We are glad to share the program for the 2023-24 series of the Séminaire romand d’histoire des sciences et des techniques. The seminar is held on Mondays 11am-1pm, usually once a month, in Geneva, Lausanne or Neuchâtel, and online (in “hybrid mode”). Invited speakers will share a work-in-progress or recently published research that will be discussed collectively after a short presentation.
If you’re interested in the seminar and want to receive room & Zoom information, as well as the pre-circulated papers, please subscribe to the seminar mailing list by sending an email (any email) to [email protected].
Jérôme Baudry (EPFL), Bruno J. Strasser (UNIGE), Harro Maas (UNIL) and Gianenrico Bernasconi (UNINE)
Program
9 October 2023, Université de Lausanne
Mary Morgan (London School of Economics): “Narratives and Models in Science”
7 November 2023 (nb: Tuesday), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Yi-Tang Lin (Universität Zürich): “Food and Agriculture Research in the Early People’s Republic of China”
11 December 2023, Université de Genève
Gerardo Ienna (Università di Verona): “A History of Science and Technology Studies Through its Transnational Associations”
19 February 2024, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Brice Laurent (Mines Paris – PSL): “Quelle politique du territoire face à l’extraction des ressources ?”
18 March 2024, Université de Neuchâtel
François Jarrige (Université de Bourgogne): “Du ‘cheval vivant’ and ‘cheval mort’ : penser le moteur animé à l’âge industriel”
22 April 2024, Université de Genève
Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich): “Atmospheric Politics and the Indian Ocean”
13 May 2024, Université de Lausanne
Monika Wulz (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich): “Science, Technology, Gender, and Development Politics: Science Studies in International Socialist Debate”
17 June 2024, Université de Neuchâtel
Rachele Delucchi (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich): “Le vide. Histoire d’un rien productif (1940-1980)”
PAST YEARS
We are glad to share the program for the 2022-23 series of the Séminaire romand d’histoire des sciences et des techniques. The seminar is held on Mondays 11am-1pm, usually once a month, in Geneva, Lausanne or Neuchâtel, and online (in “hybrid mode”). Invited speakers will share a work-in-progress or recently published research that will be discussed collectively after a short presentation.
If you’re interested in the seminar and want to receive room & Zoom information, as well as the pre-circulated papers, please subscribe to the seminar mailing list by sending an email (any email) to [email protected].
Jérôme Baudry (EPFL), Bruno J. Strasser (UNIGE), Harro Maas (UNIL) and Gianenrico Bernasconi (UNINE)
Program
21 November 2022, Université de Lausanne
Sophie Cras (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) : “L’économie au musée. Une histoire des savoirs économiques exposés (XIXe-XXe siècle)”
19 December 2022, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Charlotte Bigg (Centre Alexandre-Koyré, CNRS) : “Communicating Science from the Republic of Letters to Virtual Communities: A Short Technological History of Conferencing”
20 February 2023, Université de Neuchâtel
Tina Asmussen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) : “The Matter of Air: Imagineering Vapors and Spirits in Early Modern Mining”
20 March 2023, Université de Genève
Judith Rainhorn (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) : “Air intérieur et poisons domestiques, XIXe-XXe siècles”
3 April 2023, Université de Lausanne
Verena Halsmayer (Universität Luzern) : “Historicizing the Solow Model: Managing Growth en miniature”
24 April 2023, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Margarita Boenig-Liptsin (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) : “Just Right: An Imaginary of Data and Justice”
22 May 2023, Université de Genève [en ligne]
Etienne Benson (Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftgeschichte) : “The Environment as an Object of Science and a Setting for Collective Life”
19 June 2023, Université de Neuchâtel
Matteo Valleriani (Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftgeschichte) : “Is it Possible to Quantify Historical Temporality?”

We are happy to announce that EPFL, UNIGE, UNIL and UNINE are joining forces to launch a new Séminaire romand d’histoire des sciences et des techniques this year. The seminar will be held on Mondays 11am-1pm, once a month, in Geneva, Lausanne or Neuchâtel, and online (in “hybrid mode”). Invited speakers will share a work-in-progress or recently published research that will be discussed collectively after a short presentation. We’re attaching the program for 2021-2022.
If you’re interested in the seminar and want to receive room & Zoom information, as well as the pre-circulated papers, please subscribe to the seminar mailing list by sending an email (any email) to [email protected].
Jérôme Baudry (EPFL), Bruno J. Strasser (UNIGE), Harro Maas (UNIL) and Gianenrico Bernasconi (UNINE)