For the *2010-2011 academic year*, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center will sponsor a series of events entitled "*Geographies of Place*." The series will explore ideas of place and how they have been produced through mapping, media, and imaginative labor. The work of settlement and statecraft, social practice and cultural perception, place has historically been the source of both solace and struggle.
Geographies of Place will examine the ways in which space is demarcated by identity and memory, possession and destination. In a moment when globalization, environmentalism, cognitive science, and networked media are transforming our notions of geographical space, it is crucial to contemplate our historical and contemporary perceptions of place. For more information on the series, visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/geographies
*We are seeking faculty and graduate students who might like to
collaborate with the IHC on events in this series. Please contact IHC
Acting Director Ann Bermingham or Associate Director Emily Zinn with suggestions or ideas for potential collaboration.*
Friday, July 30, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Integrated History & Philosophy of Science
This September 23-26, the Indiana University Department of History and Philosophy of Science will host a three day conference on “Integrated History and Philosophy of Science.” This is the third in a series of meetings devoted to the topic, and it coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the Indiana HPS Department. The paper topics range from a discussion of seventeenth-century comet theory to history and philosophy of contemporary embryology. For complete information on the conference, including abstracts of papers and details on lodging, go to
http://www.indiana.edu/~andhps/
http://www.indiana.edu/~andhps/
Friday, July 16, 2010
Post-Doctoral Social Scientist: Impact Evaluation (WWF, Washington DC)
WWF is re-opening the application process for a post-doctoral social scientist.
We seek a highly motivated researcher early in his/her career to join our team. The successful applicant will have strong statistical skills, international field experience, and a passion for policy-relevant conservation science. (See below and attached for official announcement.)
The post-doc will join the science program at WWF in Washington, DC, working with me, Helen Fox (WWF-US), Arun Agrawal (U. Michigan), and colleagues around the world to evaluate the ecological and social impacts of marine protected areas (MPAs) and other conservation interventions. This exciting portfolio is part of the emerging WWF
Conservation Impact Initiative, which seeks to catalyze rigorous evaluation of conservation interventions and, thus, provide the scientific evidence for more effective conservation policy and practice.
The application deadline is August 13. All applications should be submitted via the WWF website.
We seek a highly motivated researcher early in his/her career to join our team. The successful applicant will have strong statistical skills, international field experience, and a passion for policy-relevant conservation science. (See below and attached for official announcement.)
The post-doc will join the science program at WWF in Washington, DC, working with me, Helen Fox (WWF-US), Arun Agrawal (U. Michigan), and colleagues around the world to evaluate the ecological and social impacts of marine protected areas (MPAs) and other conservation interventions. This exciting portfolio is part of the emerging WWF
Conservation Impact Initiative, which seeks to catalyze rigorous evaluation of conservation interventions and, thus, provide the scientific evidence for more effective conservation policy and practice.
The application deadline is August 13. All applications should be submitted via the WWF website.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WES
New Academic Building, University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 21-23
with FREE public evening lecture July 21st, 7pm!
FREE PUBLIC EVENING LECTURE
Wed. July 21st 7P.M.
Alumni Hall, New Academic Building, University of King’s College
Dr. Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University,
“Nature of Knowledge in Indian Intellectual Traditions”
Exploring the extensive debate on the nature of knowledge in Indian philosophical and medical traditions and its significant influence on the nature of discourse about the world.
http://www.manipal.edu/Institutions/UniversityDepartments/MCPHManipal/KnowMCPH/Pages/Leadership.aspx
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST
July 21-23
Inspired by Dalhousie University's online launch of their Dinwiddie Archives*, this conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today.
For further details – including the poster and information on registration – please visit: http://www.situsci.ca/ and http://www.situsci.ca/en/conf.html
Note: Early registration rates for the conference end July 1st.
