Centre and Periphery: in the History of Science,Technology and Medicine
Saturday 11 March 2006, Simon Building, Brunswick St, University of
Manchester
Programme
9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-11.00 Roy MacLeod (University of Sydney and Oxford)
On ‘Centre’ and ‘Periphery’: A Brief History of Use and Misuse
11.00-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.30 Kostas Gavroglu (University of Athens)
The Sciences and the European Periphery: Comments on Historiographical
Issues
12.30-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.30 Vladimir Jankovic (University of Manchester)
Headhunt: The Visiting Scientist Program at the U.S. National
Meteorological Center, ca. 1980
14.30-14.45 Tea
14.45-15.15 Heloise Finch (University of Michigan)
Awkward Simultaneities: The Omega navigation system in the Indian Ocean
during the Cold War
15.15-15.45 Rita Lobo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Centre or Periphery: The history of Portuguese Tropical Medicine, 1902-1935
15.45-16.15 Sarah Dry (University of Cambridge)
London Heroes: Bringing the edge of danger into the centre of the city
16.15-16.45 Concluding general discussions.
There are bursaries available for postgraduates of £50 or £75 for travel.
There is no conference fee.
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