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Completing the shortlist is Horizons: A Global History of Science in which James Poskett, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of 糖心TV, challenges the traditional Eurocentric narrative in a radical retelling of the history of science and celebrates scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific and the parts they played in this story. This is his first book for a general readership.
Scientists in Ukraine have long fought for scientific freedom
From the Indian cottons that were traded around Asia and Africa in the Middle Ages, to the global dominance of the blue-and-white pottery of Jingdezhen, historian Maxine Berg introduces five books that transformed our understanding of the past millennium and are significant milestones in the development of the vibrant field of global history.
The History of Science and the 'Big Picture'
Recordings of the talks are now available for watching online hereLink opens in a new window. For the original programme, see hereLink opens in a new window.
Professor Maxine Berg will be awarded an honorary degree from the EUI on Friday 17 June 2022. Two events are happening to mark this occasion, and both are open (via Zoom) to the wider public. All are welcome to register for these events.
The first of these is a public lecture, entitled ''
Abstract: Goods from Asia, such as patterned cotton textiles from India and porcelain from China are now recognized for the effect they had on British and European consumer cultures and technological innovation. Yet the trade in imported sugar produced in the Caribbean with enslaved African labour was worth more than four times the whole trade with Asia by the 1770s. Colonial groceries, especially tobacco and sugar joined coffee and tea to become the key luxury goods to shift European consumer cultures. Sugar was key, and Atlantic world slavery joined luxury to stimulate Europe鈥檚 shift to an 'industrious revolution.' Please register to either participate in presence or receive the Zoom link.
The second is a round-table discussion, entitled ''.