Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
King's College London
Previous seminars
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Seminar Programme 2022/23
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​​Term Two
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18th Jan,2023
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Planning for CHoSTM's 30th year anniversary
Discussion towards finalizing plans for the 30th year anniversary of CHoSTM.
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1st Feb,2023
TBC
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15th Feb,2023- postponed due to strikes
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There, we were all the same: Life Stories around Leprosy
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Antonio will be circulating the introduction to his upcoming book on life stories around leprosy.
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1st Mar, 2023- Postponed due to strikes
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German WW1 Defeat and Revolution: Gerard Kite's 1921 lecture to the Swedish Synod
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Catherine will be circulating a draft chapter from her ongoing PhD research on the intellectual history of the political, theological, and racial ivtersectionalities of Gerhard Kittel's antisemitism.
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15th Mar, 2023
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TBC
Francisca Valenzuela-Villaseca
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Francisca will be circulating a draft chapter form her ongoing PhD research on telegraphy and state formation in Latin America.
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29th Mar, 2023
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Sanitary Infrastructures and the Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Madras, 1865-1940
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Viswa will be circulating the draft of his PhD introduction towards his submission later this term.
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​Term One
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28th Sep,2022
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CHoSTM Research review
This will be an opportunity to meet new members at the centre, and discuss our ongoing research, as well as plan further regarding the centre's 30th year anniversary coming up in 2023.
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12th Oct, 2022
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Patchwork Engineering: Sanitary Infrastructures in Interwar Madras city
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Draft will be pre-circulated.
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26th Oct, 2022
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TBC
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9th Nov, 2022
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Challenging scholarly authority in 19th century flat earth argumentation
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Draft will be pre-circulated.
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23rd Nov, 2022
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The Making of Rural Industry: 'Bidi' Tobacco in Central Provinces, 1920-1940
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Draft will be pre-circulated
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5th Dec, 2022 ( Monday)
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Book discussion- Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia
Dr. Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
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