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Announcement
LECTURE SERIES 'SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & TRANSCULTURAL STUDIES'
Cluster of Excellence 'Asia & Europe', University of Heidelberg
April to December 2011
Organized by Laurent Pordié & William Sax
Science and Technology Studies is a burgeoning area of social theory linking history, philosophy and anthropology, among other disciplines. In this lecture series, a number of prominent intellectuals from around the world will take a new look at Science and Technology Studies from a transcultural perspective.
The lectures will be made available online on the Talk Section of the Heidelberg Cluster of Excellence website (http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/).
Summer term:
April 27, 6-8 pm
Culture Recast as Information: Emergent Ethnic Medicines in China
Judith Farquhar (Chicago)
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May 5, 6-8 pm
Bioethics and Medicine in Modern Japan: National Developments and Transnational Interactions
Raji C. Steineck (Zurich)
May 18, 6-8 pm
Evidence of the Tibetan Body: Making the Subtle Winds Visible in an Evidence Economy
Vincanne Adams (San Francisco)
June 15, 6-8 pm
Toward a History of Rotting Food
Shigehisa Kuriyama (Harvard)
June 22, 6-8 pm
Global Health Priorities for Asia: Local Cultures and the New Implementation Science
Arthur Kleinman (Harvard)
Speakers for the winter term include:
Christopher Cullen (Cambridge), October 12
Annemarie Mol (Amsterdam), November 2
Adriana Petryna (Philadelphia), December 7
The final winter programme will be communicated soon.
For further information please visit: http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/c-health-environment/c4/activities-and-events.html, or contact [log in to unmask]
Maria Steinisch
Karl Jaspers Center
Cluster of Excellence 'Asia & Europe'
University of Heidelberg
Voßstrasse 2, Gebäude 4400
D-69115 Heidelberg
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