CSTMS

Machine Politics: The Rise of the Internet and a New Age of Authoritarianism

Date/Time
Thursday
5 Mar 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location
470 Stephens Hall

Event Type
Colloquium

Fred Turner
Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication at Stanford University

In 1989, as Tim Berners-Lee dreamed up the World Wide Web, a deep faith in the democratizing power of...

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[CANCELLED] Can the Subaltern Innovate?

Date/Time
Thursday
19 Mar 2020
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Location
470 Stephens Hall

Event Type
Master Class

Lilly Irani
Associate Professor of Communication and Science Studies at UC San Diego

Please join us on Thursday, March 19th at 12:00 pm in 470 Stephens Hall for a discussion with Lilly Irani...

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[CANCELLED] Chasing Innovation: Entrepreneurial Citizenship and the Subsumption of Hope

Date/Time
Thursday
19 Mar 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location
470 Stephens Hall

Event Type
Colloquium

Lilly Irani
Associate Professor of Communication and Science Studies at UC San Diego

The ethos of innovation and entrepreneurship, honed in high-technology firms, has colonized philanthropy, development...

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CSTMS Virtual Welcome and Coffee Chat

Date/Time
Thursday
10 Sep 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event Type
Special Event

Zoom Meeting

We invite members of the CSTMS community to engage in a virtual welcome and coffee chat. This is a great opportunity to interact with your peers and learn more about the various events throughout the semester. All are welcome to join to ask questions of Morgan Ames, the STS DE graduate advisor, and Massimo Mazzotti, director of CSTMS.

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CSTMS Undergraduate Symposium

Date/Time
Thursday
17 Sep 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event Type
Symposium

Zoom Meeting ID: 94972795202

We are pleased to announce the 2020 CSTMS Undergraduate Symposium, showcasing exceptional undergraduate work in the fields of History of Science and Science and Technology studies over the past year. Six undergraduates will present their work, in advance of their publication in a forthcoming journal of undergraduate essays. All are welcome...

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The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child

Date/Time
Thursday
24 Sep 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event Type
Colloquium

Morgan Ames
Assistant Adjunct Professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley

Jacob Gaboury
Assistant Professor of Film & Media at UC Berkeley

Zoom Meeting ID: ...

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Pink and Blue: The Gendering of Pediatric Growth Charts

Date/Time
Thursday
8 Oct 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event Type
Colloquium

Aimee Medeiros
Associate Professor and Director of the History of Health Sciences Program at UC San Francisco

Zoom

Since the beginning of the 20th century, a cornerstone of the American well-child pediatric care visit has been the assessment of height and weight...

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First PMH Working Group Meeting

Date/Time
Wednesday
14 Oct 2020
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Type
Working Group

Zoom

The first PMH working group meeting of the semester will take place on Wednesday, October 14th from 12 – 2 pm. The PMH working group provides opportunities for students and faculty to engage in interdisciplinary efforts to...

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Counting Sturgeon: Settler Empirics and Moving Fish in the Columbia River

Date/Time
Thursday
22 Oct 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event Type
Colloquium

Ashton Wesner
CSTMS Research Fellow and Lead Researcher of Queer Ecologies | Feminist Biologies Collaborative

Zoom

When the U.S. dammed Nch´i-Wána (Columbia River) for hydroelectric power the migratory natural history of the river’s oldest and largest fish, wiláps (white sturgeon),...