Events

Colonial Medicine and the Political Economy of Care

Steven Feierman, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology of Science and Prof. Emeritus of History, University of Pennsylvania.

During this…

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…