Conference / Colloque 2015

CSTHA-AHSTC xix colloque / conference
6-8 November 2015
York University, Toronto

“Science and Technology Across Borders”

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The 2015 CSTHA biennial conference will be held November 6-8 at York University in Toronto. The Program Committee invites papers addressing this year’s conference theme: “science and technology across borders.” We also invite papers on all subjects relating to the history of science, technology, and medicine in Canada.

• Call for Papers (PDF)
• Student Travel Claim Form (PDF) — Deadline: Nov 30, 2015
• Final Schedule (PDF) — updated 2015-10-30
  • Abstracts
  • Conference Tour Information
• Travel information:
  • YorkU Map with venues & bus stops
  • Directions for driving or public transit
• Plenary Speaker: John Krige, “Regulating the transnational flow of knowledge in research universities today: The role of the U.S. national security state after 9/11”
  • The free circulation of knowledge across borders in academia has been progressively eroded since the 1980s by new opportunities to commercialize research and, since 9/11, by the demand for tighter control on foreign nationals by the national security state.  The production of knowledge that is increasingly both dual use and close to the market, and the insertion of research universities in the global knowledge economy, has transformed the research encounter between the U.S. researchers and their colleagues and students from abroad.  Two concepts of security — security by achievement and security by secrecy —  pit traditional academic values of openness and the free exchange of ideas against an increasingly intrusive state apparatus that shackles scientific collaboration and undermines trust.
  • John Krige is Kranzberg Professor in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
• Membership information
• Hotels:
  • Executive Learning Centre Saturday night Only
    Schulich School of Business, York University
    Phone: 416.650.8300 <tel:416.650.8300>
    $130 / night plus 13% HST – Cutoff deadline to avoid charges – October 11.
    CSTHA block number is 603097
    Breakfast included
  • Super 8 Hotel
    3400 Steeles Avenue W
    Hwy 400 S. Steeles Ave
    Toronto, ON L4K 1A2
    905-760-2120
    92.88 per night **Rate good until Oct. 26 / Refer to CSTHA rate**
    Includes breakfast, free internet, free parking
  • Residence Inn by Marriott Vaughan
    11 Interchange Way
    Vaughan, Ontario L4K 5W3
    1-866-630-0708 or 905-695-4002
    Studio Suite $120 **Rate good until Oct. 15 / Refer to CSTHA rate**

Send all questions to Dorotea Guciardo, CSTHA Secretary at d.gucci@gmail.com.

SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES : PAR-DELÀ LES FRONTIÈRES

La conférence biennale de l’AHSTC pour l’année 2015 se tiendra du 6 au 8 novembre à l’Université York, à Toronto. Le Comité Scientifique appelle à la présentation de travaux de recherche sur les sujets portant sur le thème de la conférence de cette année: “sciences et technologies : par delà les frontières”, de même que les travaux portant sur le thème général de l’histoire des sciences, de la technologie et de la médecine au Canada.

• Appel à communiquer (PDF)
• Student Travel Claim Form (PDF) — Deadline: Nov 30, 2015
• Final Schedule (PDF) — updated 2015-10-30
  • Abstracts
  • Conference Tour Information
• Travel information:
  • YorkU Map with venues & bus stops
  • Directions for driving or public transit
• Plenary Speaker: John Krige, “Regulating the transnational flow of knowledge in research universities today: The role of the U.S. national security state after 9/11”
  • The free circulation of knowledge across borders in academia has been progressively eroded since the 1980s by new opportunities to commercialize research and, since 9/11, by the demand for tighter control on foreign nationals by the national security state.  The production of knowledge that is increasingly both dual use and close to the market, and the insertion of research universities in the global knowledge economy, has transformed the research encounter between the U.S. researchers and their colleagues and students from abroad.  Two concepts of security — security by achievement and security by secrecy —  pit traditional academic values of openness and the free exchange of ideas against an increasingly intrusive state apparatus that shackles scientific collaboration and undermines trust.
  • John Krige is Kranzberg Professor in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
• Adhésion
• Hotels:
  • Executive Learning Centre Saturday night only
    Schulich School of Business, York University
    Phone: 416.650.8300 <tel:416.650.8300>
    $130 / night plus 13% HST – Cutoff deadline to avoid charges – October 11.
    CSTHA block number is 603097
    Breakfast included
  • Super 8 Hotel
    3400 Steeles Avenue W
    Hwy 400 S. Steeles Ave
    Toronto, ON L4K 1A2
    905-760-2120
    92.88 per night **Rate good until Oct. 26 / Refer to CSTHA rate**
    Includes breakfast, free internet, free parking
  • Residence Inn by Marriott Vaughan
    11 Interchange Way
    Vaughan, Ontario L4K 5W3
    1-866-630-0708 or 905-695-4002
    Studio Suite $120 **Rate good until Oct. 15 / Refer to CSTHA rate**

Les questions peuvent aussi être adressées à Dorotea Gucciardo, Secrétaire de l’AHSTC (d.gucci@gmail.com).