On the theme "The Evolution of Scientific Technical and Useful Knowledge from Sung China (960-1279) to the Industrial Revolution (1756-1846)
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All meetings are held weekly between noon and 2.00 pm on Wednesdays.
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Weeks 1-6 in Room NAB115 (New Academic Building)
PLEASE NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE FOR WEEKS 7-10
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Weeks 7-10 in Room D703 (Clement House)
This seminar has been convened by the team engaged in collaborative research funded by the European Research Council into regimes for the production of useful and reliable knowledge in the east and the west before the first industrial revolution. A historiographical preface and bibliography is available on request from Loraine Long, Administrator, LSE, l.long@lse.ac.uk| for participants who wish to read more on particular topics.
Outlines of the presentations should be posted on the URKEW website.
Programme
A. Introduction
Wednesday 13 January
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Patrick O'Brien (URKEW, LSE)
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Connexions between the discovery and accumulation of useful and reliable knowledge and technological innovation in the East and West.
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Respondent: Ian Inkster (Nottingham Trent)
B. Before the Scientific Revolution
Wednesday 20 January
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Simona Valeriani (URKEW, LSE)
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Natural philosophy and technical knowledge in Medieval Europe
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Respondent: Ian Blanchard (Edinburgh)
Wednesday 27 January
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Ting Xu (URKEW, LSE)
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Efflorescence in Tang-Sung China
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Respondent: Harriet Zurndorfer (Leiden)
Wednesday 03 February
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Anjana Singh (URKEW, LSE)
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The contributions of Medieval India
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Respondent: Sujit Sivasundaram (LSE)
Wednesday 10 February
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Sonja Brentjes (Seville)
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Science and Technology in the Early Age Islamic Empire
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Respondent: Xerxes Malki (URKEW, LSE)
C. The Origins of the Scientific Revolution and its Global Significance
Wednesday 17 February
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Francesco Boldizonni (Bocconi) The Origins and Significance of the Scientific Revolution 1543-1727
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Respondent: Floris Cohen (Utrecht)
Wednesday 24 February
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Ting Xu (URKEW, LSE)
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The reception and diffusion of Western Science into the Qing Empire
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Respondent: Mark Elvin (Oxford and ANU)
Wednesday 03 March
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Mina Ishizu (URKEW, LSE)
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The adaptations of Tokugawa and Meiji Japan
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Respondent: Christopher Howe (SOAS)
Wednesday 10 March
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Xerxes Malki (URKEW, LSE)
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The reactions of Islam
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Respondent: Gervaise Clarence Smith (SOAS)
Wednesday 17 March
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Anjana Singh (URKEW, LSE)
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The experience of colonized India
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Respondent: David Washbrook, Trinity College, Cambridge