January 23
Annual Science Studies Symposium: Douglas Allchin, "Teaching Science Lawlessly." Program in History of Science and Technology; Naomi Scheman, "Objectivity as Trustworthiness." Department of Philosophy; Alan Gross, "VerbalVisual Interaction in Science." Department of Communications Studies; University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.

January 30
"Stephen Jay Gould, Niles Eldredge, and the 'True' History of Punctuated Equilibria." David Sepkoski, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

February 6
"The Story of N: Sustainability and Society's Changing Interaction with the Nitrogen Cycle." Hugh Gorman, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University

February 13
"Sympathetic Contagions and Investment Scheme Crazes: Mesmerism and Nineteenth-Century Theories of Social Influence." David Schmit, Department of Psychology, College of St. Catherine

February 20
"Darwinian Evolutionary Ethics: Between Patriotism and Sympathy." Peter Richerson, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis. Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.

February 27
"Is Chess the Drosophila of AI? Computer Games as Experimental Technologies in Artificial Intelligence." Nathan Ensmenger, Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania

March 6
"Herman Boerhaave and the Demarcation of Chemistry from Alchemy." John Powers, Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University. Sponsored by Program in the History of Medicine.

March 13
No Colloquium: Spring Break

March 20
No Colloquium: Spring Break

March 27
"On Actual and Virtual Chances." Frederick Kronz, National Science Foundation. Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.

April 3
"Impersonal Rule: Logistical Power and the Canal du Midi." Chandra Mukerji, Communication Studies, University of California, San Diego. Cosponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study and Theorizing Early Modern Studies.

April 10
"Studying Behavior Biologically: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of Ethology." Richard Burkhardt, Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

April 17
Special Colloquium in Honor of Professor Alan E. Shapiro.
Speakers: Jed Z. Buchwald, Noel M. Swerdlow,

April 24
"Evolution and Relativism." Jon Marks, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.

May 1
"What's 'The Big Idea'?: Patents and the Ideology of Invention." Kathryn Steen, Department of History & Politics, Drexel University

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Lectures are held on Fridays at 3:35 p.m. in room 131 of the Tate Laboratory of Physics on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (refreshments at 3:15 p.m. in room 216). Please check our website (www.hst.umn.edu) for updates. For further information, please contact Barbara Eastwold at (612) 624-7069 or eastw002@umn.edu.