy, linguistics, and biology in Tübingen and Berlin. His academic stations include Berlin, Stanford, Lübeck, and Salzburg. From...

AI Seminar: Elizabeth Lunbeck

December 1, 2026

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

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Elizabeth Lunbeck begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. Registration required. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of the History of Science and by the Harvard Data Science...

AI Seminar: Finale Doshi-Velez

February 2, 2027

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

In Person

Finale Doshi-Velez begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. Registration required. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of the History of Science and by the Harvard Data Science...

AI Seminar: Moira Weigel

March 2, 2027

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

In Person

Moira Weigel begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. Registration required. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of the History of Science and by the Harvard Data Science...

AI Seminar: Zoë Hitzig

April 6, 2027

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT

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Science Center 469

In Person

Zoë Hitzig begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. Registration required. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of the History of Science and by the Harvard Data Science...