Dear all,
Please find below an updated programme for this semester's CHSTM postgraduate lunchtime seminars. All are welcome.
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE LUNCHTIME SEMINARS
February - May 2013
1 p.m. in Room 2.57, Simon Building, Brunswick Street.
19th February Martin Mahoney, University of East Anglia
The Predictive State: Science, Territory and the Future of the Indian Climate
26th February Sam Robinson, University of Manchester
‘Militant’ Oceanography; Deacon’s ‘Fight for Marine Science’, 1959-1965
5th March Katherine Platt, University of Manchester
Post-war industry and regional identity: Siemens, 1945 - 1958
12th March Camilla Rostvik, University of Manchester
CERN and cultural engagement - an historical exploration of CERN's flirtation with the arts
19th March Roberto Cantoni, University of Manchester
Small powers thinking big: Italian parallel oil diplomacy during the Algerian war
23rd April Stuart Butler, University of Manchester
Imperial hangover or McMahon hangover? The role of science and technology in the self-perception of Britain’s world role
30th April Andrew Black, University of Manchester
Biomedical Research Policy in Britain: The Medical Research Council, 1945-2000
7th May Jia-ou Song, University of Manchester
What can we learn about collecting, and public engagement of science from two pioneering galleries in the UK and China? Spotlight on wu (natural artefacts) at the Nantong museum in Jiangsu, and the Food for Thought gallery in the Science Museum, London
14th May Chris Sirrs, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Risk, Responsibility and Robens: The Regulation of Occupational Health and Safety in Britain, 1961-1974
21st May Steven Leech, University of Manchester
TBC
28th May David Singerman, MIT
The empire of purity in the Atlantic sugar world
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