A short preliminary selection of some of the material recorded in 1988

 

CONTINUING SEMINAR SERIES 

Continuing  periodic (frequent and regular) recordings of following Seminar Series

Oxford University SubFaculty of Philosophy Seminars

Department of History and Philosophy of Science Cambridge Seminars

CPNSS (Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences) Seminars (London)

BSPS (British Society for the Philosophy of Science) Programme Events

Sigma-Club Seminars on Foundational Topics in The Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics : in Oxford, Cambridge, London and Leeds

 

Full records of the above Seminar Series and details of other occasional Seminars recorded in 1988 in various locations to be added

Many other individual seminars recorded at various locations.

 

 CONTINUING LECTURE COURSES :

Details of  Courses recorded in 1988  to be added

 

Special Events.  interviews and discussions.

Details of recordings or contemporaneous notes/aides-memoires of these to be added

 

 CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA/COLLOQUIA/Summer and Winter Schools etc

May 1988  :  Osgood  Hill Conference  Centre  Massachusetts USA  :  Einstein and the  History of General Relativity :

First International Conference in the History of General Relativity        22  recordings.

Details of Speakers and Titles etc to be added. Conference proceedings subsequently published under the Title

Einstein and the History of General Relativity :  Studies in the History of General Relativity Volume 1  (publ. by Birkhauser)  Original recordings contain much material (including full discussions following Talks) which did not appear in the published volume.

 

June 1988  :  Special Invited Lectures by John Earman and Workshop on Foundational Issues in Studies of Spacetime Structure.  Location :  Cambridge  HPS and at Jesus College Cambridge under the auspices of the Sigma Club ( Lectures and Workshop sponsored and supported by the Archive )                   31 recordings

Edited version of the Lectures subsequently published as the Book “World Enough and Spacetime”

Recordings contain much material not included in the Book plus entire proceedings of the Workshop.

September 6 – 9  1988  : CIRM (International Centre of Mathematical research, Luminy Nr. Marseilles, France

Second International Conference on the History of General Relativity :  with Contributions by Julian Barbour,  D.L Gagean and Manuel Da Costa Leite,   HFM Goenner,  AJM Kox,   JM Sanchiez-Ron,   JN Goldberg.   Andre Lichnerowicz,   Jean Eisenstaedt,  A. Mercier,  Don Howard.   Joszef  Illy,  Ludwig Kostro,  John Norton,   Arthur Miller,  Gunnar Berg,  Michael Janssen,  Peter G. Bergmann,   Thibault Damour, John Stachel and Others

Total : 25 Recordings     

Proceedings of the Conference published as the Volume : Studies in the History of General Relativity Volume 3  Edited by Jean EISENSTAEDT and AJ KOX 

Original recordings contain much material (including full discussions following Talks) which did not appear in the published volume.

WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY BRIGHTON  August 5th – 14th 1988 

Including Talks and/or Symposium Conntributions by Sir Karl POPPER,  WVO QUINE,  Michael DUMMETT,  Sir Peter STRAWSON,   Donald DAVIDSON,   David LEWIS,   Hilary PUTNAM,   Richard RORTY,   John RAWLS  and  many other leading Philosophers

41 Recordings

 

December 1988 : THE PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS OF STRINGS

A Two Day Discussion Meeting held at The Royal Society, London.  Chaired by Sir Michael Atiyah.  With Talks by E. Witten, JH Schwarz, M. Green and others.

Details to follow    11  recordings 

 

December 27th – 30th 1988  :  APA Eastern Division Meeting  Washington DC 

27 Recordings.  Details to folllow.

 

Details of all  these  recordings  plus other Conferences/Colloquia/Symposia recorded in 1988 to be added in full version of catalogue