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"We Need a New Enlightenment"
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MoreGeographical Maps and Religious Charts in Pre-Modern China: Two Case Studies
My research project is titled “Geographical Maps and Religious Charts in Pre-Modern China: Two Case Studies.” The proposed study is focused on two int
He BIAN
He Bian studied History of Science at Harvard University and graduated with a PhD in 2014. She h...
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Know Your Remedies: Pharmacy and Material Culture in Early Modern China, 1500-1800
This project examines the crucial period between sixteenth and eighteenth century in Chinese cultural history through the lens of pharmacy – broadly c
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Historicizing Critique(s) in Medicine
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MoreValidating the Animal Welfare Sciences in 20th Century Western Europe: A Scientific or a Political Practice?
Animal welfare was originally devised as a scientific tool, in order to provide rational, all-convincing arguments to animal advocacy. It is therefore
Experience, Philosophy, and Expertise: The Foundations of Syriac Medicine
Bar ʿAlī (ninth century CE) was the most important lexicographer of Syriac medical science. As a student of Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq, he is one of the key figu
Director Jürgen Renn talks to ZDFinfo on the biggest fallacies in science
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