Organisers Willemijn Ruberg, Utrecht University Rational 26-28 August 2021Department of History and Art History, Utrecht University In recent years research into the history of forensic science has expanded. In addition to institutional developments and advances in technology, increasingly the entanglements between legal frameworks, forensic institutes, technology and culture have been explored by historians and scholars… Continue reading Forensic Cultures
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Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences
Organisers Joanna Behrman, Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics Christian Joas, Niels Bohr Archive Greg Good, Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics Rational The American Institute of Physics (AIP) Center for the History of Physics and Niels Bohr Library & Archives are pleased… Continue reading Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences
Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections
Organisers Dr Sophie Gerber, TMW Eleanor Armstrong, UCL Rational How can the science and technology museum, as a cultural and social institution, explore the opportunities of reflecting and developing a plural society? In what ways are these museums still bound by existing collecting, labeling, and exhibiting practices? How are museum curators, practitioners, scholars grappling with… Continue reading Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections
“How Disciplines Interact” (University of Amsterdam, 7-8 May 2020)
Organisers Sjang ten Hagen & Emma Mojet (Vossius Center, University of Amsterdam) Rational The University of Amsterdam will host a two-day workshop on 7-8 May 2020, entitled “How Disciplines Interact”.* Format of the workshopHistorians of the sciences and the humanities have described many interactions between disciplines. One frequently occurring form of interaction concerns the transfer… Continue reading “How Disciplines Interact” (University of Amsterdam, 7-8 May 2020)