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2 JunHAPSAT Conference - The Wise Scientist: Historical and Philosophical Reflections on the Place of Wisdom in Science8th Annual HAPSAT Conference, University of Toronto
28 AprTransit of Venus symposium» 10am-5pm, St. Michael's College, Alumni Hall 400. PROGRAM

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Congratulations to the recipients of the IHPSTâ€™s 2011-12 Order of the Falling Apple: Ari Gross, Erich Weidenhammer and Paul Greenham, IHPST Doctoral Students and Coordinators of the IHPSTâ€™s UTSIC project.

HPS Colloquium Series

The HPS Colloquium series is a formal event open to all faculty and graduate students interested in the history and philosophy of science and technology. The series usually takes place on Wednesdays from 4:00-5:30, in Victoria College Room 323, with refreshments following in the Graduate Common Room of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (Victoria College, Room 303). Any questions may be addressed to Joseph Berkovitz.

Fall Semester, 2011

Winter Semester, 2012

18 Jan“Instrumentalism Revisited”» Arthur Fine, Philosophy Department, University of Washington
1 Feb“Measurement and Underdetermination”» Chris Smeenk, Philosophy Department, University of Western Ontario
15 Feb“Blood and Socialism: Blood Transfusions in Soviet Russia, 1919-36”» Nikolai Kremenstov, IHPST, University of Toronto
7 Mar“Accentuate the Negative: A Puzzle about the Structure of Darwin's Origin Solved”» Jim Lennox, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by IHPST /Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
NOTE: 5pm.
22 Mar“Title: Death, Culture, Reality: On Reading the Late Sigmund Freud”» Todd Dufresne, Philosophy Department, Lakehead University, IHPST, University of Toronto
NOTE: Special day and location: Thursday in the Victoria College Chapel
4 Apr“Leibniz on the relativity of motion”» Richard Arthur, Philosophy Department, McMaster University

