HSS Home
/
News & Events
/
HSS Calendar
Calendar
Show Dates and Filters
Filtered Events
Add to Cal
Add events from these categories to your calendar.
Subscribe
Subscribe to these events via RSS.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Extinction: a (pre-)history
Jeremy Schneider,
Graduate Student,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Lies & Truth in the History of Science
Alberto A. MartĂnez,
Associate Professor,
Department of History,
The University of Texas at Austin,
- Public Event
Thursday, February 20th, 2020
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Francis Bacon Lecture
Scholars or Spies? The Escalating Tension Between the U.S. and China in Academia
John Krige,
Kranzberg Professor, School of History, Technology, and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology; recipient of the Francis Bacon Award in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (2020),
- Public Event
9:00am
–
2/21
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Francis Bacon Conference
Transnational Transactions: Negotiating the Movement of Knowledge Across Borders
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Islamic Maps: From the Earth to the Moon and the Cosmos
Karen Pinto,
Associate Research Professor,
College of Innovation and Design,
Boise State University,
Friday, November 8th, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
An Ordinary Arab Ship, and Its Stories of Early Globalism
Geraldine Heng,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Perceval Professor in Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture,
Department of English,
University of Texas at Austin,
Friday, November 1st, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Transforming the Italian Landscape in the Middle Ages: Humans, Climate, and the Environment
Ned Schoolman,
Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
University of Nevada, Reno,
Monday, October 28th, 2019
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Jupiter
Candice Hansen-Koharcheck,
Senior Scientist,
Planetary Science Institute,
- Public Event
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Contestation and Representation: Community, Conflict, and History in Los Angeles
Lizeth Ramirez,
Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures,
UCLA,
Dalena Sanderson-Hunter,
Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures,
UCLA,
Devin Fitzgerald,
Curator of Rare Books and History of Printing,
UCLA,
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar
The Airing of Grievances: Are the Humanities Bullshit?
Gabriel Rosenberg,
Assistant Professor in Women's Studies,
Duke University,
Friday, October 11th, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar
How Green Was My Night Soil
David Howell,
Professor of Japanese History and Chair,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations,
Harvard University,
Friday, August 30th, 2019
9:00am
–
8/31
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Does Privacy Still Matter? The Complexity of Data Privacy Regulations
Rona Yu,
Undergraduate Student (junior),
Computer Science,
Caltech,
Monday, May 20th, 2019
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Leonardo da Vinci: History of the Earth and the Fate of Man
Paolo Galluzzi,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Historian of Science, Director of the Galileo Museum, Florence, Italy,
- Public Event
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Maps, Monsters, and Natural History in the Age of Exploration
Surekha Davies,
Cultural Historian and InterAmericas Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library,
Thursday, January 24th, 2019
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar Series
A Broken Promise? The Origin of Post-Cold War NATO Expansion
Mary Sarotte,
Research Associate in Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Associate in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Friday, December 7th, 2018
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
The Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence
Kate Crawford,
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Distinguished Research Professor at New York University, and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York,
Monday, November 12th, 2018
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Towards a Global History of Biodiversity
Daniel Lewis,
Lecturer in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science & Technology, The Huntington Library,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Making the World Go 'Round: How Urbano Monte Created his Map of 1587
Chet Van Duzer,
Geography and Map Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
5:00pm
–
7:00pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
The Space Barons and the New Space Age
Christian Davenport,
Author, Staff Writer,
The Washington Post,
Thursday, May 17th, 2018
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Science vs. Intuition: Why Scientific Ideas Elude the Human Mind
Andrew Shtulman,
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Psychology,
Occidental College,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Was the First Crusade Really That Violent?
Jay Rubenstein,
Professor of History,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Thursday, April 19th, 2018
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Collective Violence in Rural Medieval Japan
Morten Oxenboell,
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures,
Indiana University Bloomington,
Monday, April 16th, 2018
5:30pm
–
6:30pm
Add to Cal
Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
"By far the most important event in my life": Charles Darwin's recollections of his voyage on HMS Beagle
Janet Browne,
Aramont Professor of the History of Science,
Harvard University,
Friday, April 13th, 2018
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
Francis Bacon Conference Lecture
Un Altro Presente: on the Historical Interpretation of Mathematical Texts
Niccolò Guicciardini,
Professor of History of Science and Mathematics, University of Bergamo; Francis Bacon Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Catherine Nall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Violence and Compassion in Late Medieval Writing
Catherine Nall,
Lecturer in Medieval Literature,
Royal Holloway, University of London,
Add to Cal
Add events from these categories to your calendar.
Subscribe
Subscribe to these events via RSS.