Scientific Voyaging: Histories and Comparisons conference, 8-10 July 2008
The National Maritime Museum, in association with the Royal Society and the
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge,
announce a major international conference on relations between maritime
exploration and the sciences between the eighteenth century and modern
times.
Conference Programme
TUESDAY 8 JULY
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH
Before the conference commences there will be an opportunity to visit the
National Maritime Museum galleries and Royal Observatory, including the new
Peter Harrison Planetarium (complimentary tickets available).
17.00-17.30 Registration and coffee
17.30-18.30 Keynote Address:
Professor Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University
Science, circumnavigation and modernity
18.30-20.00 Wine reception in the Queen’s House, National Maritime Museum
WEDNESDAY 9 JULY
THE ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
09.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.00 Dr Jean Fornasiero, University of Adelaide
Nicolas Baudin, François Péron and the sciences of discovery (1800 - 03)
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 Dr Jim Endersby, University of Sussex
What does a species look like?
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 Dr John West-Sooby, University of Adelaide
Port Jackson : a periphery for multiple centres
14.30-15.00 Tea
15.00-16.00 Professor Philippe Despoix, University of Montréal Writing,
drawing and photographing: inscription techniques and native knowledge in
scientific expeditions (1770-1900)
16.00-17.00 Alistair Sponsel, Princeton University Surveying for a cause:
local studies and general theories of the South Sea islands from Resolution
to the U.S. Exploring Expedition
THURSDAY 10 JULY
THE ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
09.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.00 Dr Leoncio López-Ocón and Dr José María Tellado, Instituto De
Historia, CSIC, Madrid Circumstances, pursuits and achievements of Spain΄s
expedition to the Pacific (1862 - 66) from a comparative perspective
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 Professor Daniela Bleichmar, University of Southern California
Visual voyages: long-distance seeing in the 18th-century Spanish Empire
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Dr Luciana Martins, Birkbeck College, University of London
Geographical exploration and the elusive mapping of the Amazon
15.00-15.30 Tea
15.30-16.30 Professor Simon Schaffer, University of Cambridge
Reflections on history: the long journeys of the sciences
16.30-17.00 General Discussion and Close
Registration information
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.22463
Enquiries
Mrs Janet Norton, Research Administrator
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
Tel: 020 8312 6716. Fax: 020 8312 6592
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