Monday, November 13, 2023
Location: Browsing Room, Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid Street.
This symposium brings seven speakers to campus to tell the often forgotten stories of women in science from the 16th-century to the present. This history can shape how budding and practicing scientists imagine themselves, the arc of their careers, their fields, and even their subjects of research and the way in which it is pursued. Through the history of science, we can re-imagine how science can connect to social justice.
Co-sponsors: College of Arts and Sciences, The Center for the Study of Women in Society, Knight Library, Special Collections and University Archives, the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Oregon Humanities Center, the Center for Science Communications Research, Women in Graduate Sciences, Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering, and the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, History, Philosophy, and Physics.
8:30-8:45: Breakfast
Pastries, Coffee and Tea
8:45-9:00: Welcome
Chris Poulsen (UO), Tykeson Dean of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon
Vera Keller (UO), Department Head, History
9:-10:30: First Session
9:00-9:30: Alisha Rankin, Professor, History, Tufts University
Chemistry for Ladies? Women and Distillation in Early Modern Europe
9:30-10:00: Michele Pflug, PhD candidate, History, UO
Object of Empire: Materiality, Gender, and Insect Collecting in the Early Eighteenth Century
10:00-10:30: Margaret Carlyle, Assistant Professor, History, University of British Columbia
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-12:00: Second Morning Session
10:45-11:15: Elizabeth Hoeim, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Forge and the Fireside: Gendered Spaces in Victorian STEM Books
11:15-11:45: Elizabeth Yale, Assistant Professor, History, University of Iowa
11:45-12:00: Student commentators offer brief wrap-up comments
12:00-1:30: Lunch
[12:30-1:30: Tour of related materials in Special Collections, 2nd Floor North, Knight Library, Paulson Reading Room, limited space available, sign-up sheet available at breakfast]
1:30-1:40 Welcome Back
Sangita Gopal (UO), Director, Center for the Study of Women in Society
1:40-2:25: Jenna Tonn, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Human-Centered Engineering, Department of Engineering, Boston College
How to Create a Life in Science: Class, Social Status, and Sexuality Among Women in Zoology
2:30-3:30: Keynote Lecture
Introduction: Nadia Singh, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Professor of Biology, UO
Professor Lisa Weasel (PSU)
Gender in the history and future of science: Seeing the forest for the trees
3:30-4:15: Concluding Roundtable
Connecting Science with Social Justice
MC: Alex Cohen, Assistant Professor of Science and Risk Communication, School of Journalism and Communication, UO
4:15-5:15: Reception
