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Reading Groups

The Stanford History of Science Reading Group began as an endeavor to provide a forum to engage some of the key methodological issues in the History of Science. The group will meet to discuss how to think about science historically, how the history of science fits within the broader discipline of history, and how to make use of developments in related disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, and science and technology studies. The Reading Group will host five dinner presentations on subfields within the History of Science over the course of the Winter Quarter, each of which will be followed by discussion. These meetings are open to the entire History and History of Science community, and we encourage all those interested to attend.

Past Events

April
11
Date
Friday, April 11, 2025, 11:30pm - Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12:30pm
Location:
History lounge room 302
April
4
Date
Friday, April 4, 2025, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location:
Green Library, Room 105b (Bing Wing West)
Please join 'The History of Mathematics' reading group this Friday, April 4, as they begin discussing Ptolemy's Almagest.To Read: Chapters 1-8, Book I
March
20
Date
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 302 (History Lounge)
Celebrating Spring Equinox with a Workshop on Astrolabes
February
28
Date
Friday, February 28, 2025, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
Bldg 200 Room 302
 Room 302, please RSVP to fparviz@stanford
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. 
November
1
Date
Friday, November 1, 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
History Bldg Room 302
History and Philosophy of Science Reading Group first meeting for 2024, Nov. 1, noon-1pm in History Loungeon Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chapter 1 
March
10
Date
Monday, March 10, 2014, 6:00pm
Speaker
Hannah LeBlanc
February
24
Date
Monday, February 24, 2014, 6:00pm
Speaker
Nicholas Levy