Summary
The Centre for Global Knowledge Studies (gloknos) was founded by Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya in autumn 2017 with support from the European Research Council, and inaugurated at CRASSH, University of Cambridge, in autumn 2018.
gloknos (/'glɒnɒs/) is a multi-disciplinary research centre and intellectual community concerned with the constitution, diffusion, exchange, and use of human knowledges throughout history. It aims to foster advanced cross-disciplinary research and pedagogical training in Global Epistemics, as well as cross-sectorial exchanges and initiatives, through a global network of associate members and partners engaged in academic and public-oriented collaborations and activities, an institutional and virtual infrastructure, and a range of scientific and public dissemination channels dedicated to the diffusion of its research outputs to the widest audience.
Visit the Centre's website for more information.
gloknos is initially funded for 5 years by the European Research Council through a Consolidator Grant awarded to Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya for her project ARTEFACT (2017-2022), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (ERC grant agreement no. 724451).
Annual Lecture Series
| Annual Lectures and Seminars |
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| "Turning the global history of ‘technology’ upside down" - gloknos Annual Lecture Series 19 October 2018, SG1 + 2, Alison Richard Building |
| "Geographies of knowledge in ancient and modern Iraq" - gloknos Annual Lecture Series 04 December 2018, SG1 + 2, Alison Richard Building |
| "In the Bay of Bengal: Modelling Empire, Globe and Self" - gloknos Annual Lecture Series 23 January 2019, SG1+2, Alison Richard Building |
| "Knowledge and War: Paper Technologies in Early Modern Empires" - gloknos Annual Lecture Series 28 February 2019, SG1+2, Alison Richard Building |
| "The Political Economy of Nutrition in the 18th Century" - gloknos Annual Lecture Series 08 March 2019, SG1+2, Alison Richard Building |
| gloknos Annual Lecture Series- Dr Johan Östling 02 May 2019, SG1, Alison Richard Building |
| gloknos Annual Lecture Series- Dr Sonja Brentjes 14 June 2019, SG1+2, Alison Richard Building |
Cambridge Connects
| Knowledge and Digital Capitalism Reading Group |
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| Knowledge in the Age of Digital Capitalism 16 October 2018, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Cognitive Capitalism 30 October 2018, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Platform Capitalism | Algorithmic Governance 13 November 2018, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Downloading the Dreaming 27 November 2018, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Ordering Knowledge 22 January 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Anticipatory Uncertainty 05 February 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Future Science 19 February 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Open Access 05 March 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Teaching Machines 30 April 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Big Data 14 May 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Platform Capitalism 28 May 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Digital Sociology 11 June 2019, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College |
| Ontopolitics of the Future Reading Group |
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| Ontological Politics 11 October 2018, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| The Politics of Life Itself 25 October 2018, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Excavating Contemporary Capitalism 08 November 2018, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Geontologies 22 November 2018, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Ontopower 17 January 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Climate Leviathan 31 January 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Toxic Politics & Nuclear Bunkers 14 February 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Global Health Security | Cryopolitics 28 February 2019, S1, Alison Richard Building |
| Scopic Regimes | The Machine That Ate Bad People 14 March 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Non-Human Politics 25 April 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Ontofeminism 09 May 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| After Extinction 23 May 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
| Living on a Damaged Planet 07 June 2019, S2, Alison Richard Building |
Cum Panis Seminars
| gloknos cum panis seminars |
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| States of Emergence, States of Knowledge: On International Relations Theorising in Rising Powers 06 November 2018, CRASSH Meeting Room, Alison Richard Building |
| Intangible Material Culture: Technical Knowledge Transfer in Architecture 28 January 2019, CRASSH Meeting Room |
| Ranking the World: Globalising Status Competition in International Society 14 February 2019, CRASSH Meeting Room, Alison Richard Building |
| The Power of Agnosis and the Politics of the Unknown 14 May 2019, CRASSH Meeting Room |
Global Epistemics Summer School
The first edition of the Global Epistemics Summer School will take place in July 2020. More information will be available later this year.
Ideas Lab
| Norming Knowledges - The gloknos Ideas Lab 29 January 2019, 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College |
Big History Symposia
The first edition of gloknos’s Big History Symposia will take place in July 2019. More information will be available later this year.
The Post-Disciplinary Initiative
Coming Soon
Other Events
| Book Launch at the LSE: Western Dominance in International Relations? - gloknos Sponsored Event 21 January 2019, London School of Economics |
| GM Crops in Human History - Cambridge Festival of Science 15 March 2019, SG1+2, Alison Richard Building |
| Objects: Carriers of Knowledge - Cambridge Festival of Science 19 March 2019, Lecture Theatre 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms |