February 12th, 2015 | by freyja | published in Latest news | Comments Off on CfP: Open Session on Valuation Studies at 4S 2015
A direct result from the workshop on Valuation Studies, hosted by CSTMS in December 2014, an open session at 4S has been accepted and is now open for submissions! Please see 4S Open Session #56: “Valuation Studies: The Processes and Politics of Valuing in the World.” This session is co-organized by Freyja Knapp (CSTMS, University of California, Berkeley) Claes-Fredrik… Read more
February 10th, 2015 | by freyja | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on CSTMS Welcomes New STS Designated Emphasis Students
CSTMS welcomed four new STS Designated Emphasis PhD Students last week at our STS-DE reception. We are pleased to announce Jane Flegal, Mukul Kumar, Marcus Owens, and Lindsay Parham have been accepted into the STS-DE. The reception was also a chance to celebrate the successes of current STS-DE students: Lisa Brooks won a Fulbright Hays… Read more
January 27th, 2015 | by freyja | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on Book Release: “Lentil Underground” by Liz Carlisle
CSTMS is pleased to announce the book release from one of our STS Designated Emphasis PhD students! Liz Carlisle is celebrating the release of her book Lentil Underground on February 5 in North Gate Hall, hosted by Michael Pollen. She developed many of her ideas for this book in the STS c250 course, taught by Alastair… Read more
January 21st, 2015 | by freyja | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Call For Papers: “Faking It:” Counterfeits, Copies, and Uncertain Truths in Science, Technology, and Medicine
Abstracts and panel proposals due: February 13, 2015. Conference held: April 10-11, 2015 Hosted by: The Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society at The University of California, Berkeley We invite colleagues to join us for a two day symposium at the University of California, Berkeley on “faking it”–here construed broadly as fudging, imitating, juking, playing the trickster,… Read more
January 9th, 2015 | by samuelevans | published in Latest news | Comments Off on CSTMS Seeks Associate Director of Research
The Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applicants for an Academic Coordinator I in the area of science studies / history of science, at 75% with an anticipated start date of March 1, 2015. This is a one year position eligible for extension. The mission of… Read more
December 16th, 2014 | by freyja | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on CSTMS hosts Workshop on Valuation Studies
CSTMS hosted the first of two “Valuation Studies” workshops, funded by the Peder Sather Center, from December 10-12, 2014. Co-organized with the University of Oslo’s Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), the workshop brought together scholars from Norway, Sweden, Canada, and Berkeley to discuss this emergent field focusing on the practices and politics of values and… Read more
October 10th, 2014 | by raghudivya | published in Latest news | Comments Off on New STS Course in Spring 2015
For the first time, CSTMS, in close collaboration with the undergraduate major in Interdisciplinary Studies, will be offering an undergraduate survey course in STS. Science, Technology, and Society Spring 2015 Lead Instructors: Massimo Mazzotti (History) and David Winickoff (ESPM) Guest lecturers: Freyja Knapp, Marissa Mika, Hélène Mialet, and Michele Pridmore-Brown. Be it bugs, buildings, or bits, what… Read more
October 2nd, 2014 | by raghudivya | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Freyja L. Knapp joins the CSTMS Team
CSTMS is thrilled that Freyja Knapp is joining the Center this semester as a Graduate Fellow. As a long-term member of the CSTMS community, Freyja is excited to be working with the Center this semester and brings a passion for driving CSTMS forward. Freyja will be working on programmatic activity such as the Fall 2014 Colloquium… Read more
September 19th, 2014 | by raghudivya | published in Latest news | Comments Off on Assistant Professor Position in the History and Rhetoric of Science and Technology
The Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the History and Rhetoric of Science and Technology, for an expected start date of July 1, 2015. At the time of application, applicants must either have a Ph.D. or equivalent, or be near… Read more
September 3rd, 2014 | by samuelevans | published in Latest news, Research highlights | Comments Off on CSTMS hosts Workshop on Geoengineering Governance
In an NSF-funded initiative, bSTS Director David Winickoff and CSTMS partnered with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to produce a two-day workshop on geoengineering governance at UC Berkeley from July 21-22, 2014. The workshop was the most geographically inclusive discussion of its kind in this new field, featuring over forty mid-career environmental leaders from thirty countries… Read more
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