The Cluster is pleased to welcome Dr. Evelyn Fox Keller out West as Visiting Scholar for 2012-13.
A physicist by training and Professor Emerita of the History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Keller specializes in the history and philosophy of modern biology and the role of gender and science. Her work on genetics, language and models of explanation in biology has been highly influential in fields of Science and Technology Studies and History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
Her publications include: A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock (1983), Reflections on Gender and Science (1985), The Century of the Gene (2000), and Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors and Machines (2002), and The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture (2010).
As the Cluster Visiting Scholar out East, Keller conducted research on genomic plasticity and developmental stability at the Cluster Centre in Halifax from Oct. 15th to Nov. 7th, 2012. She was housed jointly at the University of King's College and Dalhousie University Biology Department. During this time she engaged in various disciplinary and interdisciplinary sessions with students and faculty in university institutions. She continued with lecture and seminar tours in Montreal then Toronto.
Dr. Keller visits the Cluster Nodes again following her Trust in the New Sciences presentation, "Genes, Genomics and Human Nature" in 2010.
CALGARY EVENTS | EDMONTON EVENTS | VANCOUVER EVENTS |
HALIFAX EVENTS | MONTREAL EVENTS | TORONTO EVENTS
April 1, 2013, 4pm
Paradigm Shifts and Revolutions in Contemporary Biology
Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library, U. Calgary
April 2, 2013, 4 pm
Paradigm Shifts and Revolutions in Contemporary Biology
Room 1-017, Engineering and Technology Learning Centre, UofA
April 4, 2013, 5pm
What Kind of Divide Separates Biology from Culture?
Mon. Oct 15, 2012
4:30pm-6pm: Discussion.
Room 1116, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building (FASS), 6135 University Ave.
Hosted by Evolution Studies Group, Dalhousie University
Open to the public, with required readings. Contact Eve Roberts for readings: eve.roberts[@]dal.ca
Tues. Oct 16, 2012
2:45pm-3:45pm: Biology module public presentation "Rethinking the Meaning of Biological Information"
5th floor lounge, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
Hosted by Dalhousie University Biology Department
Open to the public. Suggested reading available below: "Rethinking the Meaning of Biological Information" (Biol. Theory, 2009 4 (2) : 159-166.
Th. Oct 18, 2012:
10am-11:30am: Discussion of The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture (2010) in
"Science and Nature in the Modern Period" (HSTC 4000)
Frazee Room, 2nd floor New Academic Building, University of King's College, 6350 Coburg Rd.
Restricted.
12:15pm-2pm: "Language, Gender, and Science."
Seton 404/405 (faculty lounge), Mount St. Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway.
Hosted by Mount Saint-Vincent NSERC Atlantic Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Dean of Arts, and Science and Institute for Women, Gender and Social Justice.
Open to the public, with suggested readings. Download readings below or HERE
Mon. Oct 22, 2012
4:30pm-6pm: Discussion.
Room 1116, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building (FASS), 6135 University Ave.
Hosted by Evolution Studies Group, Dalhousie University
Open to the public, with required readings. Contact Eve Roberts for readings: eve.roberts[@]dal.ca
Wed. Oct 24, 2012
4:30-5:30pm: Discussion of The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture (2010) in "Biopolitics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought" (HSTC 2206)
Haliburton Room, Arts and Administration Building, University of King's College, 6350 Coburg Rd.
Restricted.
Fri. Oct 26, 2012
12pm-1:30pm. "Legislating for Catastrophic Risk".
Room 104, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Ave.
Hosted by the Dalhousie University Health Law Institute.
http://hli.law.dal.ca/Seminar_Series.php
Open to the public.
3:30-5:30pm:
"Reengineering Philosophy for Limited Beings - a roundtable discussion of William Wimsatt's book led by Evelyn Fox Keller"
Chair: Richmond Campbell, Department of Philosophy
Panelists: Gordon McOuat, History of Science and Technology Programme, University of King’s College and Eve Roberts, Department of Philosophy
Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building. 6135 University Ave.
