The Portuguese Studies Program
of the
University of California, Berkeley
in cooperation with the
Centro de História das Ciencias
of the
Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa
Presents
Mini-Conference
Science in Portugal – A Historical Perspective
What Do Peripheries Have To Do With Science And Technology?
223 Moses Hall
Monday, April 2, 2007
1:00 – 1:10 pm
Introduction of Participants
Maria Elvira Callapez, Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar
Office for History of Science and Technology and Portuguese
Studies Program
University of California, Berkeley
1:10 – 1:20 pm
Presentation of the Scope of Debate
What about the History of Science and Technology in Portugal?
Ana Simões, Maria Paula Diogo and Henrique Leitão
1:20 – 2:10 pm
What Role for Portugal in the Scientific Revolution?
Henrique Leitão (Center for the History of Science of the University of
Lisbon)
2:10 – 3:00 pm
Portuguese Engineering and the Metrics of Progress
Maria Paula Diogo (Center for the History and Philosophy of Science
and Technology of the New University of Lisbon)
3:00 – 3:50 pm
Einstein in Portugal? The Appropriation of Relativity by
Portuguese Astronomers
Ana Simões (Center for the History of Science of the University of Lisbon )
3:50 – 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Debate - Question & Answer