Events

Kira Lussier, Postdoctoral Researcher cross-appointed at the Institute for Management and Innovation at the University of Toronto Mississauga and at Rotman’s Institute for Gender and the Economy

Elise Burton, University of Toronto

“Genetic Crossroads: The Middle East and the Science of Human Heredity”

Burton will present on her new book, Genetic Crossroads: The Middle East and the…

Wayne Soon, Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College

"Global Medicine in the Republic of China, 1946-1970."

Wayne Soon argues that global connections and transnational medical cultures…

Ahmed Ragab, Richmond Visiting Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Williams College

Time and time again: clocks, memory and the temporalities of Islamic Sciences

In 1203, the huge clock (…

Jules Gill-Peterson (She/Her), University of Pittsburgh

A Vernacular Science of Gender: Trans History After Transsexuality

This talk explores how transgender studies has come to idealize a…

Beans Velocci (They/Them), Department of History, Yale University

“Apparent Exceptions Occur”: Trans Methods for the History of Sex Classification

Trans histories have primarily focused on trans…

Adrianna Link, Ph.D., Head of Scholarly Programs, American Philosophical Society Library & Museum

Urgent Anthropology and the Archival Imperative

What does it mean to create an anthropological…

Rebecca Mueller, University of Pennsylvania, Doctoral Candidate

"Covid-19 & Disability: through the lens of cystic fibrosis"

Please join Science Beyond the West this Friday, November 6th at 3:30 PM for a session on "Translating Science" with…

Overwhelmed, Alone, Uncool: Visions of the Listener in Algorithmic Recommendation

Who are recommender systems for? Algorithmic recommendation is a ubiquitous feature of the contemporary internet, filtering…