Faculty & Staff Travel Grants & Virtual Conference Funds | due April 1
The Holtz Center is pleased to offer travel awards of up to $1000 to Holtz Center faculty and staff members presenting STS-related research at conferences. Two cycles of awards are made annually.
For the spring 2021 award cycle, the Holtz Center is also accepting requests for virtual conference funds.
Visiting Lecturer, Annemarie Mol | March 4
What is it to value? The case of clean in the city of Amsterdam
STS Takes on COVID-19
The Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies is collecting various COVID-19 resources from our membership across the UW-Madison campus. We know that you, as experts in your field, will have a lot to share on this topic.
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Science and technology studies (STS) is a growing field of study that seeks to understand how science and technology shape human lives and livelihoods and how society and culture, in turn, shape the development of science and technology.
History of The Holtz Center
In the 1990s, Bob and Jean Holtz made an initial commitment that created the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at UW-Madison.
Graduate Program
The Ph.D. minor (Option A) in STS is offered to graduate students who are candidates for a Ph.D. degree in another department or program. The minor is open to students in all campus departments, including the humanities, social sciences, natural scie
Undergraduate Certificate
ISSuES offers undergraduate students an opportunity to interact with the social sciences and humanities in a way that emphasizes the relationship between science, technology, engineering and society.
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March 2021
A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science
STS Lunch Seminar with Alexander Statman, PhD A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Humanities A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science Thursday, March 11, 12:30-1:30 pm Access via Zoom The idea of progress…
Find out more »Annmarie Mol Discussion with STS Graduate Students
Holtz Center graduate students who enjoyed Annemarie Mol’s March 4th presentation, should consider another unique, intimate discussion with Professor Mol next week. STS graduate students are invited to a private, online meeting with Professor Mol…
Find out more »Agribiopolitics: Plants and humans in the age of monocrops in Paraguay
March 23, 12-1 pm, via Zoom Paraguay: Kregg Hetherington: “Agribiopolitics: Plants and humans in the age of monocrops in Paraguay” The Green Revolution in crop development of the mid-20th century is normally told as the…
Find out more »STS Lunch Seminar with Devin Kennedy
STS Lunch Seminar with Devin Kennedy, PhD Assistant Professor, History Thursday, March 25, 12:30-1:30 pm, via Zoom Access via Zoom
Find out more »April 2021
Deadline: Faculty & Staff Travel Grants (for Summer/Fall Travel)
Spring deadline: April 1 for travel Summer/Fall 2021 The Holtz Center is pleased to offer travel awards of up to $1000 to Holtz Center faculty and staff members presenting STS-related research at conferences. For the…
Find out more »Deadline: Faculty & Staff Outreach Fellowship
The Holtz Center offers an annual Outreach Fellowship for UW-Madison Faculty and Staff. The Holtz Center seeks, as one of its key missions, to promote public engagement with questions concerning the relationship of society and…
Find out more »Deadline: Graduate Student Summer Scholar Awards
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies invites applications from UW-Madison doctoral students for research support for the summer each spring. Applicants may come from any disciplinary background as…
Find out more »Deadline: Graduate Student STS Mini Fellowships (Spring)
The pandemic has touched nearly every aspect of graduate student life. It has interrupted research, transformed teaching, and eliminated many on- and off-campus jobs. In order to support students during this time, the Holtz Center…
Find out more »Deadline: Top-Up Fellowships for Continuing Graduate Students
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies offers a program of top-up fellowships for continuing graduate students with research interests in the field of science and technology studies, broadly…
Find out more »STS Lunch Seminar with Chris Kirchgasler
STS Lunch Seminar with Chris Kirchgasler, PhD Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction Thursday, April 8, 12:30-1:30 pm, via Zoom Access via Zoom
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