AAAS-CHF History Seminar

A Forum on Contemporary Histories of Science, Technology, and Policy

Sponsored by the AAAS Archives and the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Center for Contemporary History and Policy, the AAAS-CHF History Seminar is an informal forum on the social, institutional, and intellectual histories of contemporary policy problems that rely upon science and technology. Invited speakers will explore the historical genesis of a wide range of current policy topics, such as energy, environment, and health. The forum aims to engage scholars with scientists, policymakers, and members of the general public. Please join us.

To RSVP, contact Amy Crumpton [acrumpto@aaas.org or 202-326-6791]. Seminars will be held in the Revelle Conference Room, 2nd floor, AAAS Headquarters, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Light refreshments will be served.

Seminar Schedule 2011

Friday, May 20, 3:30-5:00 pm

"Design for Civil Rights: Disability, Technology and Access before the Americans with Disabilities Act"

Bess Williamson, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, University of Delaware

Friday, March 25, 3:30-5:00 pm

"Informed Choice in Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing for Alzheimer and Other Diseases: Lessons from Two Cases" - SUMMARY

Donna A. Messner, Gordon Cain Fellow, Chemical Heritage Foundation

Seminar Schedule 2010

Friday, November 19, 3:30-5:00 pm

"From Inception to Reform: Unpacking the History of the Toxic Substances Control Act through Archives and Oral Histories" - VIDEO

Jody Roberts, Chemical Heritage Foundation, and Jessica Schifano, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Thursday, October 7, 4:30-6:00 pm, AAAS Auditorium

"Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control" - SUMMARY

James R. Fleming, Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Colby College

Tuesday, June 15, 4:30-6:00 pm

"Creating Networks and Social Worlds: The Rise of the Category Autoimmune Disease in the United States"

Kelly Joyce, Associate Professor of Sociology at the College of William and Mary and Program Director of the STS Program at the National Science Foundation

Tuesday, May 4, 4:30-6:00 pm

"Beyond a 1,000 Words: Catalyzing Climate Adaptation for Video" - SUMMARY

Sabrina McCormick, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at EPA and researcher at George Washington University

Seminar Schedule 2009

Tuesday, December 8, 4:30-6:00 pm

"Technoscientific Diplomacy: Explaining Transnational Authority in U.S.-Japan Earth Observation"

Dan Plafcan, PhD, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

Thursday, November 5, 4:30-6:00 pm

"Don't Worry About the Government? LEED-NC 'Green Building' Rating System and Energy Efficiency in U.S. Commercial Buildings" - SUMMARY

David Hart, PhD, Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy, George Mason University

Wednesday, October 7, 4:30-6:00 pm

"The Rise of Technological Medicine: Consequences for Patients, Doctors and Health Care Reform" - SUMMARY

Stanley Reiser, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Health Care Sciences and of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science

Tuesday, September 8, 4:30-6:00 pm

"The Death of Biomedical Innovation?: Private Foundations, the NIH, and 'Risky' and 'Incremental' Science" - SUMMARY

David Caruso, PhD, Program Manager for Oral History, Chemical Heritage Foundation

Tuesday, July 21, 4:30-6:00 pm

"Agro-Environmental Practice in the Industrial Age: The Scientific and Moral Debate over Adulteration" - SUMMARY

Benjamin Cohen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia

Tuesday, June 16, 4:30-6:00 pm

"What citizens know that scientists don't: Environmental justice and the challenge of 'local knowledge' " - SUMMARY

Gwen Ottinger, PhD, Research Fellow in Environmental History and Policy at the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Center for Contemporary History and Policy

Tuesday, May 5, 4:30-6:00 pm

“Between Markets and Morals: Understanding the politics of patenting biotechnology in comparative perspective" - SUMMARY

Shobita Parthasarathy, PhD, Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Tuesday, April 7, 4:30-6:00 pm

“Defining and defending chemical safety: The political and scientific history of bisphenol A" - SUMMARY

Sarah A. Vogel, PhD, Program Officer, Johnson Family Foundation

Thursday, March 5, 4:30-6:00pm

“What's so scary about nano? Current trajectories and future directions in exploring nanotoxicology" - SUMMARY

Jody Roberts, PhD, Program Manager, Environmental History and Policy, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation