We are delighted to announce the Easter 2015 programme for Global Science, a seminar series devoted to global histories of science, technology and medicine.
The seminars are hosted by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge.
5 May 2015
Title: Global aspirations and local traditions: discourses of science, technology and progress in Central America, 1790-1840
Speaker: Sophie Brockmann (Institute of Latin American Studies, London)
19 May 2015
Title: The visual plage: global perspectives
Speaker: Christos Lynteris (CRASSH, University of Cambridge)
2 June 2015
Title: Volcanoes on borders: managing liminal science in Latin America
Speaker: Amy Donovan (Geography, University of Cambridge)
Respondent: Marta Magalhães (Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge)
The seminars take place on Tuesdays 12:00-14:00 in Seminar Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT.
A sandwich lunch will be served for attendees between 12:00-12:30 in the foyer and the seminar itself will begin promptly at 12:30 in Seminar Room SG1.
No registration is necessary. All welcome.
Convenors
Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Department of Social Anthropology)
Megan Barford (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
James Hall (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
James Poskett (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
Tom Simpson (Faculty of History)
Aaron Watts (Faculty of History)
Many thanks,
James Poskett
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James Poskett
PhD Candidate
Department of History and Philosophy of Science,
University of Cambridge, UK.
