[Sci-tech-public] Reminder -- today's STS colloquium by Steven Lubar is at the MIT Museum @ 4:00 pm

[Debbie Meinbresse]

In case you missed the announcement I sent around last Thursday, 
today's STS colloquium will be held at the MIT Museum.  Map: 
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N52

See you at the MIT Museum at 4:00!

Debbie

>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:02:38 -0400
>To: sci-tech-public at mit.edu, linda_schneider at harvard.edu, 
>sheila_jasanoff at harvard.edu, Jessica_eykholt at harvard.edu, 
>schweber at fas.harvard.edu, emendels at fas.harvard.edu, 
>wright2 at fas.harvard.edu, mbachman at MIT.EDU, aharring at fas.harvard.edu
>From: Debbie Meinbresse <meinbres at mit.edu>
>Subject: October 1st STS Colloquium & Schedule of Events:  September 
>29 - October 5
>
>Please join us at the MIT Museum at 4:00 pm on Monday, October 1st, 
>for a special event co-sponsored by the STS Program and the MIT Museum:
>
>Collecting the Twentieth Century
>Steven Lubar, Brown University
>
>Abstract
>Most history museums focus their collecting and exhibitions on the 
>eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Even museums with an interest 
>in science and technology tend to ignore recent history, leaving 
>that to science centers and, in a few cases, to hobbyists. My talk 
>will explore the challenges of collecting and presenting recent 
>history, suggesting the advantages that this new focus might offer 
>for attracting new audience and providing perspective on both the 
>past and the present.
>
>Bio
>Steven Lubar is Professor of American Civilization and History and 
>Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University, 
>where he directs the Public Humanities Program. From 1982 to 2004, 
>he was a curator and department chair in the history of technology 
>at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, where he 
>worked on many exhibitions, including Engines of Change: The 
>American Industrial Revolution and America on the Move. Prof. Lubar 
>has written widely on early American technology and invention, the 
>history of museums, and museum practice. His Ph.D. is from the 
>University of Chicago, his BA from MIT.
>
>Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N52
>
>Please note:  A schedule of events for the period September 29th 
>through October 5th is available on the STS website 
>http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html.
>
>Debbie Meinbresse
>STS Program, MIT
>617-452-2390

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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