CSTMS Activities
CSTMS Colloquium
The CSTMS Colloquium is a seminar series of invited lectures hosted by CSTMS on Thursdays from 4-6 pm in 470 Stephens Hall each semester. The lectures are often sponsored by research units within CSTMS and occasionally co-sponsored by other units at Berkeley or other UC campuses. With the speaker’s permission, these events are videotaped and archived on the individual event page. You can find out who is speaking by viewing our events.
Working Groups
While not often advertised on our main events listing, CSTMS has several active working groups. History of Science scholars should check out our OHST Working Group (link is external), while STS scholars may enjoy taking part in the STS Working Group (link is external). Scholars focused on policy-oriented topics should also explore the Science, Technology, and Engineering Policy (link is external) group for additional collaboration and research.
Workshops & Conferences
CSTMS also hosts a variety of workshops, conferences, and other large-scale events each year. These events explore a wide range of topics, from historical inquiries to pressing contemporary policy issues. The goal of these gatherings is to assess and advance theoretical, historical, and empirical work in the diverse fields of Science & Technology Studies, History of Science & Technology, and the Medical Humanities. Conferences will be listed below.
Events







The Biomedical Sources of Rousseau’s Sexual Politics
CSTMS Colloquium
THURSDAY
24 Apr 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm


Political Networks: Data Exchange as Revolution from Late Socialism to the Information Age in Eastern Europe
CSTMS Colloquium
THURSDAY
17 Apr 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm



Fighting to Breathe: Asthma in Black Protest, Activism, and Survival
CSTMS Colloquium
THURSDAY
3 Apr 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm







Scott C. Richmond: The Critique of Instrumental Reason Circa 1976
Non-CSTMS Event
THURSDAY
13 Mar 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm





The Medicene. Global Medicine in Late Industrialism
CSTMS Colloquium
THURSDAY
13 Feb 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Baroque Austerity. Hospitals and Healthcare in Neoliberal Spain
MASTER CLASS
TUESDAY
11 Feb 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm


Artificial Intelligence and Its ‘Contexts’: Between Ethics and Politics
Non-CSTMS Event
MONDAY
3 Feb 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

AI and Social Normativity: Rethinking Error, Bias, and Truth
Non-CSTMS Event
TUESDAY
28 Jan 2025
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
2024

Beth Semel: From Signal to Noise: Discernment and Debility in the Making of American Vocal Biomarker AI
Non-CSTMS Event
THURSDAY
12 Dec 2024
2:15 pm - 3:25 pm


Terms of (Dis)Service: The Stakes of Human-Chatbot Relationships
Non-CSTMS Event
TUESDAY
10 Dec 2024
2:15 pm - 3:25 pm

Inspection & Medical Epistemologies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Non-CSTMS Event
MONDAY
9 Dec 2024
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm



Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
Non-CSTMS Event
THURSDAY
5 Dec 2024
2:15 pm - 3:25 pm


Health Data and the Politics of Classification
Non-CSTMS Event
THURSDAY
21 Nov 2024
2:15 pm - 3:25 pm

Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining
Colloquium
THURSDAY
14 Nov 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm



Imagining the Ends of Structural Discrimination Beyond Documentation
Non-CSTMS Event
WEDNESDAY
30 Oct 2024
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Jakob Vogel (Sciences Po Paris) “Forming an Elite for the French Empire. Colonial Sciences at the Ecole Libre de Sciences Politiques in Paris (1880-1960)”
Non-CSTMS Event
WEDNESDAY
30 Oct 2024
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Sexualizing Cancer: HPV and the Politics of Cancer Prevention
Colloquium
THURSDAY
24 Oct 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Engaging Data Politically: On AI, Data Analytics, and Ethics from Below
Non-CSTMS Event
WEDNESDAY
23 Oct 2024
12:10 pm - 1:30 pm


Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology
Colloquium
WEDNESDAY
10 Oct 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom
Colloquium
THURSDAY
3 Oct 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm