Sessions from 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Building E51 Room 095
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2004 – 2005

October 22
Slavery and the “Sunny South”: Climate, Race, and Place
Mart Stewart, Professor of History, Western Washington University

December 10
A Tale of Two Cities: Mining, Health, and Nature on the Western Frontier
Gregg Mitman, Professor of History of Medicine, History of Science, and Social Studies, University of Wisconsin

February 4
Tropical Infertility: Scientific Research on Soils and People in Equatorial Africa, 1880-1940
Helen Tilley, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University

February 18
Caring for Nature: Practical Zoology and Nature Protection in Nineteenth Century Germany
Lynn Nyhart, Associate Professor of History of Science, University of Wisconsin

March 11
Wrangling over the Range: Land Ownership and the Fate of the American West
Patricia Limerick, Professor of History and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Director, Center for the American West

April 8
Safari Culture: Gorilla Expeditions in the African Highlands or Domesticating the Wild from Paul du Chillu to Dian Fossey
Janet Browne, Professor of the History of Medicine, University College, London

April 22
Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Dogs as Gambling Technology in Nineteenth Century Britain
Edmund Russell, Associate Professor of Environmental History and History of Technology, University of Virginia

May 6
The Man-Eating Tiger a Colonial Myth? Four Centuries of Confrontation between Humans and Tigers
Peter Boomgaard, Senior Researcher, Royal Netherlands Institute of South East Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), Professor of Indonesian History, University of Amsterdam

For more information contact Margo Collett. This seminar series is sponsored by MIT’s History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society.