SPRING SCHOOL 14-16 MAY 2015: LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD: LAST DAYS FOR REGISTRATION.
LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD
(1800-2000): EXPERTS, ACTIVISM, INDUSTRY AND REGULATION
8th EUROPEAN SPRING SCHOOL ON HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND POPULARIZATION
Last days for Registration
8th EUROPEAN SPRING SCHOOL ON HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND POPULARIZATION
Last days for Registration
May 8, 2015: Deadline for registration
Maó (Menorca), 14-16 May 2015
Organized by: José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez and Ximo Guillem-Llobat
Programme and details:< http://blogs.iec.cat/schct/activitats-2/escola-de-primavera/8th-european-spring-school/>
Full PDF programme already available: <http://www.uv.es/bertomeu/8Springschool/8thSPRINGSCHOOLLIVINGINATOXICWORLD.pdf>
As in previous years, the School is structured in four key-note lectures and a research workshop. The common topics are the mentioned issues regarding the regulation and risk management of toxics from the perspective of different actors (industry, government, experts, activists, stakeholders, patients, etc.) during the last two centuries (1800-2000). The keynote lectures will be delivered by four outstanding scholars covering four particular toxics (fumes, pesticides, lead, and mercury) from the beginning of nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. The workshop «Living in a Toxic World» is organized in three thematic sessions and one poster session. Participants (see detailed programme for details) will present papers on many other toxicants (polymers, aluminium, asbestos, arsenical pigments, etc.) as well as studies on food additives, regulation of drugs and environmental toxicology. Participants will deal with issues related to regulation, standardization, risk management, experts, law, public health, activism, controversies and so on. The School sessions and discussions will be conducted in English.
Organized by: José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez and Ximo Guillem-Llobat
Programme and details:< http://blogs.iec.cat/schct/activitats-2/escola-de-primavera/8th-european-spring-school/>
Full PDF programme already available: <http://www.uv.es/bertomeu/8Springschool/8thSPRINGSCHOOLLIVINGINATOXICWORLD.pdf>
As in previous years, the School is structured in four key-note lectures and a research workshop. The common topics are the mentioned issues regarding the regulation and risk management of toxics from the perspective of different actors (industry, government, experts, activists, stakeholders, patients, etc.) during the last two centuries (1800-2000). The keynote lectures will be delivered by four outstanding scholars covering four particular toxics (fumes, pesticides, lead, and mercury) from the beginning of nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. The workshop «Living in a Toxic World» is organized in three thematic sessions and one poster session. Participants (see detailed programme for details) will present papers on many other toxicants (polymers, aluminium, asbestos, arsenical pigments, etc.) as well as studies on food additives, regulation of drugs and environmental toxicology. Participants will deal with issues related to regulation, standardization, risk management, experts, law, public health, activism, controversies and so on. The School sessions and discussions will be conducted in English.
DEADLINES
May 8,
2015: Deadline for registration
May 14, 2015: Beginning of the school
PROGRAMME
SPRING SCHOOL
Living in a Toxic World (1800-2000): Experts, Activism,
Industry and Regulation
Thursday 14 May 2015
Morning
09:30-11:30 Registration
11:30-12:30 Welcome and Introduction
12.30-13.00 Posters
Evening
16:00-17:00 Gerald Markowitz (John Jay College and
Graduate Center, CUNY) Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of
Children
17:00-17:30 Discussion
17:30-18:00 Coffee break
18:00-20:00 Workshop 1: Toxicants. Comments by Gerald
Markowitz and Nathalie Jas
Friday 15 May 2015
Morning
09:00-10:00 Nathalie Jas (RiTME Research Unit, INRA)
Pesticides. How and why regulating «unruly technologies»? An historical
analysis.
10:00-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Workshop 2: Foods and Drugs. Comments by
Andrew Cunningham
12:30-13:00 Posters
Evening
15:45-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 Thomas Le Roux (Centre de Recherches
Historiques, CNRS/EHESS) Fumes: the great shift of risk management (France,
Great Britain, 1750-1850)
17:00-17:30 Discussion
17:30-18:00 Coffee
18:00–19:30 Workshop 3: Toxic Environments. Comments by
Thomas Le Roux
Saturday 16 May 2015
Morning
09:30-10:30 Andrew Cunningham (Cambridge University)
Mercury rising, mercury falling
10:30-11.00 Discussion
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:30 Concluding Remarks
12:30-13:30 General discussion
14:00 Closing lunch
Place: All sessions will take place at the Institut
Menorquí d’Estudis (Camí des Castell, Maó, Menorca).
Further details: http://blogs.iec.cat/schct/activitats-2/escola-de-primavera/8th-european-spring-school/