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Celebrating 50+2 years of Scholarship: UPenn Department of the History and Sociology of Science

In October 2022, the University of Pennsylvania HSS Department commemorated it's 50th anniversary, delayed two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over two days, alumni, faculty, and current students gathered to discuss the department's history, its contributions to the field and new directions scholarship might take.

 

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Plenary Presentations: Past, Present, Future
 

A conversation with Department Founder and Science History Institute Founder Arnold Thackray
 

History of Science: The State of the Field
 

History of Technology: The State of the Field
 

History of Medicine: The State of the Field

Plenary Presentations: Past, Present, Future
 
Chair: M. Susan Lindee
Department Chair, Janice and Julian Bers Professor, HSS
 
 
 
 
Steven Shapin
Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
 
 
 
 
Keith Wailoo
Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs, Department of History, Princeton University
 
 
 
 
Closed captioning available on YouTube.
 
 

A Conversation with Department Founder and Science History Institute Founder Arnold Thackray
 
Introduction by David Cole
Science History Institute
 
 
 
 
Moderator: Jeffrey L. Sturchio
HSS PhD alum, and former chairman and CEO at Rabin Martin
 
 
 
 
Arnold Thackray
HSS Department Founder and Science History Institute Founder
 
 
 
 
Closed captioning available on YouTube.
 

History of Science: The State of the Field - Friday
 
Chair: Cameron Brinitzer
USC-Berggruen Fellow
 
 
 
 
Moderator: Sebastián Gil-Riaño
Assistant Professor, HSS
 
 
 
 
Lynn Nyhart
Robert E. Kohler Professor of History of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
 
 
 
 
John Tresch
Professor and Mellon Chair, Warburg Institute
 
 
 
 
Jeremy Vetter
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Arizona
 
 
 
 
Joanna Radin
Associate Professor of History of Medicine and History, Yale University
 
 
 
 
Mary Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
 
 
 

 

Closed captioning available on YouTube.

History of Technology: The State of the Field
 
Chair: Zachary Loeb
PhD Candidate, HSS
 
 
 
 
Moderator: Elly Truitt
Associate Professor, HSS
 
 
 
 
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
HSS Professor Emerita
 
 
 
 
Deborah Fitzgerald
Professor of the History of Technology, MIT
 
 
 
 
Amy Slaton
Professor, Department of History, Drexel University
 
 
 
 
Stephanie Dick
Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
 
 
 
 
Whitney Laemmli
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University
 
 
 
 
 
Closed captioning available on YouTube.
 
 

History of Medicine: The State of the Field
 
Chair: Leah Samples
PhD Candidate
 
 
 
 
Moderator: Robert Aronowitz
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, HSS
 
 
 
 
Rosemary A. Stevens
Professor, DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS Professor Emerita
 
 
 
Steven Feierman
HSS Professor Emeritus
 
 
 
 
Mary Fissell
Inaugural J. Mario Molina Professor in the History of Medicine, Department of the History of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
 
 
 
 
Dominique Tobbell
Centennial Distinguished Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia School of Nursing
 
 
 
 
Eram Alam
Assistant Professor, Department of History of Science, Harvard University
 
 
 
 
Jessica Martucci
Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies, HSS 
 
 
 
 
Closed captioning available on YouTube.