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COLONIAL SCIENCE AND ITS HISTORIES. THE WORKSHOP - IHR, London, 14 January 2011
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Symposium Date: | 2011-01-14 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-01-04 |
| Announcement ID: |
181799 |
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COLONIAL SCIENCE AND ITS HISTORIES. THE WORKSHOP
14 January 2011
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
WC1E 7HU
With the generous support of the Wellcome Trust, the Royal Historical Society, and the Institute for Historical Research, University of London.
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14 January 2011
9:30 Doors open (Senate House, Room G37)
9:50-10:00 Welcome
Session One, Chaired by Emma Spary (University of Cambridge)
10:00-10:40 James Delbourgo (Rutgers University, NY)
"Animal Magic in Colonial Jamaica"
10:40-11:20 Staffan Müller-Wille (University of Exeter)
"Linnaeus and the Four Corners of the World"
11:20-12:00 Pratik Chakrabarti (Kent University)
"Materials and Medicine in the Age of Commerce"
12:05-13:05 Lunch
Session Two, Chaired by Matthew D. Eddy (Durham University)
13:05-13:45 Daniel Margócsy (Hunter College, NY)
"Creative Seeds and Monstrous Giraffes: Shipping Medicinal Plants and Curious Animals in the Early Modern World"
13:45-14:25 Helen Cowie (Plymouth University)
"Sloth Bones and Anteater Tongues: Collecting Nature in the Spanish Empire, 1750-1808"
14:30-15:00 Coffee
Session Three, Chaired by John McAleer (National Maritime Museum)
15:00-15:40 Lowri Jones (University of Nottingham)
"Indigenous intermediaries in nineteenth-century scientific exploration"
15:40-16:20 Jim Moore (Open University)
"Fuegians, Not Finches: The Meaning of Darwin's 'First Contact'"
16:20-17:00 Sadiah Qureshi (University of Cambridge)
"Model Peoples: Race, Empire and Anthropology in International Exhibitions, 1851-1886"
17:05-17:30 Open discussion and concluding remarks
TO REGISTER, please email Valentina Pugliano at valentina.pugliano@history.ox.ac.uk
Registration is free fro students, £7 for non-students. Limited bursaries for graduate students from outside the greater London area are available on a first-come first-served basis, please contact Valentina Pugliano
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