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Thursday, January 18th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Mendel, Darwin, and Lysenko on Heredity
Ute Deichmann, Professor, Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev,
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

When Is It Okay to Ban Research (Funding)?
Craig Callender, Tata Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics, UC San Diego,
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Einstein on Singularities: Analysis versus Geometry
John Norton, Distinguished Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh,
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Inquiry, Risk, and Impartiality: Lessons from The Harvest of American Racism
Kareem Khalifa, Professor of Philosophy, UCLA,
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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CSSPP/HPS Seminar

What's So Special about Genetic Information, Anyway?
Ozan Gurcan, Postdoctoral Instructor in Science, Society, and Public Policy, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

This seminar has been postponed.
John Norton, Distinguished Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Disappearing Without a Trace: The Arrows of Time in Kent's Solution to the Lorentzian Quantum Reality Problem
Emily Adlam, Assistant Professor, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University,
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

The Deformation: Intentional Incomprehensibility in Seventeenth-Century Minim and Jesuit Visual Culture
Susanna Berger, Associate Professor of Art History and Philosophy, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, USC,
Friday, May 19th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Francis Bacon Conference Lecture

Babylonian Horoscopy and Genethlialogy
Francesca Rochberg, Francis Bacon Visiting Professor of History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
  • Public Event
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
5:00pm 6:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

On Meerkats and Marmots: Long-term Research and the Birth of Behavioral Ecology
Erika L. Milam, Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie Professor in the History of Science; Professor of History, Department of History, Princeton University,
  • Public Event
8:00am 5/20 5:00pm
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Francis Bacon Conference

Thematic Continuities in Astronomy and Astrology from Antiquity to the Renaissance: A Conference in Memory of Noel M. Swerdlow
  • Internal Event
Thursday, April 27th, 2023
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Malnutrition and the "Quality of People" in the Early Cold War
Hannah LeBlanc, Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in STEM and Inequality, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond

Amerasia
Elizabeth Horodowich, Department Head, Department of History, New Mexico State University,
Alexander Nagel, Professor of Art History, New York University,
  • Public Event
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Back to The Problem of Space
Joshua T. Eisenthal, Research Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Caltech,
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Pinocchio's Ancestry: a Social and Cultural History of Automata in the North Italian Renaissance
Cristiano Zanetti, Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in the History of Science, Caltech,
Friday, February 17th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

From Fukushima to Hiroshima: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Eight Decades of Living with Nuclear Technology
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Thursday, February 9th, 2023
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Why did Pierre Bayle believe in Virtuous Atheists?: A Critique of Pure Reason Avant la Lettre
Dmitri Levitin, Fifty-Pound Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford; Visiting Associate in the Humanities, Caltech,
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
4:30pm 6:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Calculating the Length of Life in the Sixteenth Century: Arabic Astrology and Humanist Reforms
Margaret E. Gaida, Postdoctoral Instructor in Early Modern Natural Philosophy, Caltech,
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Engineering Fidelity: Early Radio and the Trautonium in Berlin in the 1920s and '30s
Myles W. Jackson, Ph.D., Ernst & Elisabeth Albers-Schönberg Professor in the History of Science, Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, October 15th, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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● POSTPONED: History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

This seminar has been postponed until May 2022 (date TBD).
Myles Jackson, Professor of the History of Science, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study,
Thursday, June 10th, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Online Event
Resolute and Correlated Bayesians
Boris Babic, Assistant Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, INSEAD; former Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy of Science, Caltech (2017-2019),
Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
12:00pm 1:15pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Online Event
Fighting the First Wave
Peter Baldwin, Global Distinguished Professor, NYU; Professor of History, UCLA,
  • Public Event
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Online Event
Rich Rocks, the Climate Crisis, and the Tech Imperium
Sophia Kalantzakos, Visiting Fellow in the Research Institute for the History of Science and Technology (2020-2021), Caltech; Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy, New York University,
  • Public Event
Friday, April 9th, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond

Online Event
Decolonizing Deep History
Pratik Chakrabarti, Chair in History of Science and Medicine, University of Manchester; Director, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM),
  • Public Event
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Online Event
Ideal and Illusion: The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla
W. Bernard Carlson, Joseph L. Vaughan Professor of Humanities; Chair, Engineering and Society Department; Professor of History, University of Virginia,
  • Public Event