Dear BACS members,
This is CFP for the conference I'm helping to organise for the Commission on Science, Technology & Diplomacy of the Division of History of Science and Technology. Looking forward to receiving many proposals from you!
With best wishes,
Aya Homei, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Japanese Studies
East Asian Studies Programme Coordinator
University of Manchester
Office: Samuel Alexander S3.15
Tel: +44-(0)161-3061819
Address: W3.12 Languages Reception
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Samuel Alexander Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Call for Papers:
Asia in Histories of Science Diplomacy
2nd Annual Conference of the DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy
10-12 July 2020
Beijing, China
The last decade has seen increasing interest in the concept, practice, and history of science diplomacy in international affairs during the modern period. Such discussions and debates have been dominated by ‘Western’ perspectives, tending to focus on the agency, activities, and influence of actors from Europe and North America. Yet, the danger of treating the ‘Euro-American’ context and norms as defaults against which non-Western ones are measured can often implicitly underpin or reinforce problematic value-judgements, as Phalkey and Lam (2016) have argued in relation to the wider history of science, technology, and medicine.
Building on the global focus of the DHST Commission of Science, Technology and Diplomacy’s first conference in 2019, this conference will centre on Asia, emphasising the agency, activities, and influence of Asian actors within both the intra- and inter-regional contexts of what we call today science diplomacy. We wish to address a number of interconnected questions including: what would be gained through looking at Asian history through the lenses of science diplomacy? What actors, processes, regions and activities would these new narratives encompass? Could these reflections lead to re-consider the concept and meanings of science diplomacy?
In order to address these questions, we invite contributions exploring the entangled histories of science, technology and diplomacy in Asia. We expect contributions to involve or engage with:
- nationalism, regionalism and/or internationalism in STM
- official and unofficial/informal diplomatic channels
- colonialism, imperialism and anti-imperialism, decolonisation, and development
- alliances, non-alignment, and ‘South-South’ cooperation
- state and non-state actors (including religious, commercial and industrial actors, international organisations, transnational networks, and party-to-party relations)
We invite submission of paper proposals which include: a title, abstract (300 words maximum), and a short CV (150 words maximum) to Gordon Barrett ([log in to unmask]) by
30 January 2020.
Co-hosted by:
Department of History of Science, Technology and Medicine of Peking University
and
School of Humanities of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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