[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology/ Graduate Student Conference - Princeton University, April 4th and 5th

[David Kaiser]

Subject: Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology/ Graduate 
Student Conference
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:34:56 -0400
From: "Amy C. Shortt" <ashortt at Princeton.EDU>


Announcing the 43rd Joint Atlantic seminar for the History of Biology 
to be held Saturday, April 5th, 2008, and hosted by the Program in 
History of Science at Princeton University. The seminar has 
been organized and coordinated by  scholars in the history of biology 
in the Northeast for 43 years. Our mission is to foster a sense of 
community and provide a forum for sharing and critiquing graduate 
research by peers from a variety of institutions and backgrounds.

Please note that on Friday, April 4, from 11 am-5 pm, there will be 
an additional graduate student conference, Apparatus XY, featuring 
seven papers on gender, sexuality, and science.  You are invited to 
come early to attend this event as well. The full program is posted 
on hos.princeton.edu


PROGRAM SCHEDULE :

43rd Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology


Saturday, April 5

8:45 am coffee and bagels available in 210 Dickinson Hall

9:10-9:15 Welcome

9:15-10:30 am Session 1 Better Breeding?

Chair: Nathan Comfort, John Hopkins University

A Crop of Better Babies: Industrialization of Children's Health in 
America, 1910-1920

Meggie Crnic, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania

Herd Books, Breeders' Associations, and Natural History in the United 
States, 1860-1899

Brendan Matz, History of Science and Medicine, Yale University

10:30-11:00 am coffee break in 210 Dickinson

11:00 am-12:15 pm Session 2 Heredity and Development

Chair: Susan Lindee, University of Pennsylvania

Investigating the Criminal Chromosome: Narratives of the XYY Controversy

Ami Karlage, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Johns 
Hopkins University

Comparing regulative processes to understand development: An 
examination of John Tyler Bonner's Morphogenesis
Mary Sunderland, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University


12:30-2:00 pm Lunch in 210 Dickinson

2:00-3:15 pm Session 3 Natural History and Evolution

Chair:  D. Graham Burnett, Princeton University

Adventures Through Time: Barnum Brown's Abyssinian Expedition of 1920

Lukas Rieppel, History of Science, Harvard University

Stephen Jay Gould vs. Conway Morris: Design Space and Its 
Implications for Evolution

Keynyn Brysse, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 
University of Toronto

3:15-3:45 pm coffee break in 210 Dickinson

4:00-5:30 pm Roundtable: New Directions in the History of Biology

Chair: Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton University

6:00 pm Banquet at Triumph Brewery



THERE IS NO FEE FOR THE SEMINAR, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THE 
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MONDAY, MARCH 24TH.

To register, please contact Amy Shortt at ashortt at princeton.edu or by 
phone at 609 258 6705. Please include your name, institutional 
affiliation, and contact information; also indicate whether or not 
you plan to attend the Saturday evening banquet.

All conference activities will take place in Dickinson Hall. Click on 
the following link for a campus map: 
<http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/map/map+key.pdf>http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/map/map+key.pdf

Helpful information regarding your visit to campus is available here 
on the Princeton website: 
<http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/>http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/

Also a list of local hotels is available: 
<http://www.campustravel.com/university/princeton/visit2.htm>http://www.campustravel.com/university/princeton/visit2.htm

And local restaurants: 
<http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/region/restaurants/>http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/region/restaurants/



If you have any further questions, please contact Amy Shortt at 
ashortt at princeton.edu or 609 258 6705.




_______________________________________
David Kaiser		dikaiser at mit.edu
Associate Professor
Program in Science, Technology, & Society
and Lecturer, Department of Physics
Building E51-185
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Phone: 617 452-3173	Fax: 617 258-8118
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