Pressing Issues: The History of Technology Meets Public Policy

On October 7th to October 9th the Goldfarb Center is hosting an international conference at Colby on technology and public policy. International distinguished scholars include Sverker Sorlin from Sweden, a leader in the emerging field of environmental humanities; Maurits Ertsen from the Netherlands, engineer, archaeologist, and editor of the journal Water History; and David Nye from Denmark, winner of SHOT's highest honor, the Leonardo da Vinci Medal, and author of several prize-winning books including his most recent, America's Assembly Line. U.S. scholars hailing from California, South Carolina, Texas and Washington, D.C. will share the program with Colby professors.

 

Monday, October 7th

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"The Environmental Impacts of Energy Transitions, Past and Present"

Keynote speaker, Joel A. Tarr, Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History & Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

 

For a complete schedule of events please visit http://www.colby.edu/sts/2013preshot/goldfarb_conference_poster.pdf