Midwest Junto for the History of Science

Midwest Junto for the History of Science
50th Annual Meeting, April 13-15, 2007
Iowa State University

Friday, April 13, 2007

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Welcoming reception (appetizers/light supper) and registration - ISU Parks Library,
Special Collections Department (fourth floor)
8:15 - 8:45 p.m.: Special presentation - Gary Cameron, "History's Astronomical Mysteries",
ISU Physics Hall, Planetarium, room B57

Saturday, April 14, 2007

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Breakfast and registration - 131 Ross Hall (see campus map)
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.: Welcome - Dr. Charlie Dobbs, chair, History Department, ISU - 124 Ross Hall

Session #1: 124 Ross Hall:
8:45 - 9:10 a.m.: David Seim (Iowa State University):
"Rockefeller Philanthropy's Division of Labor for Social Science, 1913-29."
9:10 - 9:35 a.m.: Cynthia Bennet (Iowa State University):
"Bridging the Gap: Scientists and the Public in Twentieth-Century America"
9:35 - 10:00 a.m.: Brett Coppenger (Western Michigan University)
"The Notion of the Void"
10:00 - 10:25 a.m.: Katherine Tredwell (Independent Scholar):
"Franz Cumont as Historian of Astrology"

10:25 - 10:45 a.m.: Break - refreshments, 131 Ross Hall

Session #2: 124 Ross Hall:
10:45 - 11:10 a.m.: Samantha Muka (Florida State University):
"Syphilis, The Church, and The Body: Disease, Cause, and Treatment in 17th Century England"
11:10 - 11:35 a.m.: Jacob Steere-Williams (University of Minnesota):
"The Exclusivity of John Netten Radcliffe: Water-borne Disease Epidemiology in Late Victorian Britain"
11:35 a.m. - 12:00: Kirstin Lawson (University of Missouri):
"Sacred Teas, a Sisters' School, and an Indian Priest: Modern Medicine and Holistic Healthcare on the Lac Court Oreilles Ojibwa Reservation, 1885-
1920"

Noon - 1:45 p.m.: Lunch on your own

Session #3: 124 Ross Hall:
1:45 - 2:10 p.m.: Cai Guise-Richardson (Iowa State University):
"The Conservative Egg: Anabolic Womanhood and Scientific Explanations of Separate Spheres, 1870-1900"2:10 - 2:35 p.m.: Blair Williams (Iowa State University)
"Because We Are Here: A New Approach to the History of the Anthropic Principle"
2:35 - 3:00 p.m.: John Stewart (University of Oklahoma) :
"The Development of Quantum Mechanics and Weimar Germany: Revisiting the Forman Thesis"
3:00 - 3:25 p.m.: Gary L. Cameron (Iowa State University):
"Stars for Sale: Commercial Telescopes in America 1910 - 1960"
3:25 - 3:45 p.m.: Break - refreshments, 131 Ross Hall

Session #4: 124 Ross Hall:
3:45 - 4:10 p.m.: Daniela Barberis (Iowa State University):
"The Construction of the Social or, What is the "social" in "social construction"?"
4:10 - 4:35 p.m.: Ryan Boynton (University of Chicago):
"A Feeble Second-Rate Procedure": Goethe and Whitehead on the Role of Thought in the Development of Scientific Understanding"
4:35 - 5:00 p.m.: Susan M. Bentley (University of Louisville):
"Huge Claims for Play: Schiller's Archetype of Humanity, the evolutionary structure of culture and consilience of disciplines"

6:00 p.m.: Junto anniversary banquet, Lucullan's Italian Grill

7:45 p.m. (approximately):
Stuart Pierson Memorial Lecture:
Dr. Alan E. Shapiro (University of Minnesota):
"Newton's Opticks: Thirty Years in the Making"

Sunday, April 15, 2007
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Breakfast - 131 Ross Hall

Session #5: 124 Ross Hall:
8:30 - 8:55 a.m.: Albert Peacock (Florida State University):
"Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation in America: A Quick Response in the Years 1844-1847"
8:55 - 9:20 a.m.: Nathan Crowe (University of Minnesota):
"The Reorientation of Biology and the Creation of the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota"
9:20 - 9:45 a.m.: Eric Ward (Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, & Technology)
"Robert Ridgway and the Early Days of Ornithology at the Smithsonian"
9:45 - 10:10 a.m.: Fae Dremock" (University of Wisconsin):
"The Waters of Imperialism: Cider, Fermentation, and the Royal Society"
10:10 - 10:30 a.m.: Break - refreshments, 131 Ross Hall

Session #6: 124 Ross Hall:
10:30 - 10:55 a.m.: Matthew Kennedy (Iowa State University):
"We May Find in the Long Run that Tinned Food is a Deadlier Weapon than the Machine Gun- George Orwell"
10:55 - 11:20 a.m.: Ryan T. Austin (Iowa State University):
"A Commitment to Public Ownership: Ames Municipal Electric Utility,
1890-1940."
11:20 - 11:45 a.m.: Kaya Tolon (Iowa State University):
"Speculating Scientifically: Evolution of the Delphi Method"
11:45 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.: Somaditya Banerjee (University of Minnesota):
"On the Origins of the Raman Effect"
12:10 - 12:30 p.m.: Junto business meeting and conference conclusion

MANY THANKS TO OUR JUNTO ANNIVERSARY SPONSORS:

• Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Iowa State University History Department
• Iowa State University Progran in History of Technology and Science
• Iowa State University Parks Library, the Library Dean's Office, and Special Collections