January 26, 2024
Jan. 29:
Jules Gill-Peterson (Johns Hopkins, History)
Who Really Invented Gender? Transvestites and the Psychologization of Class
Who Really Invented Gender? Transvestites and the Psychologization of Class
Feb. 5:
Spencer Doyle (Harvard STS and Physics)
Maintaining the Atom: US Nuclear Energy Policy 70 Years After “Atoms for Peace”
Maintaining the Atom: US Nuclear Energy Policy 70 Years After “Atoms for Peace”
Feb. 12:
Paul Thomas Clarke (Harvard, Anthropology)
Risk is the Life Source: Labor and Working-class Consciousness in Johannesburg’s Security Industry
Risk is the Life Source: Labor and Working-class Consciousness in Johannesburg’s Security Industry
Feb. 26:
David S. Jones (Harvard Medical School/History of Science)
The Health Effects of Air Pollution: The Harvard Six Cities Study as a Generator of Surprises
The Health Effects of Air Pollution: The Harvard Six Cities Study as a Generator of Surprises
Mar. 4:
Jacquelene Mwangi (Harvard Law School)
Techno-colonialism vs. Techno-utopianism in Historical Perspective
Techno-colonialism vs. Techno-utopianism in Historical Perspective
Mar. 18:
Jason Furman (HKS and Economics)
Economists Can’t Predict the Future, But Can They Agree on the Past?
Economists Can’t Predict the Future, But Can They Agree on the Past?
Mar. 25:
Alexander Rewegan (MIT, HASTS)
Settler Environmentality and the Making of a Post-Prohibition Drug Terroir
Settler Environmentality and the Making of a Post-Prohibition Drug Terroir
Apr. 1:
Swarnabh Ghosh (Harvard STS and Architecture)
Infrastructuration: Colonial Irrigation and the Spacetime of Fossil Capitalism
Infrastructuration: Colonial Irrigation and the Spacetime of Fossil Capitalism
Apr. 8:
Timothy Loh (MIT, HASTS)
Not Modern Enough: Lexical Anxieties over Jordanian Sign Language
Not Modern Enough: Lexical Anxieties over Jordanian Sign Language
Apr. 15:
Natalie Ngai (Boston College, Communication)
Mediated Animal-human Relations
Mediated Animal-human Relations
Apr. 22:
Abigail Coplin (Vassar, Sociology and STS)
Biopolitical Entanglements: The Political Economy and Nationalist Imaginaries of China’s Genetic Data Troves
Biopolitical Entanglements: The Political Economy and Nationalist Imaginaries of China’s Genetic Data Troves