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Description

It has been over 20 years since the original CERN History Project concluded. The "CERN History Days" is a new initiative in order to relaunch the Project.

The 2-days Workshop, that will take place on 1-2 February 2018, will have the form of an open symposium, followed by a closed workshop to which, experts in the history of science and related fields can be actively involved in the discussions.

In particular, the open session of the first day is designed mostly to stimulate general reflection, through the contributions of the invited speakers. 
On the second day, the closed session is a series of working groups-discussions (5) each run by a facilitator. The invited participants are free to choose which discussion to join. There will be two iterations, allowing everyone to contribute to two topics. The greater aim of the second day, is the production of a roadmap to be proposed to CERN management for a resumption of the History Project.

Following these two days, the facilitators of the five working groups will be tasked with drafting a summary document and proposal for CERN management.

CERN History Project Organizing Committee (James Gillies, Emmanuel Tsesmelis, Afroditi Anastasaki, Panagiotis Charitos, Theodore Arabatzis, Luisa Bonolis)
Participants
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  • Thursday 1 February
    • 09:00 → 09:30
      Introduction to CERN 30m 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

      503/1-001 - Council Chamber

      CERN

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      Speaker: James Gillies (CERN)
    • 09:40 → 12:30
      Underground visit to ALICE / Visit to Synchrocyclotron and SM18 2h 50m

      1st group:
      09:40-09:45: The group walks to building 39 (CERN hotel reception)
      09:45-10:00: The bus takes the group to SM18
      10:00-11:00: SM18 visit
      11:00-11:10 : The bus takes the group to ALICE
      11:10-12:10: ALICE visit
      12:10-12:30: The bus takes the group back to building 39

      2nd group:
      09:40-09:45: The group walks to building 39 (CERN hotel reception)
      09:45-10:00: The bus takes the group to ALICE
      10:00-11:10: ALICE visit
      11:10-11:20: The bus takes the group to SC
      11:20-12:05: SC visit
      12:05-12:15: The group walks back to the main building.

    • 12:30 → 13:30
      Lunch break 1h Restaurant 1

      Restaurant 1

      CERN
    • 13:30 → 14:00
      Welcome - Opening Session 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      CERN

      60
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      • 13:30
        Welcome speech - CERN Director of International Relations 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)
      • 13:45
        Introductory talks 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        1. Prof. Jurgen Renn - Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Sciences
          2.Theodore Arabatzis - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Representative of the Research Centre for the Humanities, Athens
        2. Kostas Gavroglu (Greek Minister of Education and Professor of History of Science in the University of Athens)
        Speakers: Prof. Jurgen Renn (Max Planck Institute for the History of Sciences), Prof. Kostas Gavroglu (University of Athens), Prof. Theodore Arabatzis (History of Science and Technology -National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
        Recording
    • 14:00 → 15:30
      Institutional Histories of Laboratories 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      CERN

      60
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      Convener: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN - Director of International Relations )
      • 14:00
        Introduction - Speakers' Presentation 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)
      • 14:15
        General reflections on the importance of documenting the history of CERN 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Herwig Schopper (former CERN DG, 1981 - 1988)
        CERN History Schopper.pdf
        CERN History Schopper.pptx
        Recording
      • 14:30
        Reflections on Writing the History of CERN 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. John Krige (School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA)
        Recording
      • 14:45
        Involvement in writing the history of the Fermilab 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Lillian Hoddeson (American Physical Society)
        Hoddeson-Fermilab talk for CERN meeting.pdf
        Hoddeson-Fermilab talk for CERN meeting.ppt
        Recording
      • 15:00
        Involvement in writing the history of ESA - A comparative analysis 15m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Arturo Russo (University of Palermo, Italy)
        Recording
      • 15:15
        Q & A 15m
        Recording
    • 15:30 → 15:50
      Coffee break 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      CERN

      60
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    • 15:50 → 17:00
      History and Philosophy in Discussion 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      CERN

