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Mason Dentinger
rachel.mason.dentinger@utah.edu
Forming an organized session
Reexamining "pure" and "applied" science through our actors' categories [except, hopefully, something much snappier than this!]
The following abstract draft will of course be tweaked to fit the particular papers that end up included in this session:
The dichotomization of science into the rough categories of “pure” and “applied” (including many permutations, such as “basic,” “fundamental,” “practical,” etc.) has a complex, shifting, and regionally specific history that extends back at least to the 18th century (and perhaps further, some would argue). The historiography of this dichotomy is equally complex and sometimes c
Aspects of Scientific Practice/Organization
Longue Durée
Global or Multi-locational
pure, basic, applied, technology
Yes
Lewis
dlewis@huntington.org
Forming an organized session
After Extinction: What Happens When Species Disappear?
I'm interested in extinction (in my case, birds), but more generally, about the *aftereffects* of extinction: what cultural and ecological holes are left, what might be (or have been) unexpected outcomes, and generally, what consequences can we identify and quantify?
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Twenty-first century
Global or Multi-locational
Extinction; ecosystems; cultural outcomes
None of the abstract topics seem to fit very well... ditto for the chronology section.
Yes
MacNamara
t.macnamara@tamu.edu
Forming an organized session
"The Heavens on Earth..." / "Universal Science..." / "Popular Cosmology..." (or similar)
Cosmological or universal knowledge-systems and their relationships to human societies. I'm working on popular cosmology in the United States but interested in work on similar topics from other places and times.
Thematic Approaches to the Study of Science
Longue Durée
Global or Multi-locational
Cosmology, astronomy, astrophysics, space, social, religious
Open to modifying the focus!
Yes
Bolman
bbolman@ias.edu
Forming an organized session
Decomposing Knowledge
Boyd Ruamcharoen and I are looking for panelists who might be working on the history of experimentation and science about decomposition, fermentation, or decay (broadly construed). We are especially interested in projects that problematize the negative valences of decomposition, but are open to possibilities. Region and time period are all open.
Biology
Longue Durée
Global or Multi-locational
Please feel free to reach out with questions!
Yes
Turner
turnern@uwplatt.edu
Joining an organized session
Spain's Voyages of Exploration and Their Impact on Scientific Thought in Europe
BRIEF Abstract--When analyzing and describing Europe's "Scientific Revolution," historians too often overlook or undervalue Spain's active and important contribution to the breakthroughs and new scientific mindsets that emerged in Europe in the period from 1500-1700. My paper explains and analyzes the profound impact that Spain's Voyages of Exploration in the Americas and South Asia had upon Europe's development of ways of organizing and understanding the flood of new knowledge on the natural wo
Thematic Approaches to the Study of Science
Cultural and cross-cultural contexts, including colonialism in general
Global or Multi-locational
Scientific Revolution; Spain; the Americas; Indigenous knowledge
My paper can focus on either Spanish science in its European context or on Spain and its encounters with scientific topics in the Americas/South Asia.
Yes
Pisano
raffaele.pisano@univ-lille.fr
Forming an organized session
The Relationship between Physics and Mathematics
The Relationship Between Physics and Mathematics in the History of Science: Quantities, Mathematical and Physical Procedures, Ideas & Mechanism, Theoretical Conflicts and Choice of a Kind of Mathematics to Describe Physical Phenomena
Contextualising the Selden Map: Entangled Geographies in the Early Modern South China Sea
Would be interested in joining a panel on cross-cultural natural knowledge, visual and material culture, Southeast and East Asia, or early modern science (cartography in particular). A preliminary abstract is as follows:
"This paper is part of a larger project aiming to contextualise the Selden Map within the diverse traditions of geographical knowledge in its temporal and spatial context. Scientic analyses have unexpectedly pointed to its origin in Aceh, western Sumatra, based on painting mate
Physical Sciences
Cultural and cross-cultural contexts, including colonialism in general
Global or Multi-locational
Cartography, Geography, China, Diaspora, Water, Connections and disconnections
I can also present on some other topics, including non-European objects in scientific instrument collections in the UK, the history of astronomy and the book in Restoration London, and the translation of non-European natural knowledge in interwar Britain.
