2008 HSS Annual Meeting (Joint Meeting with PSA)
6-9 November, Pittsburgh, PA
Program
Click here for the final version of the 2008 HSS program, or here for PDF version. For the entire program (including hotel layout) click here (1Mb PDF)
This is a joint meeting with the Philosophy of Science Association. Your registration fee allows you to attend the PSA sessions.
Annual Meeting Registration
Pre-registration is now closed. You may register onsite at the Omni William Penn, 17th floor, beginning at 1 p.m. EST on 6 November.
Onsite registration rates: $140.oo (HSS member); $70.00 (HSS student member); $165 (non-member); $90 (student non-member/low income or retired)
You may sign up for the following tours while registering onsite.
Tour to Muddy Creek
Note: You may still register onsite for this tour.
Friday, 1-5 p.m. Discover the early oil and gas industry around Pittsburgh and visit the fields between Pittsburgh and Muddy Creek (guided by geologist Kathy Flaherty). DVDs on the early oil industry in Pennsylvania will be shown during the bus ride (including "Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake," made in 1954 and starring Vincent Price as Colonel Drake.) If we do not receive sufficient bookings by the close of business on 14 October, HSS-supplied transportation will be cancelled and your $15 payment refunded.
Tour of the Hunt Institute
Note: The bus to the Hunt Institute is now full. We can accept no further bookings.
Friday, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science. The institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files. During the field trip curators will display and discuss items from their historical collections for conference attendees. Also included is a gallery exhibit on renowned botanical artist Pancrace Bessa (1772-1835). If we do not receive sufficient bookings by the close of business on 14 October, HSS-supplied transportation will be cancelled and your $10 payment refunded.
Abstracts
Abstracts for the 2008 HSS Meeting are available here, or in PDF version, here.
Hotel Information
The 2008 HSS conference will be held 6-9 November at the Omni William Penn hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. The hotel address is 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (or call 1-800-843-6664 or 412-281-7100).
Due to a remarkable response, our conference hotel, the Omni William Penn, has sold out. We are negotiating with two hotels for overflow space: the Doubletree, located directly behind the Omni (about a 2-minute walk), and the slightly more elegant Westin, which is down the street from the Omni (about a 5-minute walk). The DoubleTree has agreed to match our conference rate of $125 US, excluding taxes (14%) but we must fill our block of rooms so please try the DoubleTree first. The Westin rate is $189 US plus taxes.
Doubletree: The code for online reservations is "HSS." Make a reservation by first entering in the date to the right side of the screen. It will then take you to the reservation screen where there is a space that will ask you the group code – enter in "HSS" and go from there to make your reservations. Note: most of the hotel rooms that are available have just a single queen bed available. However, for two or more guests in a room, there are a limited number of queen suites, with a sofa pullout bed in a separate room, that are available. Queen single rooms cannot accommodate a roll-away bed. If you call the hotel directly, you may be able to book a room with two double beds. The number is 1.412.281.5800. The group rate of $125 is no longer available due to the full booking of our room block.
Westin: There is no code for reservations. The group rate of $189 is available only until 15 October.
Important: We have been informed that a major football game will be played at Pittsburgh during the conference period. This will significantly reduce the number of hotel rooms available in the city. Book early!
FAQs
Helpful hints on presenting a paper
Helpful hints for conference audiences and commentators
Helpful hints on chairing a session
Rates for HSS Program and Newsletter advertising, and inserts in delegate packets.
History of Innovation in Pittsburgh
Restaurant Guide to Pittsburgh
Book Exhibit
There is still time to book your table for the annual meeting, advertise books in the meeting program, or contribute a book to the Collective Book Exhibit. Print the online brochure, fill it in, and post it to us.
2008 Book Exhibit and Publishers' Brochure (PDF)
Local Arrangements Committee
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Jim Bogen, chair
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John Erlen
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Jim Lennox
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Lance Lugar
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Sandra Mitchell
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Wilfried Sieg
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David Hounshell
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John Norton
Sponsors
The History of Science Society and the Philosophy of Science Association thank the following supporters and sponsors
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University of Chicago Press, Journals Division
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The Legacy of R.L. Moore Project
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Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press
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The School of Arts and Sciences (University of Pittsburgh)
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science (University of Pittsburgh)
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Center for Philosophy of Science (University of Pittsburgh)
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Marjorie Webster
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Department of Philosophy at the University of Michigan
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