SPEAKERS AND TITLES
(Program available online)
Arun Balasubramaniam, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
“Bringing Eastern Science to the West: Portuguese Voyages of Intellectual Discovery”
Paola Bertucci, Yale University
“Enlightenment and the Secret Knowledge Economy”
Fa-ti Fan, State University of New York at Binghamton
"Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Science of Antiquities in Modern China"
Yves Gingras, l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
“Changing Networks of Collaboration Between Countries in the Sciences from 1980 to 2008”
Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire
“From Calcutta to London: James Dinwiddie’s Galvanic Circuits”
Savithree Preetha Nair, Independent Scholar
“Bungallee House set on Fire by Galvanism”: Exhibition, Electricity and the Social Life of the Voltaic Pile in India (1794-1806)"
Khyati Nagar, York University
“Between Calcutta and Kew: The Divergent Circulation and Production of Hortus Bengalensis and Flora Indica”
Jahnavi Phalkey, Imperial College London
“From Origins to Practice: Problems in the Historiography of Science”
Dhruv Raina, Jawaharlal Nehru University
“18th Century Jesuit Astronomy, Pere Boudier and Jai Singh’s Astronomers”
Veena Rao, National Institute of Advanced Studies
“J.B.S. Haldane’s Indian Period”
Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University
“Translating Concepts”
Grace Shen, Max Plank Institute for the History of Science
“Meetings and Metonymy: Geology and Representations of China on the International Stage”
Larry Stewart, University of Saskatchewan
“The Spectacle of Experiment: From Dumfries to Calcutta and Back”
Jon Topham, University of Leeds
“Print and the Circulation of Knowledge between the UK and Continental Europe in the Early Nineteenth-Century”
Haiyan Yang, Peking University
“Knowledge across Borders: Encounter, Transmission and Interaction of Darwinism in the Chinese Context”
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will culminate in a half-day facilitation workshop to plan for further Science Studies dialogue and exchange, “East” and “West”, with future conferences in Bangalore and Singapore.
Sponsored by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of King’s College)
*The James Dinwiddie (1746-1815) papers were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 1999 and are prepared for online access. Dr. Dinwiddie (1746–1815) was the scientific attaché of the first British embassy to the 18th Century Chinese imperial court, and the first Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William in Calcutta, India. One of the most important of the new itinerant Newtonian natural philosophers and lecturers of the Early Modern Period, the bulk of Dinwiddie’s papers consist of his scientific observations, experiments, lecture notes, and journals with dates ranging from 1767 to 1815.
See more at: http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/dinwiddie/din_bio.htm
July 21-23
with FREE public evening lecture July 21st, 7pm!
FREE PUBLIC EVENING LECTURE
Wed. July 21st 7P.M.
Alumni Hall, New Academic Building, University of King’s College
Dr. Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University,
“Nature of Knowledge in Indian Intellectual Traditions”
Exploring the extensive debate on the nature of knowledge in Indian philosophical and medical traditions and its significant influence on the nature of discourse about the world.
http://www.manipal.edu/Institutions/UniversityDepartments/MCPHManipal/KnowMCPH/Pages/Leadership.aspx
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST
July 21-23
Inspired by Dalhousie University's online launch of their Dinwiddie Archives*, this conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today.
For further details – including the poster and information on registration – please visit: http://www.situsci.ca/ and http://www.situsci.ca/en/conf.html
Note: Early registration rates for the conference end July 1st.
SPEAKERS AND TITLES
(Program available online)
Arun Balasubramaniam, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
“Bringing Eastern Science to the West: Portuguese Voyages of Intellectual Discovery”
Paola Bertucci, Yale University
“Enlightenment and the Secret Knowledge Economy”
Fa-ti Fan, State University of New York at Binghamton
"Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Science of Antiquities in Modern China"
Yves Gingras, l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
“Changing Networks of Collaboration Between Countries in the Sciences from 1980 to 2008”
Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire
“From Calcutta to London: James Dinwiddie’s Galvanic Circuits”
Savithree Preetha Nair, Independent Scholar
“Bungallee House set on Fire by Galvanism”: Exhibition, Electricity and the Social Life of the Voltaic Pile in India (1794-1806)"
Khyati Nagar, York University
“Between Calcutta and Kew: The Divergent Circulation and Production of Hortus Bengalensis and Flora Indica”
Jahnavi Phalkey, Imperial College London
“From Origins to Practice: Problems in the Historiography of Science”
Dhruv Raina, Jawaharlal Nehru University
“18th Century Jesuit Astronomy, Pere Boudier and Jai Singh’s Astronomers”
Veena Rao, National Institute of Advanced Studies
“J.B.S. Haldane’s Indian Period”
Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University
“Translating Concepts”
Grace Shen, Max Plank Institute for the History of Science
“Meetings and Metonymy: Geology and Representations of China on the International Stage”
Larry Stewart, University of Saskatchewan
“The Spectacle of Experiment: From Dumfries to Calcutta and Back”
Jon Topham, University of Leeds
“Print and the Circulation of Knowledge between the UK and Continental Europe in the Early Nineteenth-Century”
Haiyan Yang, Peking University
“Knowledge across Borders: Encounter, Transmission and Interaction of Darwinism in the Chinese Context”
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will culminate in a half-day facilitation workshop to plan for further Science Studies dialogue and exchange, “East” and “West”, with future conferences in Bangalore and Singapore.
