(SEAH) Bernadette Pérez, UC-Berkeley: History of Migrant and Sugar Beet Workers in the US West
This seminar series is sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society. The co-conveners of the Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (SEAH), including Megan Black (Histor) Kate Brown (STS), Tristan Brown (History), Deborah Fitzgerald (STS), and, Harriet Ritvo (History). Sessions are held from 2:30 to 4:30 pm on Zoom, register […]
Andrea Ballestero: A Future History of Water, or, How to Wonder with Techno-Legal Devices?
A Future History of Water, or, How to Wonder With Techno-Legal Devices? Abstract How do people commit to intervening in the future while acknowledging its unruliness? I propose the figure of the techno-legal device as a lively space where we can learn how people constantly negotiate the form of the worlds they want to bring […]
(SEAH) Jay Turner, Wellesley: History of Batteries and Their Life-Cycle from Extraction to Disposal
This seminar series is sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society. The co-conveners of the Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (SEAH), including Megan Black (Histor) Kate Brown (STS), Tristan Brown (History), Deborah Fitzgerald (STS), and, Harriet Ritvo (History). Sessions are held from 2:30 to 4:30 pm on Zoom, register […]
Robin Scheffler: Molecular Medicine in the War on Cancer: Success or Failure?
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021, 12PM-1PM EST NIH VIDEO CAST: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=44150
(SEAH) Caterina Scaramelli, BU: Anthropology of Wetlands in Turkey
This seminar series is sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society. The co-conveners of the Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (SEAH), including Megan Black (Histor) Kate Brown (STS), Tristan Brown (History), Deborah Fitzgerald (STS), and, Harriet Ritvo (History). Sessions are held from 2:30 to 4:30 pm on Zoom, register […]
(SEAH) Victor Seow, Harvard: History of Energy Regimes in East Asia
This seminar series is sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society. The co-conveners of the Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (SEAH), including Megan Black (Histor) Kate Brown (STS), Tristan Brown (History), Deborah Fitzgerald (STS), and, Harriet Ritvo (History). Sessions are held from 2:30 to 4:30 pm on Zoom, register […]
2021-22 Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics: Prof. Kendall Hoyt, MIT HASTS ’02, Dartmouth College
Bartos Theater E15 Atrium Level, 20 Ames Streethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I5CEjtC6w8 FASTER VACCINES: A look at the past, present, and future of our efforts to accelerate development. Guest Lecturer: Professor Kendall Hoyt, MIT HASTS '02, Assistant Professor, Geisel School of Medicine; Senior Lecturer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College DATE: Thursday, March 17, 2022 LOCATION: Bartos Theater, MIT, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA […]
Fall Speaker Series 2022 – Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 – The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil and Sovereignty in Trinidad and Tobago
Anthropology • History • Science, Technology, and Society Ryan Jobson Department of Anthropology University of Chicago Monday, Sept. 19 4:00PM-5:30PM Hayden Library, Nexus 14S-130* *Individuals who do not have an MIT ID must RSVP by Friday, Sept. 16, 12pm to be registered for campus access via Tim Tickets. Please email sts-events@mit.edu. The Petro-State […]