ESHS in-between meeting. Rethinking the history of the sciences in Europe

About this meeting

The European Society for the History of Science, currently presided by Ana Simões, co-coordinator of CIUHCT, organises in-between meetings that alternate with its congresses, held every two years. This year's meeting will be in Lisbon. On the first day, October 4, the sessions will be open to the general public, and no registration is required. They will take place at the FCiênciasID Amphitheatre of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (C1 Building, 3rd Floor).

Programme (October 4)

• 9:00. Welcome
• 9:30. Agustí Nieto-Galan (CEHIC, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona), How to write a ‘European’ History of Science? Some Critical Reflections
• 10:15. Maria Paula Diogo (CIUHCT, NOVA University of Lisbon), Europe goes global: narratives from the History of Technology perspective
• 11:00. Coffee Break
• 11:30. Frank James (Royal Institution), Davy’s career in European perspective
• 12:15. Simone Turchetti (CHSTM, University of Manchester), Science diplomacy as a concept and its significance for historians of science
• 13:00. Lunch
• 14:30. Roberto Lalli (MPIWG, Berlin), Socio-epistemic networks and the history of science in Europe
• 15:15. Mitchell Ash (University of Vienna), Science and politics as resources for one another: rethinking a relational history
• 16:00. Karine Chemla (CNRS, SPHERE), Remarks on the shaping of European historiographies of mathematics in the 19^th and the 20^thcenturies and their present-day impact
• 16:45. Coffee Break
• 17:00. Final comments by Clara Florensa (CEHIC) and Davide Scarso (CIUHC) and general discussion
• 18:30 (Recommended closing time)

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Funded by FCT, I.P. through the Project UID/HIS/00286/2019

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