2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

Saturday, 4 November
HSS 2000 Program
Forging Alchemical Identities:
Strategies for Legitimating Authority in Early Modern Alchymia
(King George)
Tara␣ E. Nummedal, Stanford University, Gender, Authority and the
Alchemical Career of Anna Maria Zieglerin
Hereward␣ Edmund Tilton, University of Queensland, Count Michael Maier
and the ‘Imposture’ of Rosicrucianism: Defending Alchemy in a Virtual Arena
*Margaret␣ D. Garber, University of California, San Diego, Legitimating
Magic in Post-Rudolfine Prague: The Role of Light in the Alchemical
Philosophies of Marcus Marci von Kronland
CHAIR AND COMMENTATOR: Deborah Harkness, University of California, Davis
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Science and Race in the 20th Century
(Plaza East)
Shang-Jen Li, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, Woman and
Worm: Gender and Patrick Manson’s Parasitological Research
Peder␣ J. Anker, Harvard University/University of Oslo, Holism and Ecological
Racism: The History of South African Human Ecology
John␣ P. Jackson, University of Colorado, Boulder, The Scientist as Social
Activist: The Career of Robert E. Kuttner, 1951-1982
Lisa␣ H. Weasel, Portland State University, Race and Gender through the
Microscope: A Feminist Perspective on Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cell Line
CHAIR: Hamilton Cravens, Iowa State University
Ancient and Medieval Natural Knowledge and Practices
(Plaza Centre)
Karin Tybjerg, University of Cambridge, Wonder Making and the Rhetoric
of Wonder in Hero of Alexandria
Gerardo␣ V. Aldana, Harvard University, (Re-)Creation in Classic Maya
Times: Astronumerology and Secret Knowledge in Kan Balam’s
Mary␣ K.␣ K. Yearl, Yale University, The Time of Bloodletting
Alain Touwaide, Independent Scholar, Arabic Science in Byzantium: The Case of Botany
CHAIR: Joan Cadden, University of California, Davis
Philosophy and Mind in the 18th and 19th Centuries
(Balmoral)
Benjamin␣ W. Redekop, Kettering University, Thomas Reid and the Problem
of Induction: From Common Experience to Common Sense
LeeAnn Hansen, California State University, Fullerton, Constructing a Public
Psychology: Karl Philipp Moritz and the Magzin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde
André␣ R. LeBlanc, CIRST, Université du Québec à Montréal, On Negative
Hallucinations and the Origins of the Unconscious
Alan␣ W. Richardson, University of British Columbia, The Insecure Path of a
Science: Kant and the Rethinking of Logic in the 19th Century
CHAIR: Margaret Schabas, York University
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