UC-STANFORD WORKSHOP IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
MAY 5-7, 2000
Co-hosted and co-sponsored by
UCLA Center for Cultural History of Science, Technology and Medicine and
UC Berkeley Office for History of Science and Technology
with financial support from the UCLA School of Medicine
UC-STANFORD WORKSHOP IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Friday, May 5
The workshop on Friday is open to all attendees. It draws primarily upon UC and Stanford scholarly resources, and is designed to address predominantly methodological, historiographic and professional issues.
Sessions will take place in 3335 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley.
FRIDAY, MAY 5
9:00 - Coffee & rolls
9:15 - Panel Discussion: Organized by Zuoyue Wang
Chinese Science and Society in the Twentieth Century: New Trends in Historiography
Brian Greene (UCLA)
Lyman Miller (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
Jim Williams (UC Berkeley)
Zuoyue Wang (Cal Poly Pomona)
10:45 - Coffee break
11:00 - Panel Discussion
Rethinking the Scientific Revolution
Margaret Jacob (UCLA)
Bill Eamon (New Mexico State University)
Paula Findlen (Stanford University)
12:45 - Luncheon Discussion
Applying History of Science Outside the Classroom
Henry Lowood (Stanford University Libraries)
Glenn Bugos (The Prologue Group, Redwood City)
Howard Rootenberg (B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, Los Angeles)
2:00 - Symposium: Organized by Ted Porter
Historicizing Objectivity: The Values of Science and Its Public Credibility
Sonja Amadae (UC Berkeley)
"Objectivity, Postmodernism, and Policy Science"
Minghui Hu (UCLA)
"Provenance in Contest"
Josh Dunsby (UC San Diego)
"Regulatory Sciences, Pollution Standards, and the Measurement of Danger"
Charles Thorpe (UC San Diego)
"Vocation, Discipline, and Objectivity"
Ted Porter (UCLA), Commentary
5:00 - Reception