Sponsored by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of King’s College)
*The James Dinwiddie (1746-1815) papers were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 1999 and are prepared for online access. Dr. Dinwiddie (1746–1815) was the scientific attaché of the first British embassy to the 18th Century Chinese imperial court, and the first Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William in Calcutta, India. One of the most important of the new itinerant Newtonian natural philosophers and lecturers of the Early Modern Period, the bulk of Dinwiddie’s papers consist of his scientific observations, experiments, lecture notes, and journals with dates ranging from 1767 to 1815.
See more at: http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/dinwiddie/din_bio.htm
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Call for Article Submissions
The journal, Between the Species is seeking submissions for its Fall 2010 edition. The journal is devoted to animals and philosophy. Most, though not all, articles focus on ethical issues in the human-animal relationship. Please consult the guidelines for submission at
http://cla.calpoly.edu/bts/submissions.htm
Please send your papers by July 1 for blind review to the editor
http://cla.calpoly.edu/bts/submissions.htm
Please send your papers by July 1 for blind review to the editor
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
New SIO community and science graduate course
New graduate-level course in the fall quarter of 2010:
SIO 209 Community-Based Science
Fri 2-4pm IGPP 3110
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SIO 209 Community-Based Science will explore the theory and practice of developing authentic, two-way, respectful connections between universities and communities, with a particular emphasis on UCSD and City Heights.
The course will focus on critiquing current university structures and exploring alternative methods of conducting science research and education. Participants will engage in weekly discussions, participate in the science education program at a high school in City Heights, mentor high school students, interview community organizers and prepare a proposal for changes in university practice to foster better connections to working class communities.
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For details, check out the course website:
http://complex-systemsucsd.edu/sio2092010
additional information about the course will be added to the website over the summer. please contact Professor Brad Werner with questions:
bwerner@ucsd.edu
SIO 209 Community-Based Science
Fri 2-4pm IGPP 3110
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SIO 209 Community-Based Science will explore the theory and practice of developing authentic, two-way, respectful connections between universities and communities, with a particular emphasis on UCSD and City Heights.
The course will focus on critiquing current university structures and exploring alternative methods of conducting science research and education. Participants will engage in weekly discussions, participate in the science education program at a high school in City Heights, mentor high school students, interview community organizers and prepare a proposal for changes in university practice to foster better connections to working class communities.
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For details, check out the course website:
http://complex-systemsucsd.edu/sio2092010
additional information about the course will be added to the website over the summer. please contact Professor Brad Werner with questions:
bwerner@ucsd.edu
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Diber Lecture: Robert Westman
Dibner Lecture
7:30pm Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Friends' Hall
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
Robert Westman, History, UCSD
Copernicus and the Astrologers of Cracow and Bologna
Nicolas Copernicus's hypothesis that the earth is a planet revolving
together with five other planets around a stationary sun is one of the
best known claims in the history of science. First announced in print in
1543, historians often describe Copernicus's proposal as the beginning of
the Scientific Revolution.
But what was the question to which Copernicus's hypothesis was the answer?
Robert S. Westman, Professor of History, University of California, San
Diego, suggests that crucial clues lie in a late-fifteenth century
controversy about the status of astrology-although not a single word
about astrology exists in any of Copernicus's extant writings.
Free. No reservations required.
7:30pm Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Friends' Hall
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
Robert Westman, History, UCSD
Copernicus and the Astrologers of Cracow and Bologna
Nicolas Copernicus's hypothesis that the earth is a planet revolving
together with five other planets around a stationary sun is one of the
best known claims in the history of science. First announced in print in
1543, historians often describe Copernicus's proposal as the beginning of
the Scientific Revolution.
But what was the question to which Copernicus's hypothesis was the answer?
Robert S. Westman, Professor of History, University of California, San
Diego, suggests that crucial clues lie in a late-fifteenth century
controversy about the status of astrology-although not a single word
about astrology exists in any of Copernicus's extant writings.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Call for Abstracts: Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century Conference
On July 22-24, 2010, the Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century: 14th Conference, will convene at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The theme of the 14thAnnual Conference will be "Genomic Diversity and Health Disparities". With an emphasis on issues surrounding new genomic technologies such as health risk assessments and large-scale ancestry testing, the conference will explore how these technologies are co-evolving with societal and legal understandings about human diversity and health disparities across groups.