      60
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      Convener: Prof. Jan Lacki (University of Geneva)
      • 15:50
        The Epistemology of Experiment: The Higgs Boson and Gravity Waves 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Allan Franklin (Department of Physics, University of Colorado, USA)
        Allan Franklin-Relevance.pdf
        Allan Franklin-Relevance.pptx
        Recording
      • 16:10
        The interplay of theory and experiment in high-energy physics: a historical-epistemological perspective 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Arianna Borrelli (Technical University - Berlin, Germany)
        Borrelli_CERN_History_days (002).pdf
      • 16:30
        Statistics and uncertainty in high energy physics 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Kent Staley (St. Louis University - Missouri, USA)
        Recording
        Stats_in_HEP.pdf
        Stats_in_HEP.pptx
      • 16:50
        Q & A 10m
        Recording
    • 17:00 → 17:20
      Coffee break 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      CERN

      60
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    • 17:20 → 18:20
      History in Motion 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

      CERN

      60
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      Convener: Dr Graham Farmelo (University of Cambridge)
      • 17:20
        Gender & diversity issues in high-energy physics 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Sharon Traweek (Department of Gender Studies and History - University of California, LA, USA )
        TraweekCern2018b.pdf
        TraweekCern2018b.pptx
      • 17:40
        The role of history in the popularization of science 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Jonathan Butterworth (University College London (UK))
        cernhistory.pdf
        cernhistory.pptx
        Recording
      • 18:00
        Historiography of recent Big Science: Biographical and other approaches 20m 80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor

        CERN

        60
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        Speaker: Prof. Helge Kragh (Emeritus Professor-Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
        Recording
    • 18:20 → 18:30
      Closing Remarks
      Conveners: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN), James Gillies (CERN)
    • 20:00 → 22:00
      Official Dinner Restaurant 2

      Restaurant 2

      CERN

      The bus will depart from the Hotel Reception (building 39) at 19:45.
      The bus will depart from CERN Restaurant 2 at 22:00.

  • Friday 2 February
    • 08:15 → 08:30
      Way to Ideasquare 15m

      The participants will head to the CERN Reception (building 33) where James Gillies and Emmanuel Tsesmelis will wait for them to guide them to Ideasquare.
      The participants, if they wish, can earlier have breakfast at the Restaurant 1 (right across the CERN hotel reception, building 39), however, a breakfast-buffet will be served from 8.30 in Ideasquare.

    • 08:30 → 09:00
      Breakfast buffet 30m Ideasquare

      Ideasquare

      CERN

      Breakfast-buffet will be served from 8.30 am

    • 09:00 → 09:10
      Synopsis of Day 1 IdeaSquare

      IdeaSquare

      CERN
      Convener: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)
    • 09:10 → 09:20
      Introduction 10m
      Speaker: Harri Toivonen (CERN)
      CERNIdeasquare-introduction-short.pdf
      CERNIdeasquare-introduction-short.pptx
    • 09:30 → 11:30
      Round table discussions - Working Groups / Production of a roadmap for the project IdeaSquare

      IdeaSquare

      CERN
      • 09:30
        First Round 1h

        Conveners:
        1. Archives and Digital Humanities (Jens Vigen)
        2. Collaboration and Diversity (Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill)
        3. Fundraising (Mateo Castoldi)
        4. Written History (Matthew Chalmers)
        5. Oral History (James Gillies)
        6. History and Philosophy (Emmanuel Tsesmelis)

        Speakers: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN), James Gillies (CERN), Matteo Castoldi (CERN), Matthew Chalmers (CERN), Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill (CERN)
      • 10:30
        Second Round (switch) 1h

        Conveners:
        1. Collaboration and Diversity (Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill)
        2. Written History (Matthew Chalmers)
        3. Oral History (James Gillies)
        4. History and Philosophy (Emmanuel Tsesmelis)

        Speakers: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN), James Gillies (CERN), Matteo Castoldi (CERN), Matthew Chalmers (CERN), Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill (CERN)
    • 11:30 → 12:00
      Plenary Session - Presentation of the reports IdeaSquare

      IdeaSquare

      CERN
    • 12:00 → 14:00
      Lunch Break 2h Ideasquare

      Ideasquare

      CERN
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