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PUBLIC IMAGES OF CHEMISTRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
International Conference by the
Commission for the History of Modern Chemistry
Paris, France, September 17-18, 2004
For more information, visit
http://www.hyle.org/service/chmc2004/
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Friday, September 17, 2004
Cite des sciences et de l'industrie, Salle Jean Painleve
9h00 - 9h40 Getting Started
- Alain Coine (Rhodia, France) "The Chemical Horror Show: the Image of
Chemistry emerging from an investigation amongst public opinion leaders
in France"
- Marc Devisscher (CEFIC) "Image of the European chemical industry 1992
- 2004, from bad to worse or maybe not?"
9h40 - 11h00 I. Chemistry and Chemists in the Literature
- Roslynn D. Haynes (Sydney, Australia) "(Al)chemists in Fiction: The
Master Narrative"
- Philip Ball (UK) "Chemistry in XXth-century novels"
11h20 - 12h40 II. Chemistry and Chemists in Movies and Popular Culture
- Peter Weingart (Bielefeld, Germany) "Chemists and Their Craft in
Fiction Film"
- Jeffrey L. Meikle (Austin, Texas) "Material Doubts: The Popular
Consequences of Plastic, 1945-2000"
14h00 - 16h00 III. Representing Chemists and Chemistry in Pictures and
Exhibitions
- Elisabeth Vaupel (Munic, Germany) "Is it possible to exhibit
chemistry? Reflections about some historical attempts to put chemistry
on show."
- Joachim Schummer (Columbia, USA) and Tami Spector (San Fransisco, USA)
"The Visual Image of Chemistry and Chemists"
- David C. Brock (Philadelphia, USA) "Revolutionary Tools and the Women
Who Wield Them: (Re)presenting Chemistry to Diverse Audiences"
16h20 - 17h40 IV. Chemistry in Education
- Robert D. Hicks (Philadelphia, USA) "Lessons Learned in Teaching the
History of Modern Chemistry On-line"
- R. Emmanuel Eastes (Paris, France) "From primary school to university:
the main obstacles to the comprehension of chemistry"
18h30 Keynote speaker:
Prof. Guy Ourrisson (Academie des sciences) "The 'Appel de Paris' -
Chemistry as viewed by other scientists"
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Maison de la Chimie, Salle 262
9h00 -10h20 V. The Chemists' Self-Images
- Pierre Laszlo (France) "On the Self-Image of Chemists, 1950-2000"
- Paul Caro (Academie des technologies) "The chemist as an autodidact"
10h40 - 11h40 VI. Popular Science and Corporate Advertising
- Robert Bud (London, UK) "Penicillin as a wonder drug: The construction
of a public image and its collapse"
- D. Rhees (The Bakken Library and Museum, USA) "From 'Merchants of
Death' to 'Better Living Through Chemistry': The Case of Du Pont"
11h40 VII Public Debates and Public Relations, Round Table: "Toward an
Ethics of Chemistry"
- Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Univ. Paris-X Nanterre, France)
- Jean Pierre Dupuy (Ecole Polytechnique France and Stanford University)
- Andree Marquet (Chimie et societe)
- Herve This (College de France)
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Paris X)
John Van Ness (Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia)
Gérard Emptoz (Université de Nantes)
Joachim Schummer (University of South Carolina, Columbia)
Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Louvain-la Neuve)
LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
Fred Aftalion (Maison de la chimie, Paris)
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Paris X)
Pietro Corsi (CRHST, Paris)
Gérard Emptoz (Université de Nantes)
Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Louvain-la Neuve)
CONTACT:
Brigitte Van Tiggelen <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr. Joachim Schummer
Editor, HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
http://www.hyle.org/
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Heisenberg-Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of
Darmstadt, Schloss, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29205, USA
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