Owning and Disowning Invention
AHRC Project Workshop March 2009
University of Leeds (in partnership with University of Bristol)
Day 1 Pre-workshop reception Monday 23rd March 2009
Department of Philosophy Foyer 5pm
First floor Michael Sadler Building, building 68 http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campus_map/map.pdf
Dinner 7pm in local restaurant: L’Oranaise with North African food (to be confirmed) http://www.oranaise-cafe.co.uk/AboutUs.html 1 the Crescent, (just off Woodhouse Lane), LS6 2NW
Day 2: Workshop on Tuesday 24th March
Brotherton Room, first floor Brotherton Library University of Leeds
See building 59 on the campus map (access through the Parkinson Building 60)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campus_map/map.pdf
9.10-9.30 Welcome (Graeme Gooday), coffeeand introductions
9.30-10.45 session 1: plant breeding
Paper 1 (5min) Greg Radick Truth, Usefulness and Mendelism: The Weldon-Bateson Debate Revisited
Paper 2 (5min) Berris Charnley Mendelism in British Agricultural Science, 1901-1926: systematic activity in the practical sciences
Commentator (20min) Jonathan Harwood
Responses (5 min)
Discussion (40 min)
10.45-11.15 break/tea coffee
11.15-12.30 session 2: aeronautics
Paper 3 (5min) Jon Hopwood-Lewis The Discourse of Invention and Discovery in the Aeronautical Journal, 1897 - 1903
Paper 4 (5min) Chris MacLeod Runway to riches? Aviation and the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1919-1937
Commentator (20min) David Edgerton
Responses (5 min)
Discussion (40 min)
12.30-13.30 lunch
1.30-2.45 session 3: electrical technology
Paper 5 (5min) Graeme Gooday Who was ‘the true and first inventor’? (Un)making patents and authority in early telephone disputes
Paper 6 (5min) Stathis Arapostathis Lamps Socially Constructed: Managing Patents, Identities and Ownership in Britain, 1878-1920
Commentator (20min) Ben Marsden
Responses (5 min)
Discussion (40 min)
2.45 – 3.15 break/tea coffee
3.15-4.30 session 4: further perspectives
Paper 7 (5min) Robert Bud Making sense of change: 'applied science' and the promise of meaning amidst industrial revolution
Paper 8 (5min) Simone Turchetti Patenting the Atom: the controversial management of secrecy and intellectual property rights in nuclear research.
Commentator (20min) Graham Dutfield
Responses (5 min)
Discussion (40 min)
4.30-5.00 pm concluding remarks and comments by Anna Guagnini
Accommodation for invited speakers and commentators
Cliff Lawn Hotel (www.clifflawn-hotel.co.uk) which is located close to the university campus. The Address is: Cliff Road, Headingley, Leeds, UK, LS6 2ET (please visit the hotel’s site for full directions)