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Presentations in the Cultures and Knowledge Workshop Series range across historical and disciplinary boundaries, and provide a major component of SIFK's inquiry into the process of knowledge formation and transmittal from antiquity to the present day. SIFK faculty, postdocs, fellows and guests present research-in-progress for real-time feedback from a broadly cross-disciplinary community of scholars. Presentations take the form of a 45-minute presentation followed by a lively 25 minute discussion, and are open to all members of the University of Chicago community.
Noon-1:20 PM via Zoom
Please see the events calendar https://sifk.uchicago.edu/events/category/15/Workshops/ to register.
Monday, November 1
Of Types and Trees: Evolutionary Thought, Ancient DNA and Research on the Human Past
Hannah Moots
Monday, November 15
The Dog Years: A History of Beagle Science
Brad Bolman
Monday, November 29
Fact Culture: Polling and the Politics of Objectivity
Tal Arbel
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Prof. Dan Holz features in New York Times article, How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air
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Prof. Daniel Holz discusses new research that shows black holes may form in different ways than expectedIn the Media
Benoit Roux featured in article by Phys.org, Molecular pump study explores how brine shrimp thrive in high salinity
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The article focuses on a study he conducted with multiple other scholars titled "A Na pump with reduced stoichiometry is upregulated by brine shrimp in extreme salinities""Features
Kristine Palmieri Highlights Women Astronomers in New Article for Physics Today
November 06, 2023
In “They were astronomers,” IFK postdoctoral researcher Kristine Palmieri presents the vibrant history of women workers at UChicago’s Yerkes Observatory in the early twentieth century.In the Media
Jordan Bimm featured in The Scientific American “Artemis I Launches U.S.‘s Long-Awaited Return to the Moon”
November 16, 2022
Artemis I: The first flight test of the world’s most powerful rocket will send an uncrewed spacecraft to lunar orbit and back.News
How companies can be legal, but unethical
July 01, 2022
Scholars Kimberly Kay Hoang and Hal Weitzman discussed their new books, which both explore how corporations around the world exploit loopholesNews
James Evans’ Research Featured in “The Cost of Zoom”
April 28, 2022
All those Zoom meetings could be stunting innovation at work.News
Brad Bolman receives various honorable mentions for essay awards and research grant
December 02, 2021
Honorable mentions from FHHMLS Graduate Essay Award and FHHS John C. Burnham Early Career Award and Received Royal Society Lisa Jardine GrantNews
Ana Klimchynskaya receives the Science Fiction Research Association Support a New Scholar Grant!
December 02, 2021
Congratulations to IFK Postdoc Ana Klimchynskaya on receiving the Science Fiction Research Association Support a New Scholar Grant! The New Scholar Program supports scholars of outstanding promise inNews
IFK Faculty Eve L. Ewing and Michael Rossi Receive the 2020 and 2021 Laing Awards
November 15, 2021
IFK Core Faculty Michael Rossi and SIFK Faculty Research Grant Recipient Eve Ewing recently received the prestigious 2020 and 2021 Laing AwardsIn the Media
America Needs a New Scientific Revolution
November 05, 2021
James Evans' research on scientific progress and the "ossification" of researchAnnouncements
Eve Ewing selected to give the faculty welcome at the inauguration of President Paul Alivisatos
October 27, 2021
Ewing is an award-winning author and sociologist of education whose work focuses on the impact of racism and social inequality in K-12 public school systemsIn the Media
Dido’s Bar: The Origin Myth featuring Shadi Bartsch Zimmer
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Dido's Bar podcast with guest Shadi Bartsch on Virgil's Aeneid, why it's so brilliant and how it's retained so much resonance and significance todayIn the Media
IFK Postdoc Jordan Bimm comments on Jeff Bezos’ commercial space station
October 26, 2021
Blue Origin, the private aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced plans Monday to launch a commercial space station, named Orbital Reef.