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At Arm’s Lengths: Octopus Consciousness as a Scientific and Legal Artifact
Over the past two centuries, scientific and popular perceptions of octopuses in Europe and the UK have shifted radically. The revolting "devilfish" de
Making Danger: Biological Weapons Research, Biosafety, and the Management of Microbial Life, 1940-1990
Scholarly work in microbe studies has begun to disentangle the complex and rich relations at work when humans engage with microbial life. However, mos
The Hereditarian Roots of Diversity in the Sexual Division of Labor
What does diversity have to do with gender norms? To understand their connection, this project argues that we must trace their history back to the ide
Of Monkeys and Primatologies: An Anthropological Study of the Encounters Between Practices and Regimes of Knowledge
From an anthropological perspective, this research investigates the possible relations between scientific and “traditional” systems of knowledge. It f
Colloquium | Mai 27, 2026 | 14:00 bis 16:00
Talk: Local Solutions to Ending Early Marriage and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in the Somali Diaspora Background
MehrColloquium | Mai 27, 2026 | 14:00 bis 16:00
Talk: Local Solutions to Ending Early Marriage and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in the Somali Diaspora Background
MehrColloquium | Jun 10, 2026 | 14:00 bis 16:00
Talk: On Abortion Pills in General, and “Misoprostol in Brazil” in Particular
MehrColloquium | Jun 10, 2026 | 14:00 bis 16:00
Talk: On Abortion Pills in General, and “Misoprostol in Brazil” in Particular
MehrReflections on the Reflex: Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Brain Science
“Reflex” is an early physiological term that was initially used to separate involuntary, mechanical movements from those driven by will. During the fi
Expansive Science: Medium and Discipline in Southern Mexican Intellectual Practice, 1880–1920
This project examines antiquarian and natural historical practice in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century southern Mexico, analyzing the visua