Current Member
Ken Alder
Funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Science
Home Institution
Northwestern University
Website
During his year at IAS, Ken Alder will be working on his book project, "Lives of the Machines," a history of technology in the form of ten memoirs by artificial beings—from a Sumerian balance-weight to the genomics revolution—each of which casts light on the human beings who designed, made, and used it.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
– current
Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
1991
Honors
2012
Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2010-11
Guggenheim Fellow
Appointments
Northwestern University
Professor of History