2021 Fall

HISTORY 138 001 - LEC 001

History of Science in the U.S.

Hannah Zeavin

Aug 25, 2021 - Dec 10, 2021

Tu, Th

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Physics Building 3

Class #:30383

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed

Offered through History

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 1

Enrolled: 64

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 65

Waitlist Max: 10

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Final Exam

FRI, DECEMBER 17TH

07:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Physics Building 3

Other classes by Hannah Zeavin

History of science in the U.S. from the colonial period to the present, with a focus on the contentious debates over the place of science within cultural, religious, and social-intellectual life. Development of institutions for the pursuit of scientific knowledge, with special attention to the relationships between science and technology and between science and the state.

Class Description

Instructor bio: Hannah Zeavin is a Lecturer in the Department of English at UC Berkeley, affiliated with the University of California at Berkeley Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU in 2018. She works as a media historian with particular expertise in the intertwined histories of communication, technology, and medicine. Her book project, Within Without: Therapy at Distance, is a transnational social history of mediated therapies from Freud's letters to apps for smartphones.