Workshop on New Approaches to STEM in South Asia

University of Pennsylvania and the Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)

Thursday, November 17, 2016 3:30 pm EST

This workshop will be streamed through the Consortium's History of Science Beyond the West working group. To join the workshop, please visit the working group's webpage. Speakers: Prof. Lawrence Cohen, University of California, Berkeley Life after Labor: Biometrics and the Figure of "Service" in Contemporary India Prof. Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Other Worldly Tales: Hindu Nationalism and Science in India Prof. Amit Prasad, University of Missouri Miracle or Science: Stem Cell Research and Therapy at a Clinic in Delhi Prof. Bharat Venkat, University of Oregon Wax & Wane Dr. Medha Saxena, Delhi University Island Networks: Early Years in the Establishment of Telecommunication in the Bay of Bengal Dr. Eram Alam, University of Pennsylvania "Global Medical Labor and Questions of Equivalency"