Department of History of Science and Technology

Please join Barbara Hof, visiting scholar in the History of Science and Technology Department for a brown bag lunch co-organized with STS+MH Hub. Abstract: I would like to use the STS+MH Hub to discuss preliminary findings from my ongoing research. This research focuses on the voluntary, interdisciplinary, and self-organized efforts of European researchers during the Vietnam […]

Alison McManus of JHU will present, "Compounds of Considerable Interest: The Allied Search for Nerve Agents in World War II". There will be a pre-circulated paper.

A co-sponsored event with History of Art. Claire Wintle, University of Brighton, Centre for Design History will speak on “Anxiety, Control, and Performative Change in Postwar Museum Storage.”

A book launch and discussion of "Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion" with author Mary Fissell of Johns Hopkins University.

Kathleen Crowther will present, "The Fragile Fetus: Pregnancy Loss and Infertility in Early Modern Europe".

Gabrielle Robbins of JHU will present, "A Factory of Dreams: Conversions."

Special Event - Hideyo Noguchi Lecture. Alisha Rankin of Tufts University will present, "The Skillful Surgeon: Surgical Expertise and Contested Authority in Early Modern Europe".