Science Beyond the West (inactive)

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Respectful Behavior Policy

Participants at Consortium activities will treat each other with respect and consideration to create a collegial, inclusive, and professional environment that is free from any form of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.

Participants will avoid any inappropriate actions or statements based on individual characteristics such as age, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, nationality, political affiliation, ability status, educational background, or any other characteristic protected by law. Disruptive or harassing behavior of any kind will not be tolerated. Harassment includes but is not limited to inappropriate or intimidating behavior and language, unwelcome jokes or comments, unwanted touching or attention, offensive images, photography without permission, and stalking.

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Upcoming Meetings

There are no currently scheduled upcoming events.


Past Meetings

  • December 12, 2014

    Harun Küçük of UPenn introduced his draft paper, “New Medicine and the Ḥikmet-i Ṭabīʾiyye Problematic in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul.”


  • November 14, 2014

    The theme for this month was Maps & Mapping. The group discussed: 1. Thongchai Winichakul, Siam Mapped Chs. 1 & 2. 2. Chandra Mukerji, "The Territorial State as a Figured World" 3. Jeremy Johns & Emily Savage-Smith, "The Book of Curiosities" Optional Reading: JB Harley, "Deconstructing Maps".


  • October 10, 2014

    Harun Küçük and Projit Mukharji introduced three papers: Warwick Anderson, "Making Global Health History: The Postcolonial Worldliness of Biomedicine," Social History of Medicine, 27(2), [2014], pp.372-384; Fa-ti Fan, "The Global Turn in the History of Science," East Asian Science, Technology and Society, 6/2, 2012: 249-258; Kapil Raj, "Beyond Postcolonialism... and Postpositivism: Circulation and the Global History of Science," Isis, 104/2, 2013: 337-347.


Group Conveners

  • Richard Shrake

     

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