Happy New Year. The new year marks new beginnings and I am pleased to provide advance notice of important initiatives of our Association this year. 1) Scientia Canadensis An official announcement will be circulated soon, but I wish to advise you now that the CSHTA / AHSTC executive has approved the following new editorial team … Continue reading CSTHA / AHSTC Important Association Notices for Members
Category: Announcement
Lecture Series: Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy (OCEPP)
The Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy (OCEPP) invites you to attend its Policy Engagement Series seminar at Hart House, University of Toronto, from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2011. The guest speaker is David Lapp, P.Eng., manager, professional practice at Engineers Canada and a question and answer session will follow … Continue reading Lecture Series: Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy (OCEPP)
Special Issue of Atlantic Studies
It is my pleasure to inform you of the recent publication of a special issue of Atlantic Studies dedicated to science and medicine in the Atlantic world: “Itineraries of Atlantic science – new questions, new approaches, new directions.” This special issue contains 5 original essays, an editorial introduction, an interview with Bernard Bailyn, a set of … Continue reading Special Issue of Atlantic Studies
SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT: 4th Annual GTA Symposium on History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine
SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT The 4th Annual GTA Symposium on History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine will take place at the University of Guelph on Tuesday , May 3, 2011. The symposium is an effort on the part of historians of science in the GTA to foster opportunities for communication and to provide … Continue reading SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT: 4th Annual GTA Symposium on History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine
CSTM/SMSTC announcement
The Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation has embarked upon an ambitious project to build an online hub for the pan-Canadian science, technology and engineering community. We are seeking your ideas and feedback about how to best use technology to increase collaboration in support of science, technology and engineering. I am inviting you to visit … Continue reading CSTM/SMSTC announcement
Situating Science: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
Situating Science: Cluster in the Humanist and Social Studies of Science CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: Situating Science is a SSHRC-funded Strategic Knowledge Cluster, mandated to build networks among scholars, Canadian and international, in the various disciplines engaged in the humanistic and social study of science and technology, and to engage the work of these scholars … Continue reading Situating Science: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
Envisioning Science: Imaging the Body
Envisioning Science: Imaging the Body Visual perception might seem to be a strictly natural process, and yet it has a history. Scholars from a range of disciplines now study visuality, moving beyond biological understandings of vision to examine historically and culturally specific ways of seeing the world. Our goal for the conference is to encourage … Continue reading Envisioning Science: Imaging the Body
International Conference on the Liberal Arts
International Conference on the Liberal Arts: Looking Back and Moving Forward The Next 100 Years of Liberal Arts – Confronting the Challenges September 30-October 2, 2010 St. Thomas University Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Liberal Arts education has been challenged in recent years by the pressures of neo-liberalism and corporatization, cutbacks in public funding, changes in … Continue reading International Conference on the Liberal Arts
Best Student Paper Award Winners / Récipiendaires des prix de mérite pour les meilleures communications étudiantes
Best Student Paper Award Winners The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association / Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Student Paper Award competition. Delia Gavrus, a doctoral student at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the … Continue reading Best Student Paper Award Winners / Récipiendaires des prix de mérite pour les meilleures communications étudiantes