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CHSTM Research Seminar: 12 December 2023

by Carsten Timmermann | Feb 27, 2023 | Events, Seminars

Dr Joy Zhang (University of Kent)
What science will have been: A reflection on global governance and the practice of science

CHSTM Research Seminar: 2 May 2023

by Carsten Timmermann | Feb 27, 2023 | Events, Seminars

Dr Scott Midson (University of Manchester)
Eros, erotics, robotics: Towards a critical reading of perfection in lovotics

Special Seminar: 26 January 2023

by Carsten Timmermann | Jan 12, 2023 | Events, Seminars

Dr Nils Hansson, Centre for Health and Society, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
The Gender Award Gap: Invisibility of women in medical prize cultures

CHSTM Research Seminar: 6 December 2022

by Carsten Timmermann | Oct 1, 2022 | Seminars

Professor Penny Harvey, Dept of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
Geology as Unconforming Infrastructure: Engineering the containment of nuclear waste

CHSTM Research Seminar: 22 November 2022

by Carsten Timmermann | Oct 1, 2022 | Seminars

Dr. Alexander Medcalf, Dept of History, University of York
“The most extensive photographic collection in the world”: Seeing Health “through the eyes” of the WHO, 1948-90’

CHSTM Research Seminar: 25 October 2022

by Carsten Timmermann | Oct 1, 2022 | Seminars

Dr Noémi Tousignant, Dept of Science and Technology Studies, UCL
Cheap survival and a too-expensive vaccine: Racial valuation and Hepatitis B in Africa, 1980s-90s

CHSTM Research Seminar: 11 October 2022

by Carsten Timmermann | Oct 1, 2022 | Seminars

Dr. Aditya Ramesh, Department of History, University of Manchester – Inventing the Urban River: The Case of the Cooum in Madras City

David Shreeve Doctoral Studentship in the History of Medicine

by Carsten Timmermann | Sep 30, 2022 | Studentships

The University of Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) and John Rylands Research Institute invite applications to undertake a fully funded 3 year doctoral studentship researching the history of neurology, neurosurgery and the brain sciences in Britain across the twentieth century.

Scientific Data in Science Diplomacy: Introducing the new ERC project Neworld@a

by Carsten Timmermann | Feb 11, 2022 | Events

Please join us on 24 February for the launch meeting for a major new research project, funded by the European Research Council and directed by Dr Simone Turchetti. The meeting will be in hybrid format and attendance is free. Below you can find the programme and a...

Joint CHSTM/EAS Research Seminar: 16 Feb 2022

by Carsten Timmermann | Jan 13, 2022 | Events, Seminars

Please join us for a Joint CHSTM/EAS Research Seminar on Wednesday 16 February, 4-30-6pm.The seminar will be delivered in Hybrid format: live in the Simon Building, Theatre E, and online via Zoom. Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/hyungsub-choi-masksAttendance...