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Friday,
April 11, 2008
Georgia Institute of Technology
5:00pm-7:00pm
Welcoming Remarks & Reception
Robert C. Williams Paper MuseumJoin other conference registrants and faculty from Georgia Tech for wine and hors d'ouvres at this fascinating venue.
All of the exhibits and the museum store will be open. Parking is convenient and free for conference registrants.7:00pm -
Visit Atlanta!Have a great evening on your own or with your colleagues in Midtown Atlanta. Less than a mile from the Paper Museum, you'll find yourself in the heart of Midtown where you can choose from nearly fifty restaurants and night clubs. You may want to start your evening near Tech Square, stopping in at Barnes & Noble's Georgia Tech Bookstore.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Joseph W. Jones Room
Robert W. Woodruff Library
Emory University
All conference events on Saturday and Sunday will be held in the Robert W. Woodruff Library in the center of campus.
Free visitor parking is available all weekend at the Fishburne parking deck.8:00am-8:30am: Coffee
8:30am-10:00am: Panel 1 - Scientific Instruments and Tools
Jason Calahan: Georgia Institute of Technology
From Viking I to Opportunity: The History of Mars Planetary Exploration Conducted by NASA
Steve Case: University of Mississippi
The F. A. P. Barnard Collection and Scientific Atmosphere in the South
Theresa Levitt: University of Mississippi
Radical Almanacs and the Amalgam of Social and Natural Kinds
Michal Meyer: University of Florida
Communicating by the Book: The Hidden Instruments of Science in Mary Somerville's Work10:00am-10:30am: Refreshment Break
10:30am-noon: Panel 2 - History of Disease
Michael Thompson: Emory University
Acclimated Negroes and Unacclimated Immigrants: The Impact of Yellow Fever Epidemics upon Labor Competition on Charleston's Antebellum Waterfront
John Tone: Georgia Institute of Technology
The Mosquito Man: Carlos Finlay and the Conquest of Yellow Fever
Matthew White: University of Florida
Whatever Happened to Polio?
Shlomit Finkelstein: Emory University
Are Documents Sufficient?noon-1:30pm: Lunch
Several restaurants are available on the Emory campus or in the Emory Village, just a five-minute walk from the center of campus.1:30pm-3:00pm: Panel 3 - Public Use / Response to Cold War Technologies
Martha Reiner: Miami-Dade College
Patent Policy, Small Groups, Geographic Adjustment, and Television in Scientific, Corporate, and Independent Innovation and Entrepreneurship after World War II
David Burke: Auburn University
Seismograph - Please Do Not Eat: Project Dribble and Lamar County, Mississippi
Andrew Baird: Auburn University
From ARPANET to the Internet: Security and Risk with a Democratic Technology3:00pm-3:30pm: Refreshment Break
3:30pm-5:00pm: Panel 4 - Bodies and Representation
Yuan-ling Chao: Middle Tennessee State University
Rationalizing the Body: Government and Medicine in the Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Christina Gerken: Bowling Green State University
Controlling Women's Bodies: A Brief History of Provider-Dependent Contraceptives
Susan Rensing: Mississippi State University
Making Marriage Scientific: Eugenic Marriage Laws in America6:30pm-7:30pm: Wine Reception
Join your colleagues on the top floor of the Woodruff Library overlooking Emory's campus enjoying the balcony and a view of downtown Atlanta. You'll enjoy a selection of bottled water, beer or wine and tasty hors d'oeuvres.7:30pm-9:00pm: Dinner
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Joseph W. Jones Room
Robert W. Woodruff Library
Emory University
8:00am-8:30am: Coffee
8:30am-10:00am: Panel 5 - Regionalism
Stephen Brain: Mississippi State University
A Failed Revolution in Forest Science
Natalia Starostina: Georgia Institute of Technology
Representing Interwar France: French Railways and New Discourses on French National IdentityMary McGuire: Virginia Commonwealth University
Mary Watkins's Civil War: An Ecological Analysis
Charles Israel: Auburn University
Unleashing a "perfect horde of half educated nincompoops": The Sewanee Medical College (1892-1909)
10:15am-11:45am: Concurrent Panel 6 - Ecosystems and Landscapes
Chris Manganiello: University of Georgia
The Nature of Southeastern Lakes: Reservoirs and Recreation in the Savannah River Valley (1944-1990)
Jessica Barella: Florida International University
Landscape of Fear: Hidden Missiles in the Great PlainsLevi Van Sant: University of Georgia
Ecosystem Ecology: A Southern Science
10:15am-11:45am: Concurrent Panel 7 - Water Management
Bridget Bihm-Manuel: University of Florida
Public Health, Wastewater Technology, and Urban Growth in Post-World War II Florida
Marlin Kann: Florida International University
Impact of Tourist Demand on Water Quality: Miami Sewerage (1947-1957)
Eric Hardy: Georgia Institute of Technology
Drawing Water from Rock: Water Resources and the Early Settlement of the Atlanta Metropolitan Regionnoon-1:00p: Lunch & Roundtable Discussion
2008 Co-Hosts:
School of History, Technology,
and Society at Georgia Institute of Technology
CONTACT: Lynne Graziano
Center for Health, Culture, and Society at Emory University
CONTACT: Aukje Kluge