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Dr. Gordon McOuat and Situating Science short-listed for SSHRC Impact Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Gordon McOuat and Situating Science! Their success over the past seven years has been a driving force behind “Cosmopolitanism and the Local in Science & Nature”. Read more here.
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Pics and #GlobalizingHPS updates for Singapore workshop
We live blogged from the Globalizing the History and Philosophy of Science workshop (NUS Aug 21+22 2014). You can read the thread on Twitter at #GlobalizingHPS. We have also posted some pics below. To see more, click here.
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Podcast coming soon: Subrahmanyam on Beyond the Civilization Paradigm
Podcast coming soon: Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Distinguished Professor & Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, UCLA) keynote address from Globalizing the History and Philosophy of Science workshop (NUS Aug 21+22 2014).
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What is cosmopolitanism? Why is it important to science?
In short, “Cosmopolitics” (Stengers 2009, 2011, Cheah and Robbins 1998) is the study of the meaning and methods of science in circulation – historically, philosophically and politically. Science’s very cosmopolitanism is its way of being local while always reaching beyond borders. Science, and its associated technologies, we are assured, are by their very nature “universal”…
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Job: Student Project Assistant [closed]
*This position is now on hold* PROJECT ASSISTANT – CASUAL STUDENT JOB OPPORTUNITY Application Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled. Position: Project Assistant Project/Department/Location: Cosmopolitanism and the Local: Creating an East/West Partnership SSHRC Partnership Development Grant University of King’s College 6350 Coburg Rd. Halifax, NS Canada Description: Working under the supervision of Gordon…
Circulating Knowledge: 20 Years On 