- About
- Conveners
- Past events
About
Science operates on a global stage, but this is not a recent phenomenon. Our research group explores the relationship between global history and science studies. Science here is broadly construed. Histories of natural knowledge, technology and medicine all fall under the remit of this group. By adopting this approach we look to invite discussion on the relationship between the politics of globalisation and the making of the very category of ‘science’. What counts as science is precisely the product of a series of uneven historical encounters. Often the transit of scientific material, from books to barometers, relied on the lopsided development of colonialism and global capitalism. We therefore hope to trace, not only the movement of science across borders, but also the limits of the apparent globalisation of scientific knowledge.
In 2014-2015 we bring together speakers from history, geography and anthropology. By drawing on academics from across disciplines, we offer a new base for the growing network of academics working on global histories of science.
Conveners
Conveners
Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Department of Social Anthropology)
Megan Barford (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
James Hall (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
James Poskett (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
Tom Simpson (Faculty of History)
Aaron Watts (Faculty of History)
2013-14
Johanna Gonçalves Martín (Department of Social Anthropology)
Jagjeet Lally (Faculty of History)
Faculty Advisors
Professor Alison Bashford (Faculty of History)
Dr Michael Bravo (Department of Geography)
Dr Rohan Deb Roy (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
Dr Johanna Gonçalves Martín (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
Dr Jagjeet Lally (University College London)
Dr Leon Rocha (University of Liverpool)
Dr Sujit Sivasundaram (Faculty of History)
Past events
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Astronomical Situation (Pacific Ocean) 15 Oct 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Eóin Phillips (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Conversions of Biomedical Knowledge (Africa) 29 Oct 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Ruth Prince (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Surveying the St. Lawrence 1830-1850 12 Nov 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Megan Barford (Cambridge), Michael Bravo (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Medical Exchange (Southeast Asia) 26 Nov 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Tara Alberts (University of York) and Lauren Minsky (New York University Abu Dhabi) at Global Science |
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Quarantine: Local and Global Histories 21 Jan 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Alison Bashford (Cambridge), Richard McKay (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Sex Changed China: Science, Medicine, and Visions of Transformation 4 Feb 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Howard Chiang (Warwick), Rachel Leow (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Scientific Knowledge, Observational Data, and ‘Dead Heads’: A Comparative Exploration of Information 18 Feb 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Antonia Walford (U Manchester / Open University), Jon Agar (UCL) at Global Science |
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CANCELLED (Imperial Indigo) 4 Mar 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1, Ground floor Cancelled (Global Science) |
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The Needham Question: An Anthropological Answer 29 Apr 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1 Diederick Raven (Utrecht), Simon Schaffer (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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The Modernity of Calculus in India and Beyond 13 May 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1 Dhruv Raina (Jawaharlal Nehru), Simon Schaffer (Cambridge) |
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Modern Settler Colonialism and the Future of Endangered Races 27 May 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1 Sadiah Qureshi (Birmingham), Britta Schilling (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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European Science in 17th Century Russian Witchcraft Trials 10 Jun 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG1 Clare Griffin (HPS, Cambridge) at Global Science |
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The Albums of a Victorian Naval Surgeon 21 Oct 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Felix Driver (Royal Holloway), Jim Secord (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Medical Intervention and Political Autonomy (British India) 4 Nov 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Zujaja Tauqeer (Oxford), Tahir Kamran (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Scientific Capacity Building in East Africa: Global Science 18 Nov 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Branwyn Polykett and Emma Hunter (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Ethnographic Imagery and the Tribes of India, 1850-1900 2 Dec 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Cam Sharp-Jones (Kent), Shinjini Das (Cambridge) at Global Science |
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Risk and Security in the “Age of Pandemics” 13 Jan 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Mark Harrison (Oxford), Simon Szreter (Cambridge) -Global Science |
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The Historical Character of Biological Bodies 10 Feb 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Alexandra Ion (Bucharest), Richard Staley (Cambridge) -Global Science |
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The 1931 Central China Flood 24 Feb 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Chris Courtney (Cambridge), Helen Curry (Cambridge) -Global Science |
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Knowledge Between E M Venice and the Ottoman Empire 10 Mar 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building Valentina Pugliano (Cambridge), Kate Fleet (Cambridge) -Global Science |
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Discourses of Science, Technology and Progress in Central America 1790-1840 5 May 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building. Sophie Brockmann (ILAS, London)~ Global Science |
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Visualising the Third Plague Pandemic 19 May 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building. Christos Lynteris and Branwyn Poleykett (CRASSH) ~ Global Science |
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Volcanoes on Borders: Managing Liminal Science in Latin America 2 Jun 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building. Amy Donovan and Marta Magalhães (Cambridge) ~ Global Science |
