July 8, 2011
Jan. 31:
Patrick Taylor (Children's Hospital, Harvard)
Virtue, Probability, Relationships, and Confusion: Conflicts of Interest and Incompletely Theorized Notions of Scientific Sainthood
Virtue, Probability, Relationships, and Confusion: Conflicts of Interest and Incompletely Theorized Notions of Scientific Sainthood
Feb. 7:
Jo Guldi (Harvard Society of Fellows)
Britain Invents the Infrastructure State
Britain Invents the Infrastructure State
Feb. 14:
David Jones (STS, MIT)
'Strange Facts,'Evocative Maps, and the Puzzles of Geographic Variation in Medical Practice
'Strange Facts,'Evocative Maps, and the Puzzles of Geographic Variation in Medical Practice
Feb. 28:
Christopher Winship (Sociology, Harvard)
Genesis of Justice: Boston Cops, Black Ministers, and Youth Violence
Genesis of Justice: Boston Cops, Black Ministers, and Youth Violence
Mar. 7:
William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)
Stem Cells, Embryos, and Ethics: A Continuing Controversy
Stem Cells, Embryos, and Ethics: A Continuing Controversy
Mar. 21:
John Mathew (History of Science, Harvard)
Encountering Fauna in Late 18th- and Early 19th-century Euro-colonial India
Encountering Fauna in Late 18th- and Early 19th-century Euro-colonial India
Mar. 28:
Talia Fisher (Law, Tel Aviv University)
Probabilistic Sentencing
Probabilistic Sentencing
Apr. 4:
Ghislain Thibault (History of Science, Harvard)
Communicating Electricity: A Media Archaeology of Wireless Power Transmission
Communicating Electricity: A Media Archaeology of Wireless Power Transmission
Apr. 11:
Duana Fullwiley (Anthropology, Harvard)
When State Economy and Population Biology Meet: The Powers of Association and 'Mild' Sickle Cell Anemia in Senegal, West Africa
When State Economy and Population Biology Meet: The Powers of Association and 'Mild' Sickle Cell Anemia in Senegal, West Africa
Apr. 18:
Ruha Benjamin (Sociology, Boston University)
A Lab of Their Own: Genomic Sovereignty as Postcolonial Science Policy?
A Lab of Their Own: Genomic Sovereignty as Postcolonial Science Policy?
Apr. 25:
Xaq Frohlich (STS, MIT)
Accounting for Taste: Regulating Diet and Health on Food Labels
Accounting for Taste: Regulating Diet and Health on Food Labels
May. 2:
Eddie Haam (Applied Mathematics, Harvard)
Pattern Recognition Algorithm for Climate Sciences
Pattern Recognition Algorithm for Climate Sciences