[Sci-tech-public] Schedule of Events: February

[Debbie Meinbresse]

We have a busy week ahead!   Be sure to check out the complete 
schedule of upcoming events on the STS website 
http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html.

Monday, February 4
STS Special Lecture
Artisans and Their Philosophers: Making and Reflecting upon Early 
Modern Calculating Machines
Matthew Jones, Columbia University
4:00 pm, MIT, E51-095 
[<http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=9001373&date=2008/02/04>abstract]

Tuesday, February 5
STS Special Lecture
Vernacular Science in the Early U.S.: Investigating the New Madrid 
Earthquakes of 1811-12
Conevery Bolton Valencius, Harvard University
4:00 pm, MIT, E51-095 
[<http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=9001542&date=2008/02/05>abstract]

Wednesday, February 6
Seminar on Space Policy and Society
"Seeing Like A Rover": Imaging and Interacting on the Mars 
Exploration Rover Mission
Janet Vertesi, Science and Technology Studies Department, Cornell
5:00-7:00 pm, MIT, 33-116 
[<http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=9001545&date=2008/02/06>abstract]

Friday, February 8
MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History
'Wilding the Farm or Farming the Wild?' The Evolution of Game 
Ranching in Southern Africa, 1960s to the Present
Jane Carruthers, Professor of History, University of South Africa, Pretoria
2:30 pm, MIT, E51-095
co-sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and Program in Science, 
Technology, and Society

Please note that as I receive abstracts for upcoming talks, I will 
include those on the STS website.

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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