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Pre-Colonial and Colonial Perspectives on Science and Technology in
South Asia, Heidelberg, Sept. 23-24, 2010

April 15 2010

CFP Pre-Colonial and Colonial Perspectives on Science and Technology
in South Asia, Heidelberg, Sept. 23-24, 2010

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-From: Amelia Bonea <bonea(a)asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de>

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(a)asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de) or Paul Fletcher (
fletcher(a)asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de ) by 31 May 2010. Final
papers will be due on 1 September 2010and 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
Vo�stra�e 2, Geb�ude 4400
69115 Heidelberg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 6221 54 4319
Email: bonea(a)asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de

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