Yes
Hernandez Berrones
hernandj@southwestern.edu
Forming an organized session
Birthing a new generation: Latin American and Latine Midwifery in the 20th Century
In the context of the 2024 HSS Annual Meeting to be celebrated in Merida, Mexico, on November 7-10, we invite historians of reproduction and particularly historians of midwifery and nursing in Latin America and among the Latine population in the United States and Canada to submit papers on the history of childbirth to integrate one or more panels for this meeting. The historical trajectories of childbirth in the Americas during the colonial and early independent periods have received some attent
Medicine and Health
Twentieth century, early
Global or Multi-locational
Midwifery, nursing, childbirth, reproduction
The scope of the session is twentieth century, earlier or later. While the session is labelled as Latin America, the session welcomes papers about childbirth experiences or midwifery among the Latine population in the US and Canada. I hope we can compare and contrast trends with Latin American countries.
Yes
Abrams
ellen.abrams@mcgill.ca
Forming an organized session
Space and Place in the History of Science: Where Are We Now?
The ‘spatial turn’ in the history of science demonstrated the importance of space (and place) not merely as a backdrop for thinking through the various histories of science but as a co-producer of scientific knowledge and understanding. Since then, the study of space has been applied to a variety of topics and questions. Yet, the idea that places build people and knowledge as much as knowledge and people build places suggests connections to a range of other theories and approaches that have yet
Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Science
Longue Durée
Global or Multi-locational
Spatial Theory; Gender and Sexuality; Technology; Methodology
We have three potential speakers and are interested in finding a fourth.
Yes
Silva
bsilvaa@uc.cl
Forming an organized session
The International Geophysical Year in the Americas: Bridging Science and Diplomacy
We are putting together a panel on the IGY in the Americas (Latin America and/or North America), from any perspective, American country, and/or scientific area. We are interested in connections and international collaboration. If you're interested, please email us at bsilvaa@uc.cl and ggomez@colmex.mx
Thematic Approaches to the Study of Science
Twentieth century, late
Latin America
IGY; the Americas; International collaboration
Yes
Weismeyer
michael.weismeyer@gmail.com
Forming an organized session
Agricultural Research and Control in the late 19th and early 20th Century United States
Looking for a fourth paper that will discuss agriculture in the United States in the period of 1860-1920 along the themes of education, research, and control of species
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Twentieth century, early
North America
agriculture; education; government; environment; invasive species; United States
Currently have three papers and looking for a fourth and possibly a commentator
Yes
Jo
bk.jo@mail.utoronto.ca
Forming an organized session
Imaging and Imagining the Human Body
The panel’s tentative theme is the intersection of visual/photographic technologies with biomedicine and human sciences. Open to any time period and region!
Medicine and Health
Cultural and cross-cultural contexts, including colonialism in general
Global or Multi-locational
Biomedical sciences; Human sciences; Visual culture; Photography; Body studies.
Open to modifying the focus of the panel :)
Yes
Krischel
matthis.krischel@hhu.de
Forming an organized session
Public Health is always political: Inclusion and exclusion of individuals and groups in public health policies
Focus on conference theme "Public health, biomedicine, and science policies and politics"; time frame: 19th-21st century; geographic focus open, contributions on the Global South especially welcome; I plan to contribute a paper on the 1926 Düsseldorf Health Exhibition "GeSoLei"
Medicine and Health
Twentieth century, early
Global or Multi-locational
Public Health; Policy; Inclusion; Exclusion
Feel free to reach out to me with ideas!
