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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

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

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

John L. Heilbron (1934–2023): In Memoriam

November 1st, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

John L. Heilbron (1934–2023): In Memoriam

John L. Heilbron, Professor Emeritus of History of Science and former Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley, passed on November 5, 2023, in Padua, Italy, at the age of 89. In recognition of his critical and enduring contributions to HSNS, Professor Cathryn Carson honors his life and legacy in the obituary, “John L.… Read more

Nina Beguš Featured in the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Journal

October 28th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Nina Beguš Featured in the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Journal

Nina Beguš, current lecturer at UC Berkeley’s School of Information and Department of History and former CSTMS Postdoctoral Scholar, has published an article, “Experimental Narratives: A Comparison of Human Crowdsourced Storytelling and AI Storytelling,” in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Her study, released today, October 28th, compares storytelling by human writers and AI models like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, revealing… Read more

Ximeng Chen Presents at the 15th Annual Machine Learning Symposium

October 28th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Ximeng Chen Presents at the 15th Annual Machine Learning Symposium

We are pleased to share that Ximeng Chen, CSTMS Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Xi’an Jiaotong University, represented the University of California, Berkeley at the 15th Annual Machine Learning Symposium organized by the New York Academy of Sciences. Professor Chen participated as a poster presenter highlighting her latest research on Moral AI. For… Read more

PhD Designated Emphasis in STS Application Deadline Approaching

October 15th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

The PhD and Designated Emphasis in STS application is currently open. The deadline to apply is November 1st, 2024! The DE in STS is a program of training in the social studies of science, technology, and medicine for Berkeley PhD students from any home department. Students who are accepted into the program, and who complete… Read more

Reader Positions Open for The Social Life of Computing: ISF 100J (Spring 2025)

October 15th, 2024  |  by  |  published in Latest news | Leave A Comment »

Reader Positions Open for The Social Life of Computing: ISF 100J (Spring 2025)

Course: ISF 100J (Spring 2025)Course Title: The Social Life of ComputingInstructor: Shreeharsh KelkarTime: MWF 1-2 pm in Physics 1 We live in a time which some characterize as the “second machine age” of automation, artificial intelligence, and big data.  This course introduces students to the technical, social, business, and political entanglements of computing from its… Read more

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


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