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.
Visiting Lecturer Nancy Langston | Oct 14
Climate Ghosts: Migratory Species in the Anthropocene
Panel on HEAL | Oct 28
Humanities Education for Anti-racism Literacy (HEAL) in the Sciences and Medicine
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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April 2021
From Cement to Solar: Scenes from a Moroccan Anthropocene
From Cement to Solar: Scenes from a Moroccan Anthropocene STS Lunch Seminar with Daniel Williford, PhD, Assistant Professor, History Thursday, April 22, 12:30-1:30 pm, via Zoom Access via Zoom At first glance, cement and solar…
Find out more »Deadline: Undergraduate Research Opportunity
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies is active in enhancing undergraduate education through multiple activities, including its Certificate, Integrated Studies in Science, Engineering, and Society (ISSuES). One of…
Find out more »Deadline: Undergraduate Writing Competition
Have you written in the fall or are you writing a paper this spring on a theme related to how science and technology affect and are affected by social, political, cultural, or economic life? Are…
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September 2021
Lunch Series Talk: Prof. Devin Kennedy
Rewiring Wall Street: Institutions, Workers, and the Making of Electronic Stock Markets: 1950-1975 STS Lunch Seminar with Devin Kennedy, PhD, Assistant Professor, History Thursday, September 16, 12:30-1:30 pm, via Zoom Access via Zoom Between 1950…
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Lunch Series Talk: Prof. Stephanie Tai
Representing Scientists as Amicus Curiae in Environmental Cases STS Lunch Seminar with Steph Tai, PhD, JD, Professor, Law School Thursday, September 30, 12:30-1:30 pm, via Zoom Access via Zoom Professor Steph Tai has represented numerous…
Find out more »October 2021
4S Annual Meeting 2021
Good Relations Practices and Methods in Unequal and Uncertain Worlds What does it mean in practice to strive towards good relations as humans, with technologies, in our modes of knowing, within environments, across distance, and…
Find out more »La Follette Forum: Climate Policy
The La Follette School will host its second annual La Follette Forum, funded by the Kohl Initiative, on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. The daylong conference on climate policy will feature policymakers, practitioners, community leaders, and…
Find out more »Visiting Speaker Series: Prof. Nancy Langston
Visiting Lecturer Nancy Langston, PhD Distinguished Professor of Environmental History, Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University Climate Ghosts: Migratory Species in the Anthropocene Thursday, October 14, 4:00-5:30 pm (central) Zoom Access Environmental historian Nancy Langston explores…
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Holtz Center Newsletter — Fall 2021
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