The colloquium meets generally three times per quarter on Thursdays at 4:30pm in the Lane History Building, Room 307, unless noted below.

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Colloquia 2024-25

Current & Upcoming Colloquia

March
20
Date
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 12:00pm - Monday, March 20, 4045, 1:37pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 302 (History Lounge)
Discover the fascinating world of astrolabes, a key astronomical instrument used across different cultures.

Past Colloquia

March
10
Date
Monday, March 10, 2025, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Talk Location History Building Room 307
Surekha Davies, Ph.D. Author, speaker, historian Fellowships Chair & Board of Directors Member, Renaissance Society of America
March
3
Date
Monday, March 3, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
As part of the Stanford Environmental and Climate History Workshop, student organizer Julia Fine.  Co-sponsored by the Stanford History Department and Global Studies. 
February
28
Date
Friday, February 28, 2025, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 302
 Room 302, please RSVP to fparviz@stanford
February
20
Date
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall
The reciprocal dynamics between humans and their environments in socio-natural sites, or “industryscapes,” call out for interdisciplinary study.
February
20
Date
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 307
February 20, the Program in Science, Technology & Society is sponsoring a talk by Prof. Emily Merchant from UC Davis, on “Fabricating Facts in Behavior Genetics.”  
February
10
Date
Monday, February 10, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 307
As part of the Stanford Environmental and Climate History Workshop, student organizer Julia Fine.  Co-sponsored by the Stanford History Department and Global Studies. 
February
3
Date
Monday, February 3, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 307
As part of the Stanford Environmental and Climate History Workshop, student organizer Julia Fine.  Co-sponsored by the Stanford History Department and Global Studies. 
January
31
Date
Friday, January 31, 2025, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 302 Lounge
The second meeting of the Winter quarter for the HPS Reading group will be held on Friday, January 31, at 11:30, in Room 302, History Corner.
January
17
Date
Friday, January 17, 2025, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 302 Lounge
The first meeting of the Winter quarter for the HPS Reading group will be held on Friday, January 17, at 11:30, in Room 302, History Corner.
November
15
Date
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:45am - 1:00pm
Location:
History Lounge room 302
We will discuss the second chapter of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of the Scientific Revolutions.