Pnina G. Abir-Am
Historian of 20th Century Science, member of HSS, BSHS, AHA, SHOT
Visiting Scholar—WSRC / Brandeis University
515 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454; Tel: 781-736-8119, Fax: 781-736-8117
Principal Investigator—NIH-NLM; Founding Director—Scientific Legacies
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Home: 249 Orchard Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Tel: 617-283-7464, Fax: 617-484-2709
Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives. HSS-WS Award Winner.
About Me
Key Publications
My Photo Galleries
My Research Projects
- History of Women in Science
- Gender, Leadership, & Public Memory in Science (Dorothy Hodgkin in UK, China, and India - pdf)
- Collaborative Couples and Scientific Credit (abstract for XXIII ICHST, Budapest 7/28–8/2/09 - pdf)
- Esther Lederberg (1922–2006): A memorial
- Under-representation of Women in Science
- History of Molecular Biology
- Most Recent Papers:
- “Life and the Physical Sciences”, 2009, Palgrave Macmillan (order form - pdf)
- “DNA on the Altar of Statehood (pdf, in Hebrew)”, 2009, in press.
Upcoming Conferences
- XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology, Budapest; Our abstract (pdf) - July 28–August 2, 2009
- ISHPSSB 2009 (History of Biology), Brisbane, Australia - July 12–16, 2009
Recent Conferences
- BSHS Three Societies Meeting at Oxford; My abstract (pdf) - July 4–6, 2008
- History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Nov. 1–4, 2007, Washington DC, Program (pdf); Women and Gender in the Phage Group, my slides (pdf); My Panel as Chair (Nov. 3) - November 1–4, 2007
- “Networking in Science and Technology: The Gender Perspective” (IUHPS), Syros, Greece, Program (pdf) - July 6–9, 2007
- American Historical Association, #39 - January 4–7, 2007