February 27-28, 2020, The University of Manchester
Registration for Colonial Knowledges: Environment and Logistics in the Creation of Knowledge in British Colonies from 1750 to 1950 at The University of Manchester, 27th-28th February 2020, is open until Feb 10th.
Keynote speaker: Professor Javed Majeed, King’s College London
Find the programme, registration link, and other useful information here.
Conference subjects include:
- Communication and the creation of scholarly networks between colony and metropole
- The formation of learned societies in the colonial setting
- The polymath in a colonial setting: the varied interests of colonial administrators
- The interaction between British scholars and already existing local scholarships and knowledges
- The interaction between British scholars and local scholars
- Interdisciplinary journals and societies created in a colonial context
- The circulation of journals between colony and metropole
- The publishing and editorial environment of the colony
- Acquiring materials and equipment in unfamiliar environments
- Library formation and accessibility; acquisition of literature from the metropole
- The investigation of phenomena specific to an unfamiliar environment (such as weather, flora, fauna)
- The logistics of travel and communication within the colony
- The standardisation and institutionalisation of knowledge in the colony
- Comparing knowledge creation across the colony and metropole
Posted: January 24, 2020