Vol. 42, No. 2, April 2013
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Article:
Medical Traditions: An Emerging Discipline
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Article: The Past, Present, and Future of a Treasure Trove
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Article:
"Grandma got STEM"
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Article: Lessons from Uneasy Careers…
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Upcoming Conference
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Why Did HSS Conduct A Climate Survey?
Vital Traditions: Greco-Roman Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Twenty-First Century
In Honor of Heinrich von Staden
Princeton University
19-20 April 2013
In a world where medicine and the life sciences increasingly shape how we understand and imagine who we are and the milieu we live in, what can we learn from the early history of these fields of inquiry? And what does their modern study bring to our grasp of ancient and medieval cultures? Over the past few decades, Heinrich von Staden has played a pioneering role in bridging past and present and in putting Greco-Roman science and medicine into dialogue with the history and philosophy of science, the natural sciences, cultural studies, and contemporary intellectual culture. "Vital Traditions" will celebrate Heinrich's achievements and capitalize on the intellectual momentum he has created.
The confirmed speakers include Markus Asper (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); Rebecca Flemming (University of Cambridge); Maud Gleason (Stanford University); Jacques Jouanna (Université de la Sorbonne-Paris IV); Helen King (Open University); Shigehisa Kuriyama (Harvard University); G. E. R. Lloyd (University of Cambridge); Vivian Nutton (University College London); Philip van der Eijk (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), and Heinrich von Staden (Institute for Advanced Study)
All are welcome. There is no fee, but advance registration, ideally by 31 March, is strongly encouraged. To register, please visit http://www.princeton.edu/classics/edita/conferences/vitaltraditions/ or contact Lucy Weise at lweise@princeton.edu.
Questions may be directed to Brooke Holmes bholmes@princeton.edu and Joshua Katz jtkatz@princeton.edu.
The 125th Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of America
Several history sessions are planned for the 125th anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver 27-30 October 2013, among them T145, Great Books in Geology (maldrich@smith.edu for details) and T149 Parade of Presidents of the Geological Society of America (senewcomb@earthlink.net). The abstract of your history of geology papers may be submitted online at www.geosociety.org. The deadline is 6 August 2013.