Many of our community acknowledge Jim's broad and lasting legacy in the field of instrument studies and museums and beyond. On the occasion of the 43rd Symposium of the SIC in Ottawa, 16-22 Sept 2024, we would like to invite you to share your remembrances. For this we are imagining a hybrid session with contributions mainly by former students or collaborators of Jim's, of about 5 to 10 minutes – ideally combining a personal reminiscence with a reflection or specific example showing where Jim’s own studies or his methodology continue to influence your own work.
1. An acrobatic appreciation Richard Dunn (Science Museum, London), Ph.D. (1992)
2. Remembering Jim: the particular and the universal Stephen Johnston (History of Science Museum, Oxford), Ph.D. (1994)
3. An object is worth a thousand words: an editor’s take on instruments and texts Hester Higton (Academic Editing, Durham), Ph.D. (1996)
4. Encounters around objects: History of science, museums, and beyond Pedro Raposo The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia/PA), Ph.D. (2010)
5. From Oxford to Yale: Teaching, displaying, and researching instruments Alexi Baker & Paola Bertucci (Yale University, New Haven/CT), MSc. (1997/2004)
6. From Museums to Marx Jessica Ratcliff (Cornell University, Cornell/NY), MSc.
7. "I asked Jim to teach me about objects and instead got a lesson in how to be a curator." Kristen Frederick-Frost (Smithsonian Institution, Washington/DC)
The session is organized by Samuel Gessner (Lisbon) and Michael Korey (Dresden).
To join the session remotely, please use the link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-qEpR4BMTmSBNF8g4fsdnA
