“In Search of the Radiolette, In the Grip of Invisible Rays”
Location: Buchanan Tower, Room 1197
Coach House, Green College, 5:00 – 6:30 pm, with reception to follow
“Science and Technology Studies at UBC: A Sampler of Topics and Perspectives”
Professor Andrea Tone of the McGill Department of the Social Studies of Medicine delivers an STS colloquium talk entitled “Spies & Lies: Ewen Cameron, the CIA, and Cold War Psychiatry” Thursday, September 13, 5:00-6:30 in Buchanan Tower 1197.
Professor Neil Gross of the UBC Department of Sociology delivers an STS colloquium talk entitled “Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?” Thursday, September 20, 5:00-6:30 in Buchanan Tower 1197.
George Reisch of the Northwestern Department of Philosophy delivers an STS colloquium talk entitled “The Paranoid Style in American History of Science: On the Cold War Origins of Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions” on Thurs, November 1, 5:00-6:30 at the Green College Coach House, with reception to follow.
In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, established in 1862, the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society (and co-sponsors) is presenting a public lecture by Dr. Suzanne Zeller, noted historian of Canadian Science. All members of the public are invited to attend.