International Conference

Theme:

Geography and the Sites of Knowing

Date:

December 12, 2011 - 9:00am - December 14, 2011 - 5:00pm

Hosted in Manipal, India, this workshop marks the second stage in a multi-stage collaborative initiative between Canadian, Indian and Southeast Asian scholars in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Following the successes of the "Circulating Knowledge: East and West" workshop held at the University of King's College in July, 2010, the workshop will adopt a comparative approach to examine the rise of science and concepts of nature in the "East" and the "West".

Co-organizers:

Gordon McOuat, Director, Situating Science: Canadian Cluster for the Humanities and Social Studies of Science

Bernie Lightman, Department of Humanities, York University and Toronto Node manager

Emily Tector, Project Coordinator, Situating Science: Canadian Cluster for the Humanities and Social Studies of Science

Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University

Jobin Mathew, Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University

Presenters

Sergio Sismondo, Queen's University

Daryn Lehoux, Queen's University

Lesley Cormack, University of Alberta

Bernie Lightman, York University

Kathleen Okruhlik, University of Western Ontario

Alan MacEachern, University of Western Ontario

Yiftach JH Fehige, University of Toronto

Somaditya Banerjee, University of British Columbia (student)

Letitia Meynell, Dalhousie University

Arun Balasubramaniam, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Meera Baindur, Manipal University

Shiv Viswanathan, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Sujatha Venkatesh, Jawaharlal Nehru University

George Gheverghese Joseph, University of Manchester

Dhruv Raina, Jawaharlal Nehru University

MD Srinivas, Centre for Policy Studies, Mylapore

Stephen Healy, University of New South Wales

David Miller, University of New South Wales

More details to come.

Press Release HERE

Sponsors and partners:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences grant

Manipal University, Manipal, India

Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster

Supported by:

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

http://www.situsci.ca/event/sciences-and-narratives-nature-east-and-west

International Conference

Sciences and Narratives of Nature: East and West