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Sarah Richardson Featured in the FAS Current Scrutinizing Menstrual Tracking Apps

October 07, 2026

Sarah S. Richardson, Aramont Professor of the History of Science and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, is featured in the FAS Current article " Alarm over menstrual tracking apps" to highlight her analysis of the popularity of "femtech...

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...

Exhibition Opening of Measurement on the Color Line: Scientific Instruments and the Making of Human Categories

October 16, 2026

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11:00AM - 4:00PM EDT

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Science Center 2nd FL Special Exhibitions Gallery

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New Exhibition Measurement on the Color Line: Scientific Instruments and the Making of Human Categories Opens Friday, October 16; gallery is open 11:00–4:00 pm Harvard Science Center, 1 Oxford St, 2nd FL Special Exhibitions Gallery, Cambridge, MA 02138...

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...

HoS Colloquium: "Sex, Drugs, and AI: On the Importance of Being Human"

October 27, 2026

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3:00PM - 4:30PM EDT

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Science Center 469

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Noah Feldman is the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor, Chair of the Society of Fellows, and founding director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, all at Harvard University. He specializes in constitutional studies, with...

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...

Jeff W. Lichtman: The Past, Present, and Future of Connectomics

November 3, 2026

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

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Jeff Lichtman begins discussion of this month's faculty seminar on Knowledge Production and the University in the Age of AI. His talk is titled "The Past, Present and Future of Connectomics." Registration required. This seminar is sponsored by the...

HoS Colloquium: "Minds, Machines, and Managers: Capitalism and AI in Cold War America"

November 10, 2026

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3:00PM - 4:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

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Devin Kennedy is Assistant Professor of History and the Evelyn and Herbert Howe Bascom Professor of Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He holds a PhD in the History of Science from Harvard and an AB from Princeton in...

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...

HoS Colloquium: Prospectus Presentations

December 8, 2026

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3:00PM - 4:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

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AI Seminar: Finale Doshi-Velez

February 2, 2027

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST

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Science Center 469

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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

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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

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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...