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RCCHC "Science, Technology, Society and Culture" Talk Series #10 - Multispecies Histories: Possibilities and Challenges

Talk series 10Prof FAN Fatibannerrevised
  • Date

    26 Mar 2024

  • Organiser

    Research Centre for Chinese History and Culture

  • Time

    10:00 - 11:30

  • Venue

    Online via Zoom  

Speaker

Prof. FAN Fa-ti

Enquiry

Ms Carmen LAW 34008979 rcchc@polyu.edu.hk

Summary

This talk considers the approach or interpretive framework of multispecies history in the history of science and related fields. As animal history is gaining popularity among historians of science, much of recent research in the field has moved to examine the multiple, often active, roles animals have played in the development of modern science. However, is it desirable or feasible to go one step further and consider the interrelationships among organisms of many kinds – not only animals, but also plants, fungi, and microbes – in science? What is to be gained through this approach? What are the limitations and challenges? What are the possibilities? This talk will explore these questions with historical and methodological examples.

Keynote Speaker

Prof. FAN Fa-ti

Prof. FAN Fa-ti

Professor of History

Binghamton University, State University of New York

Fa-ti FAN is Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter and numerous articles on science in modern China and on the global history of science. He served as President of the History of Science Society, 2022-2023.

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