Hosted by Dalhousie University Philosophy Department.
http://philosophy.dal.ca/index.php
Open to the public, with suggested reading: Bill Wimsatt, Reengineering Philosophy for Limited Beings (2007)
Tues. Oct. 30, 2012
2:30-4pm: Biology module.
5th floor lounge. Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
Hosted by Dalhousie University Biology Department
Restricted.
7pm: "Paradigm Shifts and Revolutions in Contemporary Biology."
Alumni Hall, University of King's College, 6350 Coburg Rd.
Open to the public. Reception to follow.
Th. Nov. 1, 2012
3:30-4:30pm: "The Post-Genomic Genome"
5th Floor Lounge, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
Hosted by Dalhousie University Department of Biology seminar series.
http://biology.dal.ca/Events/display.php?date=2012-11-01&type=Seminar
Open to the public.
Fri. Nov. 2nd, 2012
12-2:30pm: “Reclaiming and Respecting Evidence: From Publicly Engaged Science and Technology to STS Futures at Dalhousie”
Location TBD
Restricted.
Mon. Nov. 5, 2012
4:30-6pm: Discussion.
Room 1116, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building, 6135 University Ave.
Hosted by the Evolution Studies Group.
Open to the public, with required readings. Contact Eve Roberts for readings: eve.roberts[@]dal.ca
Tues Nov. 6, 2012
2:30-4pm: Biology module.
5th floor lounge, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University.
Hosted by Dalhousie University Biology Department
Restricted.
Wed. Nov. 7, 2012
Evening: Informal discussion of Mirage
Time TBD, Senior Common Room, University of King's College, 6350 Coburg Rd.
Hosted by History of Science and Technology Society with Contemporary Studies Society at University of King’s College.
Restricted.
Friday Nov. 9, 2012
12pm: "Is Contemporary Biology Undergoing a Kuhnian Revolution?"
CIRST lunchtime series
Location TBD
6 pm
: "Genes, Genomes, and the Nature-Nurture Debate"
Elizabeth McNab Lecture in the History of Science
Maxwell Cohen Moot Court, Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel Street, McGill University
Wed, November 14, 2012
12pm: IHPST Brown Bag - Evelyn Fox Keller, Rethinking the Genome
Victoria College Room 323, 91 Charles St. West
http://www.situsci.ca/event/evelyn-fox-keller-rethinking-genome
7pm: Wiegand Memorial Lecture
Self-Organization and God
Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue.
http://www.situsci.ca/event/evelyn-fox-keller-self-organization-and-god
Thank you to our regional and national partners and sponsors for welcoming Dr. Keller across Canada.
Halifax partners and sponsors include:
Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster; Evolution Studies Group (funded with assistance from Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR); Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Genetics Institute Community Support Program; Dalhousie University Department of Biology, Department of Philosophy and Health Law Institute; University of King’s College President’s Office, History of Science and Technology Programme, Contemporary Studies Programme, and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research; Nova Scotia Institute of Science; Saint Mary’s University Department of Philosophy and Faculty of Science; Mount Saint-Vincent NSERC Atlantic Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Dean of Arts, and Science and Institute for Women, Gender and Social Justice.
Montreal partners and sponsors include:
Situating Science McGill University Node; Mossman Endowment Lecture Series, McGill University; Dean of Libraries, McGill University
Situating Science UQAM Node; Centre universitaire de recherche sur la science et technologie, UQAM
Toronto partners and sponsors include:
Situating Science Toronto Node; Wiegand Memorial Lecture, UofT; Institute for Science and Technology Studies, York University; Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto;
Of interest:
The Guardian profile on Dr. Keller, "Fox Among the Lab Rats" HERE
3 Questions for Evelyn Fox Keller (MIT interview on Mirage)
What is the rational response to catastrophic risk? (Thursday 8 March 2012)