Portrait of Copernicus
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Upcoming Events for Fall 2009



November 13 (Friday) at Noon
BYOI (Bring Your Own Idea)
November 17 (Tuesday) at 6:30 pm
Colloquium: J. L. Heilbron, University of Oxford
“Don Quixote among the Stars: Galileo Transformed by his Telescope.”

Please note the 6:30pm start time.

Location: 984 Memorial Library (Special Collections). Cookies & coffee will be available at 6:15pm. University Lecture, cosponsored by the Department of Astronomy, Isthmus Society, UW Space Place, the Department of Special Collections, and the Center for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.
November 20 (Friday) at Noon
No Brown Bag - HSS meeting in Phoenix
November 27 (Friday) at Noon
No Brown Bag - Thanksgiving Holiday
December 1 (Tuesday) at 4:00 pm
Colloquium: Cynthia Connolly, Yale University
“TB or not TB: Children and Tuberculosis Prevention in the United States, 1900-1945.”

Location: 984 Memorial Library (Special Collections). Cookies & coffee will be available at 3:45pm.

Brown Bag talks occur at Noon on Fridays. Usually held in the Bradley Seminar Room, rm. 204 in the Bradley Memorial Building, some Brown Bags take place in Memorial Union or the Red Gym; see the specific event entry for atypical location details.

Colloquia are usually held on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM in Memorial Library Room 984 (the seminar room for the Department of Special Collections). Refreshments at 3:45pm. Directions: From the 1st floor take the elevator marked "South Stacks and Special Collections" to the 9th floor (this is across the corridor to the right of the three elevators that serve most of the building). Visitors who are not members of the university should inform the front desk that they are attending the History of Science Colloquium; you will need to show a form of ID, and will be issued a day pass.

 
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