SORTING BRAINS OUT TASKS, TESTS, AND TRIALS IN THE NEURO- AND MIND SCIENCES, 1890 2015 CONFERENCE PROGRAM FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 2015 Kislak Center, 6 th floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 12:00 pm _ Registration and Lunch 12:45 pm _ Welcome and Introduction Tabea Cornel and Dr. Martha Farah 1:00 pm _ Panel I Dr. Matthew Wolf-Meyer Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz Crime, Withdrawal, and the Addicted Brain Sara Black Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey The Unifying Case: The Case Study as a Research Model in Third Republic Neuro- and Mind Sciences Zachary Levine Ph.D. Student in the Department of History, Columbia University Pain in the Brain? Sorting out the Subcortical in the Mid-Twentieth Century A. Kathryn Schoefert Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge Testing Motivation, Measuring Race: The Racialization of Motivation during the Cold War Kimberly Probolus Ph.D. Student in American Studies, George Washington University
2:20 pm _ Coffee Break 2:45 pm _ Panel II Dr. Scott Phelps Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University Beyond Everyday Consciousness: Deprivation and the Excavation of Novel Psychological Space Charlie Williams Ph.D. Student in the Department of History, Birkbeck College, University of London From Free Clinic to Free Market: Testing Burnout in the 1970s and 1980s Matthew Hoffarth Ph.D. Candidate in the Reading the History of Adult Neurogenesis Backwards: When Did Sex/Gender Become Plastic? Tabea Cornel Ph.D. Student in the The Afterlife of Structuralism in the Cognitive Sciences Cameron Brinitzer Ph.D. Student in the Department of Anthropology, New School for Social Research 4:05 pm _ Coffee Break 4:30 pm _ Panel III Dr. Oliver Rollins Penn Program on Race, Science & Society, University of Pennsylvania Normal Brains, Normal Behaviors? ADHD Diagnoses Show How Culture, Economy, and Pathology Are Entangled Anisha Chadha Ph.D. Student in the Department of Anthropology, New York University Brains and Bodies: Reading Bodily Movements as Signs of Brain Pathology Anna Starshinina Ph.D. Candidate in Communication & Science Studies, University of California, San Diego and N. Erkut Kucukboyaci Ph.D. Candidate in the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego 2
Making Facts Valuable: Stress, Wellbeing and the Mindful Brain at Work Ties van de Werff Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Philosophy, Maastricht University Better Living Through Neuroscience Kasia Tolwinski Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University 5:50 pm _ Break 6:00 pm _ Final Discussion Chairs: Dr. Martha Farah and Dr. John Tresch 7:00 pm _ Reception Thomas Parke and Agatha Chipley Hughes Lounge, 351 Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 S 36th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 2015 Kislak Center, 6 th floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 10:00 am _ Registration and Breakfast 10:30 am _ Welcome and Opening Ekaterina Babintseva 3
10:45 am _ Panel IV Dr. David Barnes Towards an Ethnography of Experimental Psychology Dr. Emily Martin Department of Anthropology, New York University Comment: John Tresch How Do Chimpanzees Perceive This World? Japanese Primatology after Imanishiism Dr. Nicolas Langlitz Department of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research Comment: Scott Phelps Monkeys, Mirrors, and Me: Gordon Gallup and the Study of Self-Recognition Dr. Katja Guenther Department of History, Princeton University Comment: Catherina Gere 12:20 pm _ Lunch 1:30 pm _ Panel V Dr. Russell Epstein Undertaking the Neuro: The Meaning of Dead Brains and the Science of Suicide Dr. Scott Phelps Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University Comment: Katja Guenther Why the Tortoise Wins the Race: Dual Process Theory and the Neoliberal Subject Dr. Catherina Gere Department of History, University of California, San Diego Comment: Francisco Ortega Neurodiversity Is Not Enough Dr. Matthew Wolf-Meyer Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz Comment: Nicolas Langlitz 4
3:05 pm _ Coffee Break 3:30 pm _ Panel VI Dr. Beth Linker The Brain Multiple in the Laboratories of Post-Buddhism Dr. John Tresch Comment: Matt Wolf-Meyer The Neurodisciplines of Culture: Is the Brain the Clue? Dr. Francisco Ortega Institute for Social Medicine, Rio de Janeiro State University Comment: Emily Martin 4:20 pm _ Break 4:30 pm _ Neuroscience Response Dr. Martha Farah 4:50 pm _ Overall Discussion Dr. Beth Linker 5:15 pm _ Closing Matthew Hoffarth 5
MAP Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and Claudia Cohen Hall, University of Pennsylvania 6