SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
December 2-21, 2005

Fri 2-		Dibner Institute Conference: The World of Michael of Rhodes
		Sat 3		Organizers: Pamela Long, David McGee, Alan Stahl
				Registration is free, but space is limited.  RSVP to Dawn Davis Loring
				at dloring@mit.edu or 617-253-8721.  For updated confernce information,
				visit http://dibinst.mit.edu/mor-conference

Fri 2		Modern Times, Rural Places Seminar
		Sanemori's Revenge:  Insect Technologies, Eco-System Accidents, and 			Environmental History in Japan
                        Brett Walker, Associate Professor of History, Montana State University–Bozeman
		2:30-4:30, MIT, E51-095

Tues 6		Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquia
				Ranking Rankine: 
				W.J. Macquorn Rankine and the Making of Engineering Science
				Ben Marsden, University of Aberdeen
				12:00-2:00 p.m., Dibner Institute, E56
		Please RSVP (dibner@mit.edu; 617-253-6989) if you plan to attend.

Tues 13	Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquia
		‘Rooted in History and Culture’: Accidents and Engineering 
		in the Manned Space Program, 1967-2003
				Alexander Brown, Dibner Institute Graduate Student Fellow
				12:00-2:00 p.m., Dibner Institute, E56
		Please RSVP (dibner@mit.edu; 617-253-6989) if you plan to attend.

			Harvard History of Science Colloquium
				Maps, Empire, and Benjamin Franklin
				Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University
				4:00 p.m., Harvard, Science Center, Room 469
			Please call 617-495-3741 for more information

Thurs 15	Ivory Tower Working Group (ITWG)
		Arne Hessenbruch,
		12:00 noon, Harvard, History of Science 252
		Lunch will be served; please RSVP to Ben at jhurlbut@fas.harvard.edu.
		The texts are available for photocopying in the History of Science Department, 
		4th floor, outside the grad lounge.
		NOTE:  The ITWG will meet every other Thursday

Mon 19	HASTS End-of-Term Meeting
		10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (lunch at 11:30), E51-095
		Please rsvp to Kris Kipp (kipp@mit.edu)

	Wed 21	Institute Faculty Meeting
			3:30, MIT Stata Center, Kirsch Auditorium E32-123