Communicating Science and Technology : France and the United Kingdom, Historical Perspectives
Convener: Muriel Le Roux, Senior Researcher at the CNRS – MFO with the support of Serge Plattard Science and Technology Department French Embassy.
Steering Committee: Pr Pietro Corsi, Pr Robert Fox, Oxford University, Pr John Perkins, Dr Viviane Quirke, Oxford Brookes University, Dr Serge Plattard, French Embassy, Pr Luc Borot, Dr Muriel Le Roux, MFO.
Programme
Friday 14th January 2011
9:15-12:30Welcome Pr Luc Borot, Director of the Maison Française d’Oxford
Introduction Muriel Le Roux, Senior Researcher CNRS-MFO
Mathematics and Communication in the Early Modern Period Jeanne Peiffer, Director of the Centre Koyré, CNRS – Museum d’Histoire Naturelle
Communication and Civilisation Between Directoire and Empire. Political and Intellectual Stakes in Scientific Communication Jean-Luc Chappey, Maître de conférences, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne
Forms and Channels of Communication in European Science During the 19th Century Pietro Corsi, Professor of the History of Science of the University of Oxford
Discussions chaired by John Perkins, Oxford Brookes University
2:00-7:00
Chair: Sabine Rommevaux, Senior Researcher, CNRS - President of the Société française d’histoire des sciences et des techniques
The Royal Society and The Communication of Science Peter Collins, Director of Centre for History of Science of the Royal Society
Between Science and Industry: Communicating Medical Results Today Pierre Etienne Bost, Délégué général de l’Académie des technologies
Voltaire and Networks of Communication, From the 18th Century to the 21st Century, the Mission of the Voltaire Foundation Nicholas Cronk, Director of the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford
Discussion chaired by Robert Fox, Professor (retired) of the History of Science of the University of Oxford
Keynote Lecture
Chaired by Professor Paul Madden, FRS FRSE, Provost of Queen’s College, Oxford
Communicating Science Today: A Franco-British Comparison Professor Alain Fuchs, President of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Discussions chaired by Pr Robert Fox, University of Oxford
Thanks Dr Serge Plattard, Science and Technology Counsellor, French Embassy
Saturday 15th January 2011
9:15-1:15Welcome
Pr Luc Borot, Director of the Maison Française d’Oxford
Chair: Dr Viviane Quirke, Oxford Brookes University and Secretary of the British Society for the History of Science
Communicating Science and Science Communication: Examples from 20th Century Structural Biology in Britain Georgina Ferry, Journalist - Science Writer
Sorbonne From Communication to Strategy: Three Cases of French Research Centres CNRS, IFREMER, INRIA Pascal Griset, Professor, Université de Paris IV
When Media Rank Universities: The Case of Le Monde de l’Education in France (1976-1996) Julie Bouchard, Maître de conférences, Université Paris 13, LabSic
Technology, Communication and Assessment Daniel Benamouzig, Senior Researcher CNRS-MFO
Discussions chaired by John Perkins, Oxford Brookes University
Keynote Lecture Chaired by Pr Pietro Corsi, Professor of the History of Science of the University of Oxford
Communicating and Propagandising about Science and Society: British Scientific Intellectuals 1930-1970 Professor David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Chair, Imperial College
Discussions chaired by Pr Pietro Corsi, University of Oxford
Presentation of the forthcoming conference in Paris Muriel Le Roux, Pietro Corsi, Robert Fox, John Perkins, Viviane Quirke
