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Scientific Authority: The Role of Instruments & Institutions
Graduate Conference
Graduate Student Conference
Indiana University, Woodburn Hall Room 200
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Graduate Student Association
Presentations
Presentations
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Judith A. Houck
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Judith A. Houck
Dr. Judith A. Houck, Professor of History of Science and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her expertise lies in medical history, bioethics, and women’s health research. In 2024, she published Looking through the Speculum: Examining the Women’s Health Movement, which highlights local history to tell a national story about the evolution of the women’s health movement, illuminating the struggles and successes of bringing feminist dreams into clinical spaces.
Original Graduate Research
Original Graduate Research
Graduate students will be presenting their own research with opportunity for feedback and meeting peers.
We invite graduate students from any background, including but not limited to History, Philosophy, Sociology, Political Science, Folklore, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, etc.
We invite graduate students from any background, including but not limited to History, Philosophy, Sociology, Political Science, Folklore, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, etc.
The authority of science is due in part to the academic, private, and governmental institutions that have provided scientists with the means to communicate their work, fund projects that require specialized or costly instrumentation, and collaborate with other like-minded individuals. This year's conference will focus on these aspects of the scientific process, highlighting how they shape the production of knowledge. Questions related to these themes are increasingly relevant today:
The authority of science is due in part to the academic, private, and governmental institutions that have provided scientists with the means to communicate their work, fund projects that require specialized or costly instrumentation, and collaborate with other like-minded individuals. This year's conference will focus on these aspects of the scientific process, highlighting how they shape the production of knowledge. Questions related to these themes are increasingly relevant today:
How do scientists establish authority?
Does scientific knowledge have a special status?
What should the relationship between science and government be like?
How do scientific instruments (e.g., the microscope, satellite, telescope, fMRI, EEG, artificial intelligence) contribute to knowledge production and the perceived authority of science?
What is the relationship between authority and expertise?
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