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XXXI Baltic Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science, Tartu 2024

Scientific Instruments in History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine

University of Tartu, Estonia, 13-15 June 2024

This international conference aims to bring together scholars researching various areas in history and philosophy of science and medicine to our beautiful city of Tartu (Dorpat), Estonia. The year of 2024 has an important place in the history of the University of Tartu as we will be celebrating 200 years since the arrival of world’s best telescope – the Great Dorpat Refractor which was used by astronomer and geodesist Friedrich G. W. Struve to make many important discoveries and studies for 19^th century science. Thanks to the contributions of Struve and other researchers, the Tartu Old Observatory is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as it was the starting point for measuring the Struve Geodetic Arc.

Our main aim is to discuss the scientific instruments and their historical and philosophical implications. However, we also kindly welcome analyses from other fields of history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine from the Baltic region and beyond.

Abstracts for individual 20-minute paper proposals must include: (1) the presenter’s name, email address and job title; (2) the title of the paper; (3) an abstract (max. 300 words).

Pre-constituted panels of 3 or 4 papers must include: (1) an abstract of the panel theme (max. 300 words); (2) a list of presenters (incl. their name, email address, job titles) and their paper titles; (3) name, email address and job title of the session chairperson; (4) abstracts for each paper (max. 300 words each).

Please submit all session and individual paper proposals to Anu Rae (anu.rae@ut.ee) by 25 January 2024. Accepted contributors will be notified by 15 February 2024.

The conference will take place on site from 13-15 June 2024 in Tartu, Estonia, the European Capital of Culture for 2024. The working language is English.

Contact information: Anu Rae (anu.rae@ut.ee), Executive Secretary of the Organization Committee

Suomen oppihistoriallisen seuran ohjelma syksylle 2023 on julkaistu ja löytyy tapahtumasivulta (https://www.oppihistoriallinenseura.fi/tapahtumat/).

Sari Aalto piti SOS:n maaliskuun tilaisuudessa esitelmän aiheesta Lääketieteellinen epävarmuus – näkökulmia lääkärikoulutuksen historiasta 1900-luvun jälkipuoliskolla. Videotallenne esitelmästä on nyt saatavilla oheisen linkin kautta ja se säilyy arkistoituna sivulla Oppihistoriallisia resursseja (Tallenteita).

Torstaina 27.4. klo 17.00 filosofian tohtori Janne Mäkiranta luennoi aiheesta Puhtaan ilman utopia: neuvostoliittolainen ympäristöterveyden tutkimus lännen haastajana. Aikaisemmasta tiedosta poiketen tilaisuus järjestetään etänä Zoom-yhteyksin.

Torsdagen 27.4. kl. 17.00 håller filosofie doktor Janne Mäkiranta ett föredrag om miljöhygienisk forskning i Sovjetunionen. I stället för tidigare information hålls föredraget endast via Zoom.

Linkki Zoom-tilaisuuteen (tunnus: 623 5239 8386 / salasana: 683342)

Suomen oppihistoriallisen seuran kevätkokous pidetään torstaina 23.3. klo 17.00. Kokoukseen voi osallistua ainoastaan etäyhteyksin Zoomissa (linkki; ID: 660 7215 6663, koodi: 851255).

Kokouksen jälkeen klo 17.30 Sari Aalto pitää esitelmän aiheesta: ”Lääketieteellinen epävarmuus – näkökulmia lääkärikoulutuksen historiasta 1900-luvun jälkipuoliskolla.”

Tervetuloa!

Paikka: Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6 00170 Helsinki

Päivien ohjelma (ohjelma ja abstraktit pdf-muodossa):

10.00–10.15                Opening words (Lecture Hall 505)

10.15–11.45                Session 1: Perspectives on Knowledge        (505)

Chair: Johan Östling

Anita Geritz-Zhuang: Drawing the Borders of Legitimate Knowledge in Early Modern Wonder Book Translations

Mikko Myllyntausta: Institutional and Other Knowledge – Parallel Forms of Knowing New Zealand in Early-19th-Century Britain

Julia Dahlberg: Newspapers as mediators of scientific knowledge: Darwinism and the (digitalized) Finnish Press 1859–1879

11.45–13.00                Lunch

13.00–14.30                Parallel Sessions 

Session 2: New Approaches to Disciplinary Histories (504)

Chair: Maija Kallinen

Liisa Kunnas-Pusa: Colonialism, Finnish archaeology, and the interpretations of Stone Age

Petteri Norring:  Normativity and historians – the case of Nordic historiography

Janne Mäkiranta: Animal Agency and the History of Veterinary Medicine

Session 3: Authoring and Communicating Knowledge (505)

Chair: Janne Tunturi

Sara Norja:  Roger Bacon’s alchemical legacy: Tracing the work of a ‘pseudo-author’

Aino Liira: Making Time Visible: Visual chronologies in Early Modern English books

Ahto Apajalahti: Cold War nuclear culture in Finland and beyond

14.30–15.00                Coffee

15.00–16.30                Parallel Sessions

Session 4: Actors and Networks (504)

Chair: Petteri Norring

Ari Tervashonka: Nikola Teslan universaalin sähkön tiedepohja

Marko Piipponen: Bureau for Criminal Investigation – Pioneer of Finnish forensic science 1926–1954

Session 5: Conceptual Approaches (505)

Chair: Soile Ylivuori             

Salla Tuomivaara: Can a conceptual history of animal be written?

Olli Rappe: Combining conceptual history and discourse analysis for studying historical development of a social scientific paradigm – a methodological perspective

Heikki Mikkonen: The Idea of Economic Growth in Finnish Economic Associations from the Late 19th Century until the Second World War

17.00-18.00                 IX Jaakko Suolahti Lecture (Lecture Hall 104)

Professor Johan Östling: Approaches to the History of Knowledge: Arenas, Actors and Circulation

Kahvitusta varten pyydämme ilmoittautumaan seuran sihteerille: sihteeri[at]oppihistoriallinenseura.fi