September 19th, 2014 | by raghudivya | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Assistant Professor Position in the History and Rhetoric of Science and Technology
The Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the History and Rhetoric of Science and Technology, for an expected start date of July 1, 2015. At the time of application, applicants must either have a Ph.D. or equivalent, or be near… Read more
September 3rd, 2014 | by samuelevans | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on CSTMS hosts Workshop on Geoengineering Governance
In an NSF-funded initiative, bSTS Director David Winickoff and CSTMS partnered with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to produce a two-day workshop on geoengineering governance at UC Berkeley from July 21-22, 2014. The workshop was the most geographically inclusive discussion of its kind in this new field, featuring over forty mid-career environmental leaders from thirty countries… Read more
August 18th, 2014 | by Michael Hahn | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Sam Weiss Evans Presents at a UN Biological Weapons Convention Side Event
CSTMS Associate Director Sam Weiss Evans gave a talk to the United Nations’ Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts in Geneva on August 6, 2014. He and several of his colleagues presented on work they have been doing as part of the British ESRC/AHRC/DSTL funded grant on The Formulation and Non-formulation of Security Concerns: Preventing… Read more
July 3rd, 2014 | by davinder | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Faking Galileo
CSTMS Director Massimo Mazzotti writes “Faking Galileo” which examines a recent forgery of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, a landmark book in the history of science. Mazzotti links this episode to larger questions about the role of scholars’ own projections and expectations on their interpretations. “Faking Galileo” is a feature article in the Spring 2014 Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) Quarterly Journal.… Read more
June 20th, 2014 | by davinder | published in Latest news | Comments Off on CSTMS Receives Peder Sather Grant
The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study has awarded CSTMS Director Massimo Mazzotti and Professor Asdal of Norway $15,000 for their joint research project, The Berkeley-Olso Initiative in Valuation Studies. “Valuation studies” is an emergent field that focuses on the practices and politics whereby various entities (e.g. nature objects, market entities) are modified and ascribed with economic values in… Read more
June 13th, 2014 | by samuelevans | published in Latest news | Comments Off on CSTMS scholars in letter to Nature on synthetic biology
Led by Sam Weiss Evans, David Winickoff and 19 other Science and Technology Studies authors have commented on a recent Nature special issue on synthetic biology. Their letter to the editor focuses on replying to “Time to settle the synthetic controversy” by Volker ter Meulen. The full text of a preprint version of the letter is below. Synthetic biology: missing the point… Read more
May 9th, 2014 | by annie | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on Camilla Hawthorne Awarded 2014 Ford Foundation Fellowship
Camilla Hawthorne, STS Designated Emphasis student at Berkeley, has been selected as a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow for her project entitled, “There Are No Black Italians? National Belonging and the Nuovi Italiani.” This highly competitive fellowship grants her three full years of support for her PhD dissertation work. The awards are made to “individuals who,… Read more
May 6th, 2014 | by hannahklee | published in Latest news | Comments Off on The CLOUD and the CROWD Fall 2014 Graduate Seminar
Professor Cori Hayden will be teaching a graduate seminar this fall in Department of Anthropology-Anthro 250X. The seminars will be held on Fridays 2pm-4pm. Possible themes include: From the worrying crowd to the wise crowd; The crowd as economic and market force; The cloud’s materiality; Data, big and small; Cloud as war; and Political atmospheres (climate, the… Read more
April 21st, 2014 | by samuelevans | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on David Winickoff on KQED’s Forum discusses Geoengineering
On April 15, David Winickoff, Director of the Berkeley STS Program, appeared on the KQED radio program, “Forum with Michael Krasny,” to discuss the science and politics of geoengineering. David’s remarks emphasized that a small geoengineering research program might proceed given the seriousness of climate change, but only in concert with the development of governing institutions.… Read more
April 8th, 2014 | by hannahklee | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Award for Cathryn Carson
Please join us for the eight annual joint ceremony honoring the 2014 recipients of the Carol D. Soc Distinguished graduate Student Mentoring Awards and the Graduate Assembly’s Distinguished Faculty Mentor Awards. Nominated by inspired colleagues, current and former graduate students, the award recipients have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to helping UC Berkeley graduate students succeed… Read more
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