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STS Minor Elective Offered this Summer!: DATA C104 – Human Contexts and Ethics of Data

March 21st, 2025  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

STS Minor Elective Offered this Summer!: DATA C104 – Human Contexts and Ethics of Data

Mauricio Najarro will be teaching DATA C104: Human Contexts and Ethics of Data this summer for Session C: June 23 – August 15, 2025. This course teaches you to use the tools of applied historical thinking and Science, Technology, and Society (STS) to recognize, analyze, and shape the human contexts and ethics of data. It… Read more

STS Minor Elective Offered this Summer!: HIS 183A Disease, Health and Medicine in American History

March 13th, 2025  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

STS Minor Elective Offered this Summer!: HIS 183A Disease, Health and Medicine in American History

STS Minor Elective HISTORY 183A: Disease, Health and Medicine in American History will be offered this summer for Session D: July 7 – August 15, 2025. The 2020 outbreak of the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) was the most significant public health emergency of the 21st century so far. For many, the experience of contagion, stringent… Read more

Undergraduate Minor in STS Deadline Approaching

March 11th, 2025  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Undergraduate Minor in STS Deadline Approaching

Applications for the STS Undergraduate Minor are now open. The deadline to apply is April 2nd, 2025! As our students enter into a world of accelerating change, it has become ever more important that these future scientists, engineers, computer and data scientists, health care practitioners, social scientists, teachers, policymakers, and more be able to reason… Read more

Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement: History of Modern (19th Century-Present) Medicine or Public Health

March 3rd, 2025  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement: History of Modern (19th Century-Present) Medicine or Public Health

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely related field, geographic area and specialty open. All requirements for the PhD, including the filing of the dissertation, must be complete by the start date. Position will include the advancement of… Read more

STS Minor Core Course Offered This Summer!

February 21st, 2025  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

STS Minor Core Course Offered This Summer!

Looking to fulfill a Science, Technology, and Society (STS) minor requirement this summer? HISTORY C182A – Science, Technology, and Society is now being offered during Summer Session A (Six Weeks: May 27 – July 3, 2025) in a fully online format!  This class will be meeting Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 10:00 AM – 12:29 PM… Read more

Welcome from the Director of CSTMS

February 12th, 2025  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Welcome from the Director of CSTMS

Dear All, As the Director of the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society, it is my pleasure to welcome you to another exciting semester! As we continue with our successful and established research emphasis and working groups, we also created two new themes for the center. With our new research initiative, “Beyond Medicalization,” we… Read more

Massimo Mazzotti, Former Director of CSTMS, is the Recipient of the Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History

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Massimo Mazzotti, Former Director of CSTMS, is the Recipient of the Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History

Winners of the American Historical Association’s 2024 prizes were awarded at the AHA’s 138th annual meeting, which took place in New York City from January 3–6, 2025. The current recipient for the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History or Italian-American Relations is Massimo Mazzotti (University of California, Berkeley) for Reactionary Mathematics: A… Read more

CALL FOR NEW GRADUATE STUDENT EDITORS

December 4th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

CALL FOR NEW GRADUATE STUDENT EDITORS

LAST DAY TO APPLY: December 20th, 2024 At 11:59 PM! A journal of the humanities and social sciences founded at UC Berkeley in 1986, Qui Parle aims to publish outstanding theoretical and critical scholarship that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Qui Parle’s mission statement emphasizes the political stakes of work we publish, our commitment to interdisciplinarity,… Read more

Call for Early-Career Fellowships at Collegium Helveticum 2025-2026

November 26th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Call for Early-Career Fellowships at Collegium Helveticum 2025-2026

The Call for Early-Career Fellowships application is currently open. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2025 (23:59 CET)! With its early-career fellowship program, the Collegium nurtures an environment for promising academics and artists at a critical stage of their career. The program supports courageous projects that cut across and transgress disciplinary boundaries in unconventional… Read more

Undergraduate Critical Theory and History of Science Journal

November 13th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Undergraduate Critical Theory and History of Science Journal

A new undergraduate journal is in the works at UC Berkeley, with a mission to publish and share high-quality student work, including essays, term papers, and senior theses, within the disciplines of critical theory, history of science, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and the humanities. The journal’s founders are seeking passionate students interested in the… Read more

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Thoughts about the medical humanities by Program members.

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Find out more about upcoming and past events sponsored by PMH.

PMH sponsors interdisciplinary courses on such topics as aging and old age, suffering, and death. See syllabi of select courses.


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