The message below might be of interest to some colleagues.
Mamtimyn
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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Seeking specialists on Asian/Oriental Collections
relating to Science in Britian, eg. BL, IOL, Bodleian etc.
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:56:31 -0700
From: Frank Conlon <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: H-Net list for Asian History and Culture <[log in to unmask]>
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H-ASIA
September 26, 2004
Seeking contributor with knowledge of oriental collections in Britain,
eg., Bodleian, British Library-India Office Library, others, with
reference to science, for workshop, Paris, April 2005
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From: Agathe Keller <[log in to unmask]>
Hello,
We are organizing in Paris a workshop on the history of "non-western"
scientific collections, and looking specifically for someone who could
tell us something about the oriental collections of the Bodleian Library,
the Indian Office or any other such british library. Does anybody on the
list know of a study on such subject?
Here is the program of the workhop:
"Libraries, Encyclopaedias, Museums, Archives: Constituting the
collections that have provided history of science with its sources"
Workshop, 4-5 April 2005
REHSEIS, Paris
A. Breard, F. Bretelle-Establet, K. Chemla, C. Jami, A. Keller,
G. Lachenal, C. Proust
This workshop is part of a research project ("ACI Jeunes Chercheurs"
supported by the French Ministry of Research), on the history of the
constitution of corpuses in the history of science in Asia and in
Africa.
The history of science in these parts of the world has usually been
constructed on the bases of writings or archaeological evidence that have
been selected amongst collections such as libraries, encyclopaedias,
museums or archives. These collections in turn had been shaped at
different times and by very diverse actors, following processes of
selection that are little known.
It has thus appeared necessary to us to reflect collectively upon the
history and the modalities of the making-up of these collections, so as
to examine the first step in the formation of the corpuses on the basis
of which the history of science in Asia and Africa has been written. This
first analysis should enable us to take some critical distance, in order
to construct new corpuses.
The aim of this first workshop is to analyse, on the basis of precise case
studies relevant to the Arabic, African, Indian, Chinese and Mesopotamian
worlds, the various ways in which the collections from which historians
of science have drawn their materials have been made up throughout
history. During the workshop we shall examine why and how private actors
or public institutions select books, authors, documents or archaeological
fragments that they put together in collections. What purposes do these
collections meet? What selection criteria are they based on: scientific
contents? aesthetic value? trade value? institutional positions of
authors?
The first day of the workshop will be devoted to the history of
collections gathered in the past in Africa and Asia, such as the
compilation of Chinese encyclopaedic collections or the gathering of
Mesopotamian libraries. The second day will be devoted to the history of
more recent collections, often brought together in other parts of the
world, such as the centres of power of empires.
hope you can help!
yours,
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Dr. Agathe Keller
Rehseis
CNRS- Université Paris VII
UMR 7596
Centre Javelot
2 place Jussieu
Paris Cedex 05
75256
01 42 77 86 46
Reply top: Agathe Keller <[log in to unmask]>
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