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The Program sponsors a regular biweekly Colloquium during the fall and spring terms. Its aim is to enlarge the engagement of faculty and, especially, students with the diverse approaches and cutting-edge work of both junior and senior scholars from the United States and abroad in the history of science and medicine. The colloquium is well attended and is the site of vigorous discussion following the talks. All colloquia, workshops and lectures are scheduled
for 4:30 pm. When they are held in the Fulton
Room in Sterling Hall of Medicine,
September 17, 2007
| Randall M. Parkard, William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University." Roll Back Malaria, Roll in Development: Revisiting the Economic Burden of Malaria" (Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Fulton Room, L-215, tea will be served at 4:00 p.m., all are welcome). October 22, 2007 I William R. Newman, Ruth Halls Professor of History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University. "Why Did Newton Believe in Alchemy?" ( Sterling Chemistry Lab, 225 Prospect St., Room 160) November 26, 2007l Gregory Radick, Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, Leeds University. "The Professor and the Pea: W. F. R. Weldon's Critique of Mendelism." (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street, room 119A). SPRING TERM 2008 January 28, 2008 |Michael Neufeld, Chair, Space History Division, National Air and Space Museum. "Space Hero or Nazi Villain? Wernher von Braun as Cold-War Icon ." (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street, room 119A) February 11, 2008 |Holmes Lecture I Harold Cook, Director of The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL."Goods to Think With: Commerce and Science in the Dutch Golden Age." (Medical Historical Library, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street.) February 25, 20087 | Theodore M. Porter, Professor of History, UCLA - Los Angeles. "The Victorian Scientist in the Public Arena." (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street, room 119A) March 24, 2008 | Jeremy Greene, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School. "Truth in Advertising: Objectivity and Interest in Pharmaceutical Promotion ." (Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Fulton Room, L-215, tea will be served at 4:00 p.m., all are welcome). April 21, 2008| Soraya de Chadarevian, Professor of History, UCLA - Los Angeles. " Biology in the Atomic Age." (Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Fulton Room L-215, tea will be served at 4:00 p.m., all are welcome).
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