Pre-Colonial and Colonial Perspectives on Science and Technology in South Asia
Call for Papers Workshop Announcement
Pre-Colonial and Colonial Perspectives on Science and Technology in
South Asia
Junior Research Group Asymmetries in Cultural Information Flows:
Europe and South Asia in the Global Information Network since the
Nineteenth Century
Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
23-24 September 2010, Heidelberg, Germany
This workshop welcomes papers from graduate students interested in
science and
technology in pre-colonial and colonial South Asia. It is the
workshop´s particular interest to
explore the changing meanings of science and technology throughout
this time, including ideas
of time and space as well as the language, or translations, involved.
Also of importance
is the relationship between religious and scientific thought(s), the
construction and
circulation of scientific and technological knowledge, and the
practical applications of
science and technology in various domains of South Asian social life,
especially in government,
trade and commerce, transportation, and print culture.
Proposals of not more than 500 words may be submitted by email to
Amelia Bonea (
bonea@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de) or Paul Fletcher
(fletcher@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de) by
31 May 2010. Final papers will be due on 1 September 2010 and will be
pre-circulated to
workshop participants. In addition to giving a twenty-minute talk,
each participant will be
asked to choose one paper and prepare five minutes of questions and/or
commentary for the
author of that paper. For further inquiries, please contact the
organizing committee.
Amelia Bonea
Ph.D. Student
Cluster of Excellence
'Asia and Europe in a Global Context'
Karl Jaspers Centre
Voßstraße 2, Gebäude 4400
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6221 54 4319
Email: bonea@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de
Pre-Colonial and Colonial Perspectives on Science and Technology in
South Asia
Junior Research Group Asymmetries in Cultural Information Flows:
Europe and South Asia in the Global Information Network since the
Nineteenth Century
Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
23-24 September 2010, Heidelberg, Germany
This workshop welcomes papers from graduate students interested in
science and
technology in pre-colonial and colonial South Asia. It is the
workshop´s particular interest to
explore the changing meanings of science and technology throughout
this time, including ideas
of time and space as well as the language, or translations, involved.
Also of importance
is the relationship between religious and scientific thought(s), the
construction and
circulation of scientific and technological knowledge, and the
practical applications of
science and technology in various domains of South Asian social life,
especially in government,
trade and commerce, transportation, and print culture.
Proposals of not more than 500 words may be submitted by email to
Amelia Bonea (
bonea@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de) or Paul Fletcher
(fletcher@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de) by
31 May 2010. Final papers will be due on 1 September 2010 and will be
pre-circulated to
workshop participants. In addition to giving a twenty-minute talk,
each participant will be
asked to choose one paper and prepare five minutes of questions and/or
commentary for the
author of that paper. For further inquiries, please contact the
organizing committee.
Amelia Bonea
Ph.D. Student
Cluster of Excellence
'Asia and Europe in a Global Context'
Karl Jaspers Centre
Voßstraße 2, Gebäude 4400
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6221 54 4319
Email: bonea@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de