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

Colloquia 2026-27

Current & Upcoming Colloquia

September
17

Colin Klein, School of Philosophy at the Australian National University, and the director of the ANU Centre for Consciousness

Date
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
TBA
September
29

Jacob Eyferth, University of Chicago, speaking with the Fiber Optics group at the SHC

Date
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 5:00pm - Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 2:00pm
Location:
SHC Boardroom Wednesday lunch
Book talk Tuesday, Sept 29 at 5pm, location?and speaker at the Fiber Optics SHC group, Wednesday lunch at SHC Boardroom
September
30

Reviel Netz on " The Shaping of Modern Science: Paper Practices in the 17th Century".

Date
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
TBA
with the CMEMS workshop on Sept 30th lunch time talk on " The Shaping of Modern Science: Paper Practices in the 17th Century". 
October
22

Victor Seow, Harvard University, with the Fiber Optics Workshop at SHC

Date
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 5:00pm - Friday, October 23, 2026, 1:00pm
Location:
TALK THURSDAY TBA
lunch Friday at SHC Boardroom
October 22–23 (Thursday–Friday)  Public talk Thursday, October 22 at 5 PM; lunch Friday, October 23. 
October
29

A Conversation with Matthew L. Jones, Princeton, on How Data Happened and the Development of AI

Date
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
TBA, History room 307
 A Conversation with Matthew L.
January
14

Fa-ti Fan, Binghamton

Date
Thursday, January 14, 2027, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
TBA
Talk Thursday, January 14 at 5 PM; student lunch Friday, January 15.
January
22

Hidden in Plain Sight: Vernacular Printed Books on Magic and Nature in Early Modern Europe.

Date
Friday, January 22, 2027, 9:00am - Saturday, January 23, 2027, 5:00pm
Location:
History Building 200, room 307
Confirmed speakers include Valentina Serio, Sarah Prodran, Federico Cortigiani, and Tara Nummedal, Diego Pirillo, Ava Del Sodato, Hannah Marcus, and Lauren Kessel.
January
27

Francesca Fiorani, Commonwealth Professor of Art History, University of Virginia

Date
Wednesday, January 27, 2027, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Green Library
Talk jointly sponsored by HPST and Rumsey Map Center
March
1

Dagmar Schäfer (Max Planck): March 1–5 (Monday–Friday)

Date
Monday, March 1, 2027, 5:00pm - Friday, March 5, 2027, 5:00pm
Location:
TBA
Week-long visit. Full schedule across multiple campus groups is still being scheduled — more details to follow.
April
1

John P. McCaskey, Stanford HPS grad and now at Fordham University, on his new book, Induction: Socrates to Popper

Date
Thursday, April 1, 2027, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
TBA
The problem of induction continues to vex and beguile. How can we reliably draw universal conclusions from limited observations? In Induction: Socrates to Popper, John P.