CERN History Days

1 Feb 2018, 09:00 → 2 Feb 2018, 15:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

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.

Thursday, 1 February

1 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: James Gillies (CERN)

2 Underground visit to ALICE / Visit to Synchrocyclotron and SM18

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

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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 Lunch break

Welcome - Opening Session

3 Welcome speech - CERN Director of International Relations

Speaker: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)

4 Introductory talks

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

Institutional Histories of Laboratories

Convener: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN - Director of International Relations )

5 Introduction - Speakers' Presentation

Speaker: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)

6 General reflections on the importance of documenting the history of CERN

Speaker: Prof. Herwig Schopper (former CERN DG, 1981 - 1988)

CERN History Schopper.pdf

CERN History Schopper.pptx

Recording

7 Reflections on Writing the History of CERN

Speaker: Prof. John Krige (School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA)

Recording

8 Involvement in writing the history of the Fermilab

Speaker: Prof. Lillian Hoddeson (American Physical Society)

Hoddeson-Fermilab talk for CERN meeting.pdf

Hoddeson-Fermilab talk for CERN meeting.ppt

Recording

9 Involvement in writing the history of ESA - A comparative analysis

Speaker: Prof. Arturo Russo (University of Palermo, Italy)

Recording

10 Q & A

Recording

15:30 Coffee break

History and Philosophy in Discussion

Convener: Prof. Jan Lacki (University of Geneva)

11 The Epistemology of Experiment: The Higgs Boson and Gravity Waves

Speaker: Prof. Allan Franklin (Department of Physics, University of Colorado, USA)

Allan Franklin-Relevance.pdf

Allan Franklin-Relevance.pptx

Recording

12 The interplay of theory and experiment in high-energy physics: a historical-epistemological perspective

Speaker: Prof. Arianna Borrelli (Technical University - Berlin, Germany)

Borrelli_CERN_History_days (002).pdf

13 Statistics and uncertainty in high energy physics

Speaker: Prof. Kent Staley (St. Louis University - Missouri, USA)

Recording

Stats_in_HEP.pdf

Stats_in_HEP.pptx

14 Q & A

Recording

17:00 Coffee break

History in Motion

Convener: Dr Graham Farmelo (University of Cambridge)

15 Gender & diversity issues in high-energy physics

Speaker: Prof. Sharon Traweek (Department of Gender Studies and History - University of California, LA, USA )

TraweekCern2018b.pdf

TraweekCern2018b.pptx

16 The role of history in the popularization of science

Speaker: Jonathan Butterworth (University College London (UK))

cernhistory.pdf

cernhistory.pptx

Recording

17 Historiography of recent Big Science: Biographical and other approaches

Speaker: Prof. Helge Kragh (Emeritus Professor-Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

Recording

Closing Remarks

Conveners: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN), James Gillies (CERN)

Official Dinner

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

18 Way to Ideasquare

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 Breakfast buffet

Breakfast-buffet will be served from 8.30 am

Synopsis of Day 1

Convener: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)

19 Introduction

Speaker: Harri Toivonen (CERN)

CERNIdeasquare-introduction-short.pdf

CERNIdeasquare-introduction-short.pptx

Round table discussions - Working Groups / Production of a roadmap for the project

20 First Round

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)

21 Second Round (switch)

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)

Plenary Session - Presentation of the reports

12:00 Lunch Break