Yes
Hopwood
ndh12@cam.ac.uk
Joining an organized session
“Your Baby Is the Size of a Kumquat”: Verbal and Visual Similes for the Scales of Human Eggs, Embryos, and Fetuses
Talk abstract, first draft:
Cultures of measurement still surprise historians of science and practices of comparing are attracting attention. Yet there remains much to discover about the use of similes to anchor the sizes of unfamiliar things. Take a 2021 email from BabyCenter.com, the pregnancy and parenting website, which stated “You’re 10 weeks pregnant! … Your baby is barely the size of a kumquat” above a drawing of an embryo and a photo of a leafy twig ending in an orange fruit. The talk w
Thematic Approaches to the Study of Science
Twenty-first century
North America
Visual communication; size and scale; pregnancy and embryology
Yes
VOGEL
brant@vogelwork.org
Joining an organized session
“The Quicksilver Experiment:” Town and Country, and Weather Data Recording by the Early Royal Society
At the January 16, 1660/1 meeting of the Royal Society of London, President Brouncker and Fellows Robert Boyle, Christopher Wren and astronomer (and Treasurer) William Ball were “Appointed a Committee to bring in the History of the Quicksilver Experiment.” The ‘barometer’ was not to be named as such until 1663, but had been the subject of experiment in England since Henry Power repeated Pascal’s experiments with the “Torricellian tubes” in 1653. At a meeting a year later, Ball brought “in his re
Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Science
Early Modern
Europe
place and data acquisition
Interested in Ellen Abrams' Space and Place in the History of Science: Where Are We Now?
I may or may not be a good fit. The above is my individual submission. My talk comes out of an article I'm working on for this place-oriented project:
https://arthist.net/archive/38708
[Am I using this form correctly?]
Yes
Tonkel
jtonkel@nd.edu
Forming an organized session
Institutions of Improvement: Research, Education, and the Environment in Agricultural Science
We have three papers looking for a fourth. We're hoping to form a panel that discusses the interconnections between institutions (government, education, research, etc.) and efforts to improve agricultural practice through agricultural and environmental science in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though the three current papers have a North America focus, we're happy to have the fourth paper be of any geographical focus. We're hoping to address questions related to the conference theme of
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Twentieth century, early
Global or Multi-locational
agriculture; education; invasive species; biological control
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Yes
Serrano
elena.serrano@uab.cat
Forming an organized session
At the crossroads of the History of Music and History of Science
Music has often played a crucial role in scientific thought and practice. To give just two examples: in modern cosmology and natural magic, because of its digital nature; in medicine, because of its supposed power to alleviate ills or, conversely, to make one ill. Through music it is also possible to explore ways in which embodied knowledge circulates, how it defines sexual and cultural identities and subjectivities, etc. The epistemological potential of music lies also in its power to trigger e
Tools for Historians of Science
Longue Durée
Global or Multi-locational
history of music, circulation, expertise
We are already three papers.
Yes
Kolboske
kolboske@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Joining an organized session
Reproductive Justice in a Global Context
Historicizing and comparing abortion rights in Mexico and Germany
In the context of reproductive freedom, the image of a wire coat hanger holds an immensely brutal power: it is the icon of women’s deprivation of legal, safe, and unrestricted access to abortion. Considered a cultural artifact in many Northern communities, recent shocking backlashes—such as the US Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade—contradict this notion. At the same time, however, the Green Wave (marea verde) attained some watershed victories in Latin America, which has some of the most dra
Medicine and Health
Twenty-first century
Global or Multi-locational
reproductive justice; reproductive freedom; abortion; gender studies; women studies; history of medicine
The time-frame is actually twentieth to twenty-first century
Yes
Huther
lhdgw@missouri.edu
Joining an organized session
Bridging the Cosmographical Gap
Cosmography is a single word that conveys a multitude of meaning. Historians of science all too often have been reduced to defining cosmography by generating a seemingly endless list of compartmentalized scientific disciplines that once found their roots entangled with religious beliefs, political machinations and imperial ambition. Prized by merchants and critical to statecraft, a formal cosmography contained information and illustrations classified that might be classified today as physics,