2019-2020 Colloquia

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

WE REGRET THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CDC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND STANFORD'S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS, WE WILL HAVE TO CANCEL THE REMAINING EVENTS FOR THE YEAR. PLEASE CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES ON EVENTS THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR THE FALL OR BEYOND.

Past Events

November
20

Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with the Latin American Environmental /History of Science workshop

Date
Friday, November 20, 2020, All day
in an informal conversation with Dr.
May
15

Early Modern Mobilities Workshop

Date
Friday, May 15, 2020, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Speaker
Leonardo Barleta, Stanford University, Giovanna Cesarni, Stanford University, Anne Conchon, Paris Sorbonne I, David Eltis, Emory University, Federica Favino, visiting Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow, Stanford, Patricia Murrieta-Flores, Lancaster, Tiago Gil, University of Brasilia, Jo Guldi, Southern Methodist University, Howard Hotson, Oxford University, Hagar Kotef, SOAS London, Rachel Midura, Stanford University, Katie McDonough, Turing Institute, London, Massimo Meccarelli, Università di Macerata, Diego Pirillo, UC Berkeley, Dan Riches, University of Alabama, Rosa Salzberg, Warwick, Luca Scholz, Manchester, Suzanne Sutherland, Middle Tennessee State, Nick Terpstra, University of Toronto, Thomas Wallnig, University of Vienna
See more on the project and the conference at Early Modern Mobility
May
7

Climate Roundtable with Deborah Coen, Yale University, Lydia Barnett, Northwestern University, and Paul Edwards, Stanford University

Date
Thursday, May 7, 2020, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
History Building 200, room 02 (tentatively)
May
5

Silvia Sebastiani from EHESS, Paris

Date
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, All day
Location:
Room tentatively History room 105
'Doubts about Man': Orangutans and Global Markets in Enlightenment Debates
April
9

Magnus Altschäfl, visiting student researcher from LMU Munich, Germany

Date
Thursday, April 9, 2020, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Room Tentatively History room 13
Building cooperation - embracing competition. The Biotech research center Munich-Martinsried
March
5

Marie Ghis Malfilatre, visiting postdoctoral scholar at CISAC from INSERM (IRIS-GISOP 84), Paris, sponsored by the France-Stanford program.

Date
Thursday, March 5, 2020, All day
Location:
History Bldg 200 Room 202
From Occupational Health to Nuclear Safety: A study of the Ongoing Controversy Surrounding Subcontracting and Precarity at Work
February
27

Porter Williams, University of Southern California

Date
Thursday, February 27, 2020, All day
Location:
History Building, room 202
Julian Schwinger, Renormalization, and Ineffective Field Theory
February
7

Workshop on SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND FAITH IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: THE WORLD OF THE GALILEANS

Date
Friday, February 7, 2020, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
History Building 200, Room 307
Participants include:
January
30

Justin E. H. Smith, University of Pari

Date
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Building 200, History Lounge (Room 302)
The Harmony of Languages and the Unity of Reason: 18th-Century Reflections on Linguistic Diversity and Human Origins
January
30

Mary X. Mitchell, Purdue University with Helen Kang

Date
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Encina Hall, C231
The Dilemma of Nuclear Insecurity and Limits of Law"