coordinated by Josep Simon

josep.simon@uv.es

Is science local, global or universal? Are these qualities contradictory or can they be combined? What differentiates a local, national, global or universal history? Do they have different objects, approaches, sources or techniques? Are histories of science distinct to other local or global histories? This seminar series presents a situated reflection on the problem of scales in history of science that focuses on its theoretical and practical definition, and its methodological, professional and civic challenges.

Full program

1. Wednesday 11th December 2019, 16:00

Spatial Concepts in the Historiography of Science: When to Claim that Science is Local?

Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen (Oulun Yliopisto/University of Oulo)

2. Wednesday 15th January 2020, 16:00

Historicizing the Universal: Writing the History of International Science after Sarton

Geert Somsen (Maastricht University)

3. Thursday 30th January 2020, 16:00

Is There a Politics of Scale?

Glenda Sluga (The University of Sidney / European University Institute)

4. Wednesday 5th February 2020, 18:00:

Roundtable: Local Science /Global History?

With the participation of Carmel Ferragud (IILP, Universitat de València), José Pardo Tomás (Institució Milà i Fontanals-CSIC), Jorge Sáiz Serrano (IES Serpis, València – Departament de Didàctica de les Ciències Experimentals i Socials, Universitat de València) and Josep Lluís Barona (IILP, Universitat de València).

** All seminars take place in the conference room of the Institut d’Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència López Piñero (Palau Cerveró, Pl. Cisneros 4, 46003 València, 2nd floor)

** All the seminars can be viewed live by online streaming at: http://reunion.uv.es/hcc2

***Talks are in English. The language of the roundtable is Catalan and Spanish.