Celebrating 50+2 years of Scholarship: 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

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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.

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.

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