Are new technologies paving the way for personalized genomics, providing new identities and destabilizing old identities to individuals and groups, re-instituting biological determinism? Anchored by "state-of-the-art" featured presentations, thematic sessions will consider multiple facets of human diversity, and how different groups and constituencies experience health disparities and are affected by new medical technologies for population screening.
As with previous Genetics & Ethics Conferences, we will utilize the successful format of pairing presentations with relevant, concurrent sessions. Each presentation will have sufficient time for discussion to facilitate a lively exchange of new ideas and thoughts on the ways in which genomic 'next gen' technologies will or will not alter health care and identity amongst various populations and society as a whole.
Click here for Conference Brochure
Featured Speakers Include:
Rick Kittles, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, “The Role of Diverse Populations in Understanding Cancer Disparities”
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University. “The Search for Difference: Personalized Medicine and its Implications for Health Disparities”
Jeffrey C. Long, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, “Genetic Ancestry and Race and Their Implications for Health Disparities”
Ed McCabe, Pediatrics, Human Genetics, and Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA; Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children’s Hospital, “Ancestry and Identity: From Recreational Genetics to Personalized Medicine”
Patrick Boudreault, Deaf Studies Department, California State University Northridge, and Christina Palmer, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Human Genetics, and the Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA, “Genetics and Deaf Communities”
We are particularly interested in attracting abstracts related to the broad topics above. Additionally, topics may specifically include, but are not limited to:
Ancestry Testing; Population Screening; Ancestry and Cancer; Genomics and Health Disparities in African-American, Latino/a, Asian and Native American Communities; Health Disparities in Diverse Communities; LGBT Genetics, Identity and Health; Cultural Diversity, Epigenetics, and Health; Trust, Mistrust, and Ambivalence in Underrepresented Communities; Understanding Human Population History through Genetics; Genetics and Deaf Communities; Health Disparities for the Differently Abled; Underrepresented Communities and Genetics; Ethics of Health Care and Medical Research in Diverse Communities; Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Genetics and Cancer.
Accordingly, we invite you and your colleagues to submit abstracts for consideration for presentation at the conference. Please use the abstract guideline as your guide.
The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, May 10th, 2010. Abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee and you will be informed of acceptance for presentation as well as presentation format by June 1st, 2010
We are also offering travel fellowships to students and fellows who are presenting on the (combined) topic of Genetics, Racial Variation, and Cancer Risk and whose abstract has been accepted for presentation-- if you are interested in this fellowship, please indicate so on your application page.
Please submit abstracts (250 words or less) to Ana Wevill at ana@socgen.ucla.edu. We are soliciting papers, panels and posters (note your preference in your submission). We encourage life and social scientists, ethicists, health care professionals and physicians, historians, legal professionals and students to consider a submission.
Additionally, sign language interpreters (ASL) will be provided at the conference. Please indicate if you would like to present your topic in ASL.
Are new technologies paving the way for personalized genomics, providing new identities and destabilizing old identities to individuals and groups, re-instituting biological determinism? Anchored by "state-of-the-art" featured presentations, thematic sessions will consider multiple facets of human diversity, and how different groups and constituencies experience health disparities and are affected by new medical technologies for population screening.
As with previous Genetics & Ethics Conferences, we will utilize the successful format of pairing presentations with relevant, concurrent sessions. Each presentation will have sufficient time for discussion to facilitate a lively exchange of new ideas and thoughts on the ways in which genomic 'next gen' technologies will or will not alter health care and identity amongst various populations and society as a whole.
Click here for Conference Brochure
Featured Speakers Include:
Rick Kittles, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, “The Role of Diverse Populations in Understanding Cancer Disparities”
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University. “The Search for Difference: Personalized Medicine and its Implications for Health Disparities”
Jeffrey C. Long, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, “Genetic Ancestry and Race and Their Implications for Health Disparities”
Ed McCabe, Pediatrics, Human Genetics, and Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA; Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children’s Hospital, “Ancestry and Identity: From Recreational Genetics to Personalized Medicine”
Patrick Boudreault, Deaf Studies Department, California State University Northridge, and Christina Palmer, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Human Genetics, and the Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA, “Genetics and Deaf Communities”
We are particularly interested in attracting abstracts related to the broad topics above. Additionally, topics may specifically include, but are not limited to:
Ancestry Testing; Population Screening; Ancestry and Cancer; Genomics and Health Disparities in African-American, Latino/a, Asian and Native American Communities; Health Disparities in Diverse Communities; LGBT Genetics, Identity and Health; Cultural Diversity, Epigenetics, and Health; Trust, Mistrust, and Ambivalence in Underrepresented Communities; Understanding Human Population History through Genetics; Genetics and Deaf Communities; Health Disparities for the Differently Abled; Underrepresented Communities and Genetics; Ethics of Health Care and Medical Research in Diverse Communities; Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Genetics and Cancer.