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23 MarThought Experiments: Four Blind Spots - An International Workshop» Toronto School of Theology, Conference Room 2. (47 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto)
8 MarSimplifying Complexity: Recent Developments in the History of Science and Religion an Informal Seminar with Ronald Numbers» 1-3pm at the Toronto School of Theology (47 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto)
29 FebCFP: The Wise Scientist: Historical and Philosophical Reflections on the Place of Wisdom in Science8th Annual HAPSAT Conference, to be held 2 June 2012 at the University of Toronto
24 FebContributions to Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science 6:1 (2012) Visual Representation and Science DUE.
27 Jan“Pepper's Ghost: A Dramatic Experiment”» Sarah Kriger, IHPST, University of Toronto. Studio Theatre (4 Glen Morris Ave.), 2-4pm.
25 JanEthical Issues in Agriculture: Organic, Locavore and Genetic Modification» Paul Thompson, 7:00PM AST, streamed online
• Congratulations to Jacob Stegenga, winner of a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Congratulations to Nikolai Krementsov on the publication of his book, A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science.
• The President of the University of Toronto has granted tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor to Marga Vicedo, in the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, effective 1 July 2011. Congratulations, Marga!
• Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science 5:1 (2011) is now available online. We invite you to visit our web site to review articles and a Focused Discussion on Science and Public Controversy.
10 OctWiegand Lecture: Islam, Science & The Importance of History» Robert Morrison (Bowdoin College). Isabel Bader Theatre, 6pm
12 SepJoint Colloquium - Toronto Collection of Psychological Instruments: Plans, Prospects, and Current status» Held Jointly with the Department of Psychology, UofT; History and Theory of Psychology Program, York University; Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, UofT; and the University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection. Room 4043 Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto, 4:10 P.M.
6 SepIHPST Orientation» Victoria College, 11am
6 Sep“Underdetermination of Evidence by Theory”» Jacob Stegenga, IHPST, University of Toronto. Victoria College Room 323, 4-6pm.
• Meric S. Gertler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, has announced that Professor Craig Fraser will serve as Acting Director of the IHPST during 2011-12 while Professor Anjan Chakravartty is on leave.
• Professor Paul Thompson will be the IHPSTâ€™s Director of Graduate Studies beginning September 1, 2011.
13-15 MayMetaphysics and the Philosophy of Science» The University of Toronto. Contact.
•Congratulations to the following fellowship winners: Aaron Wright Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship; Cory Lewis SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship; Michael Cournoyea, SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship reversion; and OGS winners Agnes Bolinska, Melissa Charenko, Michael Cournoyea, Aleksandar Djedovic, Alexander Koo, Eleanor Louson, Menolly Lysne, Andrew Munro, Sarah-Jane Patterson, Katherine Watson, and Michael Stuart (reversion). In addition, the following students who will be entering the graduate program in the fall have been awarded fellowships: Chris Conway, Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship; Kristen Schranz, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s Scholarship; and Adam Richter, Avie Bennett Award.
•Congratulations to Bert Hall on achieving the rank of Emeritus Professor in Victoria University.
3 May4th Annual GTA Symposium on History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine» The University of Guelph. Please contact Tara Abraham or Sofie Lachapelle for more information
13 AprLet Newton Be!» A play by the Menagerie Theatre Company. 7pm, Isabel Bader Theatre, University of Toronto.
18 MarHAPSAT Conference - The Regimen of Bodily Health: Nutrition and Natural Knowledge»9am-6pm, Northrop Frye Hall (003).
14 MarAccess Denied: Medicine, Trust, and Experimental Treatments»7:00-8:30 p.m., Northrop Frye Hall (Room 003), followed by a reception in Alumni Hall, ground floor of Old Vic, Victoria College.
•Congratulations to Leslie Tomory, who has just accepted a Mellon Postdoc at McGill University starting this fall.
•Congratulations to Delia Gavrus on receiving a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, which she will take up next academic year at McGill.
•Congratulations to Vivien Hamilton on receiving a tenure track Assistant Professorship in the Department of Humanities and Social Science at Harvey Mudd College, in California.
•Congratulations to Janet Martin-Nielsen on receiving a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Science Studies at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.
•Congratulations to Boaz Miller on receiving an Azrieli Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Haifa.
•Congratulations to Mark Solovey on receiving the Charles Warren Fellowship at Harvard University.
•The IHPST is pleased to welcome Dr. Jacob Stegenga who will be arriving on May 1, 2011 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (PhD, Philosophy, University of California – San Diego, 2011). His specialization is the philosophy of science, philosophy of biology and the philosophy of medicine. Jacob will be at the IHPST until May 2013.
•Congratulations to Denis Walsh, winner of this year's Falling Apple Award.
•Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Kiran van Rijn Essay Competition, Paul Greenham for his essay, "The Lutheran Body and Textual Rhetoric: Philip Melanchthon's Understanding of the Body as Rhetorical Text," and Jenna Healey for her essay, "Knowing the non-parent: studies of the voluntarily childless in social scientific literature, 1970-1980."
10 DecWORKSHOP: Visual Representation in Science» Victoria College 304. Contact Aaron Wright for details.
3 DecScientific Material Culture at the University of Toronto» 3rd Floor Victoria College, Presented by IHPST and the University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection, 3-5pm
22 OctWORKSHOP: The Role of Mathematics in Science» Private Dining Room, Burwash Hall, Victoria College, Presented by IHPST and the Logic and Philosophy of Science Group
10 OctWORKSHOP: The History of Science and Medicine in Cold War Latin America» 208N Munk Centre, To be held in conjuction with the annual conference of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
25 SepWORKSHOP: Philosophy of BiologyVictoria College 323 from 9am to 6pm. Contact Denis Walsh for details.
•Congratulations to Delia Gavrus, winner of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences Award for Outstanding Student Essay, for her paper "Men of Dreams and Men of Action: Neurologists, Neurosurgeons and the Performance of Professional Identity, 1920-1950."
•The IHPST is pleased to announce that it will be hosting two post-doctoral fellows over the next 2 years. They are:
Dr. Angela Byrne (Ph.D., History, National University of Ireland) who will be at the IHPST from October 1, 2010 to October 31, 2012. She has been awarded a Government of Ireland CARA Postdoctoral Mobility Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Byrne’s research area is scientific and cultural researches in the sub-Arctic: a comparative study of exploratory travels in Scandinavia and Canada, 1800-1830.
Dr. Josipa Petrunic (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) who will be at the IHPST from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2012. She has been awarded a SSHRCC Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Dr. Petrunic’s research area is history and sociology of scientific knowledge.
•Congratulations to Delia Gavrus, this year's winner of the Harold N. Segall Prize for the best student paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine.
•Congratulations to the following individuals who were successful in the major grant competitions:
Curtis Forbes and Jenna Healey have won SSHRC doctoral fellowships. They were also successful in the OGS competition. Michael Cournoyea, Gwyndaf Garbutt, Cory Lewis, and Sarah-Jane Patterson have won OGS awards. Eugene Earnshaw-Whyte is on the reversion list.
•Congratulations to Denis Walsh on his promotion to the rank of Full Professor, effective 1 July 2010!
•Congratulations to Anjan Chakravartty, Nikolai Krementsov, and Chen-Pang Yeang for being awarded SSHRC Standard Research Grants this year.
7-9 May MS4» Models and Simulations Conference
4 May 3rd Annual GTA Symposium» Ryerson University [poster]
25 Apr 6th Annual HAPSAT Conference - Instruments: Mental and Material» Keynote: Jacalyn Duffin (Queen's University): "Stethoscope: Technology and the Meaning of Life"
14 Apr Spring Council Meeting» 304 Victoria College, 11am-1pm, Light refreshments to follow in Common Room
1 Apr Textbooks in Science»Victoria College 107
19-21 Mar Challenges to Evolutionary Theory »Victoria College
•Congratulations to Sylvia Nickerson, whose son, Colin Joseph Patrick Neary, was born 28 January at 4:16pm. Baby, mother, and father are all doing well!
•The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology would like to announce and congratulate Janet Nielsen, who has successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Janet Nielsen!
19 Mar Proposals Due: HAPSAT Conference - Instruments: Mental and Material» Conference to take place 25 April
10 MarChaos Workshop» 9am-3pm, Victoria College Private Dining Room
6 Mar Order of the Falling Apple Party» 7-10pm, Masa Sushi, 15 Charles St. E.
4 Mar Peter Galison» 4-6pm, VC 213. This is a Joint Colloquium for the IHPST and Science and Culture Group (SciCult)
2 Mar Trust in the New Sciences - Colin Milburn» 7:30pm, Isabel Bader Theatre,
2 Mar IHPST Reception» 6:00pm, Common Room
26 FebSubmissions Due: Spontaneous Generations - Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture» A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science
9 FebHow Much Does Religion Tolerate Science?» Toronto School of Theology, BoardRoom 1, 47 Queen's Park Crescent W, 10am-5pm
8 OctYork History and Theory & IHPST present Denis Fox» Room 206 Victoria College, 7pm
Nov 2009Origin of Species at 150 » a celebratory conference

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