Högre seminarium hösten 2014
SEMINARS, FALL 2014
Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH
Seminars are held in the seminar room at the Division
Visiting address: Teknikringen 74 D
Monday 8 September, 13:15-14:45
Kati Lindström, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH
"Landscape representations, nationalism and environmental protection policies in Japan”
Monday 22 September, 13:15-14:45
Roberta Biasillo, University of Bari
"Reframing forest for a new state: the Italian case"
Monday 6 October, 13:15-14:45
Thom van Dooren, University of New South Wales
“Banking the Forest: Loss, Hope and Care in Hawaiian Conservation”
Monday 20 October, 13:15-14:45
Jan Romgard, Stockholm University
“From ‘Kina-Gunnar’ to ‘The Travelling University’: Swedish geosciences in Republican China 1914 to 1935”
Panel Discussion Thursday 30 October, 13:15-16:00
Gunnel Cederlöf, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH, and researchers from the Linnaeus University, Växjö
"Colonial Railways, Danish-English Entrepreneurs, and Swedish Iron: The Stephens Archive at the Linnaeus University”
Presentation of three studies, based on documents from the Huseby Archives in Växjö
Alexander Bubb, “Class, Cotton and Woddaries: the Business Networks of Railway Contractors in the Bombay Presidency, 1855-70”
Ingemar Gunnarsson, “A Scandinavian railway contractor in India 1860-1869: conflicts and entrepreneurship in a colonial context”
Margareta Petersson, “Concurrent domesticities in letters from the colonial fringe”
Monday 3 November, 13:15-14:45
Poul Holm, Trinity College Dublin
“Deep Harvests. Fisheries, Food Cultures, Ecosystems and Human Societies”
Monday 24 November, 13:15-14:45
Libby Robin, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University / Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH
“Curating the Future: Museums, Communities and Climate Change”
Monday 1 December, 13:15-14:45
Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted, Eastern Washington University
“Backwater Blues – The Production of Mississippi River Flood Narratives”
Monday 15 December, 13:15-14:45
Per Högselius, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH
“Nuclear Disasters Wet and Dry”
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Check for updates on http://www.kth.se/abe/inst/philhist/historia
For more information and readings, contact Sabine Höhler (sabine.hoehler@abe.kth.se)