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Kerry Magruder, Curator; and JoAnn Palmeri, Librarian

New Department website at the College of Arts and Sciences

This events blog is no longer being updated. Please see the new website for the Department of the History of Science at this url: http://cas.ou.edu/hsci

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Reeds on Renaissance Herbals

THIS COLLOQUIUM IS CANCELLED Public lecture: From the Margins to the Gutters 
in Oklahoma’s Renaissance Herbals: A Demonstration and Preliminary Report When and where: Friday, May 6, 2011, 3:30 – 5 pm, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, … Continue reading

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Pandora: Pixelated Humanism

Public lecture: Pixelated Humanism: The Digital Vernacular and the Ghost of Carl Becker When and where: Friday, April 22, 2011, 3:30 – 5 pm, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, BL 521. Who: Dr. Katherine Pandora, Associate Professor, … Continue reading

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Stewart: Muck is the Mother of the Meal Chest

Public lecture: Muck is the Mother of the Meal Chest: Agricultural Chemistry and Affinity in Eighteenth Century Britain When and where: Friday, April 8, 2011, 3:30 – 5 pm, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, BL 521. Who: … Continue reading

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Midwest Junto for the History of Science

UPDATED: Junto program (pdf) ———- Dear Friends and Colleagues, We’re just a few days shy of the deadline for paper proposals (22 February) and about six weeks shy for this year’s Midwest Junto meeting (1-3 April) here at UNL, and … Continue reading

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Remaining Colloquia, Spring 2011

This is a provisional list of the remaining colloquia still to come this spring semester of 2011. Unless otherwise noted, colloquia will be held in the Harlow Room of the History of Science Collections, Bizzell Memorial Library (directions), from 3:30 … Continue reading

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Valentine’s exhibit in the History of Science Collections

UPDATE: The Valentine’s exhibit will remain open through Friday, March 11! ————- A new exhibit in the lobby of the History of Science Collections opens today: A Valentine’s Celebration: Matters of the Heart from Science, Stage & Story This joint … Continue reading

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Gerali on “The Geologist and Oil: Giovanni Capellini”

Public lecture: The Geologist and Oil: Reflections on the First Steps of the Oil Industry through the Experiences of Giovanni Capellini (1833-1922) When and where: Friday, February 11, 2011, 3:30 – 5 pm, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma … Continue reading

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Siddons on Sensibility and Science

Public lecture: Sensibility and Science: Interpreting Two Mezzotints after Joseph Wright of Derby When and where: Friday, January 28, 2011, 3:30 – 5 pm, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, BL 521. Who: Dr. Louise Siddons, Assistant Professor … Continue reading

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Peter Soppelsa, “Tracks in the City”

Public lecture: ‘Tracks in the City’: Problems of Urban Railways in Paris, 1870-1914 When and where: Friday, January 12, 2011, 3:30 – 5 pm, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, BL 521. Who: Dr. Soppelsa is Lecturer in … Continue reading

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