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Ursula Klein’s book is reviewed
Read ReviewAmateurs by Choice: Women and the Pursuit of Independent Scholarship in Twentieth-Century Historical Writing
The notable presence of independent scholars among women historians of the first half of the twentieth century is a phenomenon to be found in Anglopho
Publications, Pomata, G., Amateurs by Choice: Women and the Pursuit of Independent Scholarship in 20th Century Historical Writing, Centaurus (55, 2013), 196–219
Chemical Desires (1850–1929): Making the Architectural Materials of Modernity
A momentous change occurred within architecture after 1850: the chemicalization of modern building materials. This transformation emerged within nasce
Funding Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Gendered and Ethnic Knowledge: Mrs. JMC Kloppenburg-Versteegh (1862–1948), an Example from the Dutch East Indies around 1900
Liesbeth Hesselink's project inspected domestic practices of recipe collecting and the transfer of medical knowledge in the colonial setting of the Du
Creative Niche Scientists: Women Educators in North American Museums, 1880-1930
Educational opportunities for women in the second half of the nineteenth century expanded their aspirations even as changing professional developments
Publications
Kohlstedt, S., Innovative Niche Scientists: Women's Role in Reframing North American Museums, 1880-1930, Centaurus (52, 2013), 153–174
Coevolutionary Approaches to the Anthropocene
How can knowledge of long-term human-environmental interactions be developed and transformed so that it is relevant to the environmental problems of t
Disaster Preparedness in Japan and Global Transfer of Knowledge 1890–1970
Located on the Pacific Rim and surrounded by the Pacific and Japanese Seas, Japan has both profited from the resources of the ocean and suffered from
Disaster Research and Preparedness and Global Transfer of Knowledge
This research project served as an attempt to develop a historical account of disaster research and expertise in various contexts. Disaster research,
A Global History of Human Teeth
Much has been written on the history of dentistry but not as much has been written on the history of the human teeth. The first aim of this project wi
Early Vernacular Medical Books: Making, Users and Uses, Impact
It is well known that early vernacular medical texts exercised a huge appeal on lay readers in the early age of print. But we still know very little a