lectures-and-keynotes

Conference 22-24 July, European Cultural Centre of Delphi The conference delves into Greece's scientific and cultural diplomacy across the 20th century to the present, emphasizing its impact on European and international organizations. Papers will illuminate how scientific, technological, and cult...

We are excited about the invitation of STGS chair member Ralf Mitschke as a panellist for the screening of "Feminism WTF" followed by a discussion on April 11. The documentary “Feminism WTF” explores the question of how power and dependency relationships in society can be broken down. On April 11, 18:15 at the Experimentiertheater in Erlangen (admission free), presented by the Office for Gender and Diversity at FAU. Event language: German, English subtitles requested.

13. Dezember 2023, 12:00 – 13:00 Ort: Hörsaal H, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen und per Zoom   Maria Rentetzi as Speaker in a Lecture at the Department of Physics: Women in physics: you cannot be what you cannot see (followed by round table at 1:30 p.m.; see below) Abstract: tba ...

Were women written out of the history of science? Or was science history written from a masculine perspective, concerning  topics and sites explored? Did history of science ignore those roles that were predominantly feminine? This seminar offers an opportunity to address these questions by putting t...

download the flyer here. As the Russian war in Ukraine has forced the redrawing of the global geopolitical map, national foreign science policies face novel challenges: from climate change and the role of artificial intelligence in all aspects of human life to the reemergence of the nuclear threa...

Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi will be part of a panel discussion with officials of the IAEA and other leading experts and will discuss the evolution of the Standards from various perspectives including the IAEA’s role in their development, their practical use in Member States and their dissemination. Wit...

Discussing with Hans-Jörg Rheinberger A roundtable on: Split and Splice: A Phenomenology of Experimentation University of Chicago Press, 2023.   The experiment has long been seen as a test bed for theory, but in Split and Splice, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger makes the case, instead, for trea...

By today’s standards, it is almost shocking to see how radium was handled in the US in the early 20th century. Its inward journey from the exclusionary space of the scientific laboratory to the intimacy of the bedroom highlights first and foremost how corporate priorities and the emerging nuclea...

Guest lecure by Derek Kramer, University of Cambridge The guest lecture will take place on the 9. May at 10am CEST. Please register here to attend via zoom. Abstract: In the spring of 1948, the lights in Seoul went out. The blackout marked thepostcolonial collapse of the peninsular electric ne...