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Thursday, June 1st, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Monday, June 1st, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
This seminar has been canceled.
Alastair Wilson,
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Birmingham,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Felicity Meakins,
Associate Professor of Linguistics,
The University of Queensland, Australia,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
This seminar has been canceled.
Jill North,
Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Rutgers University,
Monday, April 20th, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Alan Stern,
Planetary Scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
- Public Event
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
This seminar has been canceled.
Tim Maudlin,
Professor of Philosophy,
New York University,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
This seminar has been canceled.
Matthias Dörries,
Professor of Epistemology and History of Science,
University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study,
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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● POSTPONED: William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
This event has been postponed. Rescheduled date TBA.
W. Bernard Carlson,
Joseph L. Vaughan Professor of Humanities; Chair, Engineering and Society Department; Professor of History, University of Virginia,
- Public Event
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