2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

HSS 2000 Program
Friday, 3 November
3:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m.
*indicate session organizer(s)
Friday, 3 November
Music and Science in Cultural Context
(Prince of Wales)
Anna␣ Sofie Christiansen, University of Copenhagen, Hermann Scherchen’s
Gravesano Project: Cultural Globalization through Scientific Verification of
Western Art Music
*Charles␣ M. Brotman, University of Rochester, Helmholtzian Acoustics in a
Darwinian Key: James Sully, Edmund Gurney, and the Psychology of Music
in Victorian Culture
Brandon Konoval, University of British Columbia, Music and the Book of
Nature: Pythagorean Tradition and Empirical Mathematics in the Discourses
of Vincenzo Galilei
CHAIR AND COMMENTATOR: Amy␣ S. Bix, Iowa State University
Victorian Crisis of Objectivity: The Revolt Against Scientific
Completeness
(Plaza East)
Joan␣ L. Richards, Brown University, Sophia and Augustus DeMorgan’s Faith
of Mind
*Paul␣ J. Croce, Stetson University, William James on the Healing Arts
Frederick Gregory, University of Florida, Continental Critiques of Scientific
Objectivity
CHAIR AND COMMENTATOR: Jon Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Friday, 3 November
7:30 p.m.— 9:00 p.m.
*indicate session organizer(s)
Nature’s Empires:
Museums and the Cultivation of Knowledge in the Pacific
Part II—Creating Memories
Session cosponsored by the Pacific Circle
(Prince of Wales)
John Barker, University of British Columbia, Dangerous Artifacts: A Case
Study in Local and Global Negotiations of the Meaning of Indigenous Objects
Alexia Bloch, University of British Columbia, Crisis or Crossroads?: Museums
in the Russian Far East Reinterpreting State Narratives
Kerri␣ A. Inglis, University of Hawaii, The Representation and
Commodification of Suffering: Kalaupapa National Historical Park
CHAIR: Roy MacLeod, University of Sydney
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