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Finding Equilibrium (Princeton University Press, 2014)

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Oct. 17, 2014, 12:30pm
Till Düppe, Sciences économiques, UQAM et E. Roy Weintraub, Economics, Duke University

Till Düppe, Sciences économiques, UQAM et E. Roy Weintraub, Economics, Duke University
Discussion autour de leur livre Finding Equilibrium (Princeton University Press, 2014) 
Commentateurs: Robert Leonard (Sciences économiques, UQAM) et Yves Gingras (Histoire, UQAM)
vendredi

17 octobre 2014
salle N-8550

Erasures and Fabulations

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Oct. 10, 2014, 4:00pm
Pt 1 of the Activating Evidence Technoscience Salon

Erasures and Fabulations
Pt 1 of Activating Evidence Technoscience Salon
ARTSCAPE YOUNGPLACE, 180 Shaw Street, 4-6 p.m.

Watch Live Th. Oct. 2: Rewriting the History of Science and Philosophy in Late Colonial India

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Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 2, 2014, 7:00pm

WATCH LIVE ONLINE!
Rewriting the History of Science and Philosophy in Late Colonial India
Dhruv Raina, Professor at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Thursday, Oct. 2, 7pm Atlantic (6pm ET)
KTS Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor, New Academic Building,
University of King’s College, Halifax, NS
Free public event

Calgary Summit of Philosophers of Science

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University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 26, 2014, 8:30am - Sat., Sep. 27, 2014, 5:00pm
Philosophers of biology throughout Canada will meet at the University of Calgary to discuss future directions for the field.

Calgary Summit of Philosophers of Science
Future Approaches for Philosophy of Biology
September 26-27, 2014

For full information, click here.

The Alberta Node is pleased to support student employment for the event.

Bouchard new $1.5 million Chair in philosophy at Universite de Montreal

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Network Node: 
Université de Quebec à Montreal / McGill University
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Sat., Sep. 6, 2014, 2:15pm
An anonymous donor has provided the University of Montreal with 1.5 million dollars to fund the Aesop Chair in Philosophy. It’s first holder is philosopher of science Frédéric Bouchard.

An anonymous donor has provided the University of Montreal with 1.5 million dollars (Canadian) to fund the Aesop Chair in Philosophy. It’s first holder is philosopher of science Frédéric Bouchard.

Read the Daily Nous article here.

Discussion autour de son livre Controverses

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 5, 2014, 12:30pm
Gingras speaks on his book Controverses

Yves Gingras, Histoire, UQAM
Discussion autour de son livre Controverses (CNRS, 2014)
Commentateurs: Jean-Guy Prévost (Science politique, UQAM) et Vincent Guillin (Philosophie, UQAM)
affiche
vendredi
5 septembre 2014
salle N-8550
 

Dark Matters II: Science and the Cold War in a Decolonizing World

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University of British Columbia
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 5, 2014, 8:30am - Sat., Sep. 6, 2014, 5:00pm
Sept 5+6: Workshop exploring the place of science and technology in international affairs amid the transformative pressures of both decolonization and the cold war.

Dark Matters II: Science and the Cold War in a Decolonizing World
Sept. 5-6 2014

The Frankfurt School: The Critique of Capitalist Culture

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Jul. 17, 2014, 8:30am - Sat., Jul. 19, 2014, 5:00pm
July 17-19: Free conference about the Marxist Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research

The Frankfurt School: The Critique of Capitalist Culture
An Interdisciplinary Conference
July 17 – 19, 2014
Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC
Free.
Reserve a seat for the Conference:

Situating Science Summer School 2014: Science in Human Contexts

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Sun., Jun. 22, 2014, 9:00am - Thu., Jun. 26, 2014, 5:00pm
June 22-26, 2014: A 5-day summer school that will provide advanced training in the fields of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) and Science and Technology Studies (STS) near Kingston, Ontario.

Siutating Science Summer School 2014: Science in Human Contexts
June 22-26 2014
Elbow Lake Nature Conservancy of Canada Reserve
Elbow Lake, Ontario, Canada

Prosocial attitudes and patterns of academic entrepreneurship

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Network Node: 
Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Apr. 11, 2014, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
Mark Freel, École de gestion TELFER, Université d'Ottawa

Prosocial attitudes and patterns of academic entrepreneurship

Time on Device: Slot Machine Design and the Turn Away from Risk in Gambling

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McGill University
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Apr. 10, 2014, 5:30pm
Natasha Schull (MIT)

Time on Device: Slot Machine Design and the Turn Away from Risk in Gambling
Natasha Schull (MIT)
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 5:30pm (jeu 10 avril, 17h30): McGill, Arts West W-215


(co-sponsored with the department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill)

Critical Itineraries Technoscience Salon - Ontologies

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 4:30pm
Paul Nadasdy (Cornell University) and Keiichi Omura (Osaka University) speak about ontologies for the Critical Itineraries Technoscience Salon

Event :: ONTOLOGIES


Speakers :: Paul Nadasdy (Cornell University), Keiichi  Omura (Osaka University)


Discussants :: Mark Vardy (Queen’s University), Petra Hroch (University of Alberta)

Technologies of Trauma: Assessing Wounds and Joining Bones in Late Imperial China

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
Yu Li Wu (Research Centre for East Asian Sciences and Traditions in Medicine, University of Westminster) presents as part of the UBC STS series

Technologies of Trauma: Assessing Wounds and Joining Bones in Late Imperial China
YI-LI WU, RESEARCH CENTRE FOR EAST ASIAN SCIENCES AND TRADITIONS IN MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
Thurs. April 3, 2014, 5PM
Green College, Coach House, UBC

Following Chromosomes: Human Heredity in the Atomic Age

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Apr. 1, 2014, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
York: This year's seminar series exploring the entanglements between instruments and media in the investigation of organic worlds continues with Soraya de Chadarevian.

Following Chromosomes: Human Heredity in the Atomic Age   
York: Apr. 1, 2014 12:30

Speaker: Soraya de Chadarevian, UCLA
http://www.history.ucla.edu/people/faculty?lid=4296

Seminar Series details:

How to Work Together

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Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 7: The series concludes with a panel discussion about ways that different disciplines can join forces to improve the understanding and practice of science education.

Teaching About Science Part 7:

How to Work Together
March 28, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Alumni Room, University Club, Dalhousie University
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS