A report on the BC Node in Genomics and Society newsletter, Fall 2010.
Node Manager(s)
Dr. Alan Richardson
Alan Richardson is Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia. He is Vice President and President Elect of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS). His research deals with the history of philosophy of science in the 19th and 20th centuries and employs methods from across the STS spectrum. He is author of Carnap's Construction of the World (Cambridge UP, 1997) as well as co-editor of Origins of Logical Empiricism (U Minnesota P, 1996), Logical Empiricism in North America (U Minnesota P, 2003) and The Cambridge Companion to Logical Empiricism (Cambridge UP, in press); he serves on the editorial board of The Open Court's Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap.
604.822.3967
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Personal website
Research and Development
Post-Doctoral Appointments:
2008-10: Jonathan Tsou,(PhD, University of Chicago, 2008 in Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science)
Graduate of University of Chicago and currently at Iowa State University.
See "Publications" for a list of his activity during his fellowship. Tsou left UBC after the first year of the postdoc to take up a tenure-track position in the Department of Philosophy at Iowa State.
2009-10: Flavia Padovani, (PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
See "Publications" for a list of her activity during her fellowship. Padovani went on to a postdoc funded by the Swiss government at the Centre for Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences at the LSE and took up a tenure-track position in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drewel University in Philadelphia in January 2012.
Cluster PhD:
2012-13: Steve Maye
2013-14: Sina Fazelpour
Cluster MA:
2009-10: Danielle [aka Dani] Hallet
Dani was very active co-organizing the Objectivity conference, the STS speaker series and conducting various administrative tasks for the Node.
Upcoming Node Events
Node News and Events
Bodies in Motion: Translating Early Modern Science
Bodies in Motion: Translating Early Modern Science
March 22-23, 2013
University of British-Columbia
Theme(s): Geography and Sites of KnowingFinal report: See document belowKeynote: Anthony Grafton,...
Monica Brown: What Does Hand Washing Mean in the Twenty-First Century?
“What Does Hand Washing Mean in the Twenty-First Century?”
Location: Buchanan Tower, Room 1197
Alejandra Bronfman: In Search of the Radiolette, In the Grip of Invisible Rays
“In Search of the Radiolette, In the Grip of Invisible Rays”
Location: Buchanan Tower, Room 1197
STS at UBC: A Sampler of Topics and Perspectives
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”
After many years in the planning stages, the...
Andrea Tone: Spies & Lies: Ewen Cameron, the CIA, and Cold War Psychiatry
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,...
Neil Gross: Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?
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...
George Reisch: The Paranoid Style in American History of Science: On the Cold War Origins of Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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...
Patrick Slaney: Scientific Freedom and the Limits of the Administrative State
Thursday, Nov. 8, 5:00-6:30pm, Buchanan Tower 1197
PATRICK SLANEY, UBCIn this talk I'll argue that public administration needs to be taken seriousl y as field concerned with the relationship between...
Candis Callison: Co-producing Care, Navigating Climate and Media Change
"Co-Producing Care: Navigating Climate and Media Change"
Candis Callison, School of Journalism, UBC
Oct. 25th, 5PM
Rm 1197, Buchanan TowerIn an era of immense media change where audiences, platforms...
Alirio Rosales: Scientific Theories as Narratives
Thursday, Oct. 18, 5:00-6:30pm, Buchanan Tower Room 1197
ALIRIO ROSALES, Department of Philosophy, UBC
Scientific theories are often contrasted with narratives. Theories are general; narratives are...
Vis-à-Vis Television: Andy Warhol's Therapeutics, Part 2
“VIS-À-VIS TELEVISION: ANDY WARHOL'S THERAPEUTICS, PART TWO”
Thursday, Oct. 11, 5:00-6:30pm, Buchanan Tower Room 1197
PROFESSOR ADAM FRANK, Department of English, UBC
This talk is taken from a...
Steven Shapin: The Tastes of Wine: Towards a Cultural History of Sense and Value
The UBC Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program is pleased to announce:
The 2012 Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecture
Professor Steven Shapin
Franklin L. Ford Professor of the...
Laura Snyder, Ed Hackett and Alan Richardson: “Creating a Global Knowledge Society: Lessons from History, Philosophy and Sociology"
“Creating a Global Knowledge Society: Lessons from History, Philosophy and Sociology"Laura Snyder (St. John's University) Ed Hackett (Arizona State University) and Alan Richardson (Philosophy, UBC)...
Keith Wailoo: How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: Reflections on History, Race, and Health
The UBC Node is helping to support this eventKeith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University"How Cancer Crossed the Color Line...
Keith Wailoo: “Between Liberal Medicine and Conservative Care: The History and Politics of Pain Relief in the U.S. since WWII”
The UBC Node is helping to support the winter Science and Society SeriesKeith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University“Between...