Accordingly, we invite you and your colleagues to submit abstracts for consideration for presentation at the conference. Please use the abstract guideline as your guide.
The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, May 10th, 2010. Abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee and you will be informed of acceptance for presentation as well as presentation format by June 1st, 2010
We are also offering travel fellowships to students and fellows who are presenting on the (combined) topic of Genetics, Racial Variation, and Cancer Risk and whose abstract has been accepted for presentation-- if you are interested in this fellowship, please indicate so on your application page.
Please submit abstracts (250 words or less) to Ana Wevill at ana@socgen.ucla.edu. We are soliciting papers, panels and posters (note your preference in your submission). We encourage life and social scientists, ethicists, health care professionals and physicians, historians, legal professionals and students to consider a submission.
Additionally, sign language interpreters (ASL) will be provided at the conference. Please indicate if you would like to present your topic in ASL.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Petition to Save the History of Medicine at UCL
As many people will already know, on March 31, the Wellcome Trust abruptly announced that it intended to withdraw its funding from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, which would be closed completely on September 30, 2012. A similar statement followed from UCL.
You are invited to sign the petition against closure that is now online at
www.petitiononline.com/WTCHOM/petition.html and to pass details of it on to others known to you who might also support our cause.
Further information is available on our website and the opportunity to comment on the closure can be found on http://friendsofwtchom.blogspot.com
You are invited to sign the petition against closure that is now online at
www.petitiononline.com/WTCHOM/petition.html and to pass details of it on to others known to you who might also support our cause.
Further information is available on our website and the opportunity to comment on the closure can be found on http://friendsofwtchom.blogspot.com
Monday, April 26, 2010
Circulating Knowledge, East and West Conference
Announcing the conference CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST
Inspired by Dalhousie University's online launch of their Dinwiddie Archives, this conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of
scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today.
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will culminate in a half-day facilitation workshop to plan for further Science Studies dialogue and exchange, "East" and "West", with future conferences in Bangalore and Singapore.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Fa-ti Fan, State University of New York at Binghamton
Yves Gingras, l'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire
Jahnavi Phalkey, Imperial College London
Dhruv Raina, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Kapil Raj, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University
Jon Topham, University of Leeds
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will be held at the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from July 21-23. For further details - including information on registration and accommodations - please visit: WWW.SITUSCI.CA
Sponsored by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of King's College)
The James Dinwiddie (1746-1815) papers were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 1999 and are now being prepared for online access. Dr. Dinwiddie (1746-1815) was the scientific attaché of the first British embassy to the 18th Century Chinese imperial court, and the first Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William in Calcutta, India. One of the most important of the new itinerant Newtonian natural philosophers and lecturers of the Early Modern Period, the bulk of Dinwiddie's papers consist of his scientific observations, experiments, lecture notes, and journals with dates ranging from 1767 to 1815.
Inspired by Dalhousie University's online launch of their Dinwiddie Archives, this conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of
scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today.
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will culminate in a half-day facilitation workshop to plan for further Science Studies dialogue and exchange, "East" and "West", with future conferences in Bangalore and Singapore.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Fa-ti Fan, State University of New York at Binghamton
Yves Gingras, l'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire
Jahnavi Phalkey, Imperial College London
Dhruv Raina, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Kapil Raj, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University
Jon Topham, University of Leeds
CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will be held at the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from July 21-23. For further details - including information on registration and accommodations - please visit: WWW.SITUSCI.CA
Sponsored by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of King's College)
The James Dinwiddie (1746-1815) papers were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 1999 and are now being prepared for online access. Dr. Dinwiddie (1746-1815) was the scientific attaché of the first British embassy to the 18th Century Chinese imperial court, and the first Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William in Calcutta, India. One of the most important of the new itinerant Newtonian natural philosophers and lecturers of the Early Modern Period, the bulk of Dinwiddie's papers consist of his scientific observations, experiments, lecture notes, and journals with dates ranging from 1767 to 1815.
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