Problematizing the Local, in Global Histories of Science

K. Raj (EHESS), D. Ali (UPenn), P. Gomez (UWisc., Madison), E. Lean (Columbia), C. Mavhunga (MIT), J. Radin (Yale)

South Asia Center, UPenn; Consortium for HSTM (Philadelphia, PA)

Friday, December 4, 2015 9:00 am EST

Time: 9am – 2.30pm Venue: LGBT Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3907 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA Programme Session I – Local as Problem in the Early Modern World [9am – 11am] Speakers:- Kapil Raj, EHESS Daud Ali, UPenn Pablo Gomez, UWisc, Madison Chair:- Harun Kucuk, UPenn Session II – Local as Problem in the Modern World [11.15am - 1.15pm] Speakers:- Eugenia Lean, Columbia Uni. Clapperton Mavhunga, MIT Joanna Radin, Yale Uni. Chair:- John Tresch, UPenn PLEASE RSVP by 1st Dec.:- Projit B Mukharji, mukharji@sas.upenn.edu NOTE: The workshop is the second part of a two-day event. Visit here for information about activities on Dec. 3rd. This event is co-sponsored with the South Asia Center of the University of Pennsylvania.