Hello all,
I hope you're enjoying your weekend, as summer wraps up quickly. A few dates for the start of the year I want to make you aware of: 1. Please join us for the STS Welcome Party on Wednesday, September 15th from 4-6 pm in the Winter Room of the new Media Lab Building (E14, 6th floor). Please RSVP to Bianca Sinausky ([email protected]) by Sept 8th. Spouses/s.o.s/family invited. 2. The 2010 Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and ethics with Dr. Paul Farmer. His talk "Rebuilding Haiti" will take place at 4 pm on Friday, October 29th at MIT, Room 34-101. 2. I'm including below the dates and titles for the Harvard/STS "Subway Series." Thanks to Roz and Peter Galison for putting this together. We'll likely have some other special talks for the department as well. More on each of these, but please save the dates for now. I look forward to seeing you all in the next week or two. best, David "The Subway Series" Sponsored by Harvard's Department of the History of Science and MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society Hosted by Prof. Peter Galison (Harvard) and Prof. Rosalind Williams (MIT) Tuesday September 21 MIT, E51-149 "The Art of Science Television" Paula Apsell, Senior Executive Producer, NOVA, and Director of the WGBH Science Unit Monday October 25 MIT, E51-149 "Displaying MIT" John Durant, Director, MIT Museum With: Deborah Douglas, Alex Fiorentino, Laura Knott Wednesday October 27 Harvard, 2nd fl CHSI Gallery *5:30 - 7:30 pm "The Sensations of Tone" Featuring music from Jane Sheldon and the Firebird Ensemble Panelists: Emily Dolan, Mike Einziger, Eric J. Heller Moderator: Peter Galison Thursday October 28 Harvard, 2nd fl CHSI Gallery *5:30 - 7:30 pm "The Sensations of Tone" Featuring music from Jane Sheldon and the Firebird Ensemble Panelists: Jimena Canales, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Myles Jackson Moderator: Peter Galison Tuesday November 9 Harvard Science Center, Room 469 "Wastelands and Wilderness" Peter Galison, Harvard University Tuesday November 30 MIT, E51-149 "Cecil Rhodes, Mine-Engineers, and Migrant Workers: Coproduction and Cognition in the Diamond Mines of Kimberley, South Africa" William Storey, Millsaps College
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Please save the date for the STS Welcome Party on Wednesday,
September 15th from 4-6 pm. Join colleagues for conversation and to
kick off the fall term in the Winter Room of the new Media Lab Building (E14, 6th
fl). Please RSVP to Bianca Sinausky ([email protected])
by Sept 8th . I look forward to seeing you all! David ** Bianca
Sinausky Assistant
to Professor David Mindell, Director of STS Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Program
in Science, Technology, and Society Phone:
617 253-3452 Fax: 617 253-8118 web.mit.edu/sts/ |
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