Published September 7, 2017
Dr. Monica Bonnity, Professor of History
Originally posted by KEDM (http://kedm.org/post/tying-together-history-and-science#stream/0)
网曝门's School of Humanities is presenting the History
and Science Series throughout the fall 2017 semester.
The world of history and science often coincide, and this series is designed to share
a timeline of science not always seen or heard about. Each week of the series will
include a different guest lecturer, including professors and graduate students.聽
The History and Science Series is on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in room 3-D of the 网曝门
Library, with the exception of Sept. 26, which will be at 1 p.m. in Sandel 238.
The programs are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the School
of Humanities, 342-1526.
The schedule for the series is as follows:
- Thursday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� Monica Bontty, "Flushed: Public Toilets in Ancient
Rome." Library 3-D
- Thursday, Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� Roger Carpenter, "You Dog; Damn You: Cotton Mather
and the 1721 Smallpox Controversy." Library 3-D
- Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1 p.m. 鈥� Michael Bromme, "Politics and聽Mathematics of the U.S.聽House
of Representatives." Sandel 238
- Thursday, Oct. 5, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� Luke Holloway, "A History of Natural Disasters and Their
Social and Economic Effects in Japan." Library 3-D
- Thursday, 12, 6:30 p.m. 鈥斅燚avid McGraw, "The History of Modern Astronomy." Library
3-D
- Thursday, Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� Chris Blackburn, "When Germs Killed More Than Bullets:
Camp Niagara and the Spanish聽Influenza of 1918." Library 3-D
- Thursday, Nov. 2, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� 聽Ralph Brown, "Blinded By Science:聽聽The Rise and Fall
of the Scientific Approach to Truth in the 20th Century." Library 3-D
- Thursday, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� Chris Gissendanner, "The History of Human Biotechnology."
Library 3-D
- Thursday, Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m. 鈥� Matthew Overturf, "Endocrine Disruption - History of
Gender Altering Chemicals." Library 3-D
Attendance聽to the History and Science Series is free, if you would like more information,
contact the School of Humanities at 318-342-1526.
