Courtesy Listing - Spring 2007
Sponsored by the Portuguese Studies Program
In cooperation with the Centro de História das Ciencias
of the Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa

Mini-Conference: Science in Portugal – A Historical Perspective
What Do Peripheries Have To Do With Science And Technology?

Introduction of Participants - 1:00 p.m.
Maria Elvira Callapez
Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar, Office for History of Science and Technology and Portuguese Studies Program

Presentation of the Scope of Debate - 1:10 p.m.
What about the history of science and technology in Portugal?
Ana Simões, Maria Paula Diogo and Henrique Leitão

What Role for Portugal in the Scientific Revolution? - 1:20 p.m.
Henrique Leitão
Center for the History of Science of the University of Lisbon

Portuguese Engineering and the Metrics of Progress - 2:10 p.m.
Maria Paula Diogo
Center for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the New University of Lisbon

Einstein in Portugal? The Appropriation of Relativity by Portuguese Astronomers - 3:00 p.m.
Ana Simões
Center for the History of Science of the University of Lisbon

Break - 3:50 p.m.

Debate - Question & Answer - 4:00 p.m.

1:00-5:00 PM
Monday, April 2, 2007
223 Moses Hall

Office for History of Science and Technology, 543 Stephens Hall #2350
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-2350
tel: (510) 642-4581, e-mail: ohst@berkeley.edu