The theme was migration and the biological sciences with an eye to exploring some recent literature. Lijing Jiang at Nanyang Technological University lead the discussion of two papers centering on two kinds of Biological Sciences and a third, which provides relevant insights on Chinese/American Scientists. Lisa Onaga of Nanyang Technological University joined and gave comments as well.Readings: Lijing Jiang, "Retouching the Past with Living Things: Indigenous Species, Tradition, and Biological Research in Republican China, 1918-1937" (manuscript). Lisa Onaga, "Ray Wu as Fifth Business: Deconstructing Collective Memory in the History of DNA Sequencing." Std. Hist. Phil. Biol. Biomed. Sci. (2014) 46: 1-14. Background Reading: Zuoyue Wang, "Transnational Science and the Cold War. The Case of Chinese/American Scientists." Isis 2010 101: 367-377.
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