XIII Escola Europea de Primavera d’Història de la Ciència i la Divulgació

Science, History, and Globalization

Maó, Menorca, 8-10 May 2025

DRAFT PROGRAMME

THURSDAY, 8 MAY
Institut Menorquí d’Estudis (IME)

13:00 – 14:00
Registration

14:00 – 14:15
Welcome and Introduction

14:30 – 15:30
Lecture 1:
Zoltán Biedermann: “Knowledge Making and Agency: what science historians can do to cast a wide net”
Chair: Beatrice Falcucci
+ Discussion

15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00: Worshop 1. Zoltán Biedermann’s group
10’ presentations, 20 minutes comments, 40’ general discussion

18:00 – 19:00 Cultural visit

20:00 dinner

FRIDAY, 9 MAY
Institut Menorquí d’Estudis (IME)

9:30 – 10:30
Lecture 2:
Helen Cowie: “Fur, Fin and Feather: Animal Commodities, Science and Global Exchange in the 19th Century”
Chair: Oliver Hochadel
+ Discussion

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00
Workshop 2: Helen Cowie’s group
10’ presentations, 20 minutes comments, 40’ general discussion

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch in place (IME)

14:00 – 15:00
Lecture 3:
Chair: Agustí Nieto-Galan
Stefanie Gänger: “’Fevers carry off the greater part of mandkind in all climates’. Writing a Global History of the ‘Age of Fevers’ (1760-1830)”
+ Discussion

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break

15:30 – 17:30
Workshop 3: Stefanie Gänger’s group

18:00-19:00
Mentoring (4 groups informal gathering in town)

SATURDAY, 10 MAY
Institut Menorquí d’Estudis (IME)

09:30 – 10:30
Lecture 4: James Poskett: “The Scientific Revolution as Global History, 1000–1800”
Chair: Daniele Cozzoli
+ Discussion

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00: Workshop 4. James Poskett’s group
14:00-15:30 Farewell lunch in town