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From Electrotype to the Electric Image: Global Vision, ca. 1830–1920
This project seeks to trace the emergence of a new archival logic of images: the image bank. Across the second half of the nineteenth century—as
Analytic Narratives and the Semantics of Formal Decision Theories
The expression "analytic narratives" refers to a small group of studies that have developed at the intersection of history, political science and econ
Nature’s Imprint: Botanical Illustration between Northern Europe and the New World (1550–1750)
Jaya Remond's research project studies the production of botanical illustrations depicting "exotic" plants in early modern Northern Europe (1550–1750)
Constructing Spaceship Earth
In Constructing Spaceship Earth, Perrin Selcer explores how and why scientists affiliated with UN agencies made the global-scale environment a so
Embodying Color: How Color is Made, Mobilized, and Owned in Traditional Craft Practice in South India
Craft producers in India stand in the shadow of deep divisions: rich/poor, urban/rural, modern/traditional, Brahmin/Dalit, educated scientist/illitera
Dyeing for Permanence: Communities of Practice and the Making of Bingata
Celebrated as a traditional Okinawan craft, bingata (vermilion patterns) refers to a technique of printing colorful and intricate patterns on fabric t
A Historical and Critical Neuroscience of Music
Over the past twenty years neuroscience huge strides have been made in our understanding of how the brain reacts to music, and representations of musi
Crystals, Colloids, and Fibers: The Organization of (Living) Matter and the Limits of Microscopic Vision, 1882–1938
What does it mean for living matter to be “organized”? For much of the nineteenth century it was assumed that the complexity of vital phenomena corres
Collecting Artifacts in the Age of Empire
European identity is inextricable from Europe’s views about other peoples. During the early modern period, overseas artifacts entered princely and sch
Betwixt and Between: Sound in the Humanities and Sciences
The broad domain of acoustics that emerged in academic life throughout the modern era is usually categorized as part of the natural sciences. Yet the
Events, Betwixt and Between: Sound in the Humanities and Sciences, February 2018, More, Vossius Center for History of Humanities and Sciences