Pnina Geraldine Abir-Am
Historian of 20th Century Science, member of History of Science Society, SHOT
Photo by Shlomo Seri: Sunset on Canada Hill, Jerusalem, 10/10/05
Resident Scholar—WSRC / Brandeis University
515 South Street, MS 079, Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: 781-736-8119, Fax: 781-736-8117
Founding Director—Scientific Legacies
249 Orchard Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Tel: 617-283-7464, Fax: 617-484-2709
249 Orchard Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Tel: 617-283-7464, Fax: 617-484-2709
Recent Papers
- “Reflections on Our Symposium at the AAAS 2011 Meeting”, Newsletter of the History of Science Society (2011). photo with 3 Curies
- “Introduction to Spotlight on Post-WW2 Transatlantic Science Policies”
, and “The Rockefeller Foundation and the Post-WW2 Transnational Ecology of Science Policy”, Centaurus (2010), TOC. - “Gender and Technoscience: A Historical Perspective”, Journal of Technology Management & Innovation (2010), TOC.
- Earlier Papers
Research Projects
Upcoming and Recent Conference Talks
- ICHUST Commission on Women in Science, Technology, and Medicine, Paris - September 14–17, 2011
- ISHPSSB Meeting, University of Utah - July 10–15, 2011
- AIS Meeting, Brandeis University - June 13–15, 2011
- AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. - February 17–21, 2011
- History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland - November 3–6, 2011
- Earlier Conferences
Photo Galleries
Representative Publications
Commemorative Practices in Science: Historical Perspectives on the Politics of Collective Memory (2000), Reviews.
“Molecular Biology and its Recent Historiography: A Transnational Quest for the ‘Big Picture’”, History of Science (2006).
“The Rockefeller Foundation and the Rise of Molecular Biology”, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2002).
Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives, Women in Science, 1789-1979 (1989, 1987), HSS-WS Award Winner.
Creative Couples in the Sciences (1996), Reviews.