4th Workshop
ngEHT History Philosophy Culture Working Group
20 May 2025
The History Philosophy Culture Working Group (HP&C) of the next generation Event Horizon Telescope collaboration (ngEHT) is organizing another workshop on humanities & social science perspectives on the ngEHT collaboration.
The 4th HP&C workshop takes places on the 20th of May 2025, and is in a hybrid format. It is possible to attend via Zoom, or physically at the Black Hole Initiative, Harvard. It is directly followed by the annual BHI conference (21-22 May).
Registration (online & in-person) is free but required. Please register by May 9th via this form.
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All times below are Eastern time.
10:00-10:15
Opening remarks & summary of activities by co-leads
10:15-10:45
RESEARCH PRESENTATION (30 min)
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"Responsible Telescope Siting; exact title tbd", Anncy Thresher (Northeastern University) & Shannon Sylvie Abelson (Stanford)
10:45-11:15
FLASH TALKS (15 min each)
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"The logic of simulation-based cosmology via cosmic rarities: A critical (re)assessment", Tianzhe Cozette Shen (University of Arizona)
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"Duality at Work: Gravity, Matter, and the Shifting Boundaries of Theory", Vitaly Pronskikh (University of Pittsburgh)
11:15-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:00
FLASH TALKS (15 min each)
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"Symbolic Capital or Social Glue? Articulating Recognition in Collaborative High-Energy Physics Research", Helene Sorgner (Klagenfurt University)
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"The Epistemic Value of Erroneous Independent Reanalyses in EHT Black Hole Imaging, Paula Muhr (University of Zürich)
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-1:30
RESEARCH PRESENTATION (30 min)
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"Diagnosing dissent from disagreement: preliminary insights", Haixin Dang (Case Western Reserve University) & Mike Schneider (University of Missouri)
1:30-2:15
DEBATE (45 min)
Eugene Chua (Nanyang Technological University) & Siddharth Muthukrishnan (University of Pittsburgh), based on Chua's "Not Quite Killing It: Black Hole Evaporation, Global Energy, and De-Idealization"​
2:15-2:30
Coffee break
2:30-3:00
RESEARCH PRESENTATION (30 min)
"tba", Feraz Azhar (Notre Dame University)
In case you have any questions, please contact emeskhidze[at]g.harvard.edu
