The construction of a discipline: actors, institutions, magazines

2 Dezembro 2019, 16:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Topics under discussion in the historiography of science since its genesis as a discipline. Dichotomies in action: internalist vs externalist.

• George Sarton: History of Science as a New Humanism

• The History of Urban Science and the Spatial Turn

• History of Colonial Sciences and History of Postcolonial Sciences

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

Mandatory reading: A. THACKRAY, R.K. MERTON, “On Discipline Building: The Paradoxes of George Sarton,” Isis, 63 (1972), 472-495.

– The shock and change with Boris Essen: Towards a More Social History of Science

25 Novembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Structuralism and the influence of literary studies.

• The 1931 congress and the impact of Boris Essen on the history of science.

• Edgar Zilsel and the impact of artisans on knowledge building. New social chess on the basis of scientific modernity.

• Robert Murton and the Sociology of Science.

• Criticisms of structuralism and postmodernism.

• Roland Barthes and the author's death. Its impact on the history of science. The death of  truth.

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

Mandatory reading: SHAPIN, Steven, “History of Science and its Sociological Reconstructions”, History of Science, 20 (1982), 157-211.

– The shock and change with Boris Essen: Towards a More Social History of Science

25 Novembro 2019, 16:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Structuralism and the influence of literary studies.

• The 1931 congress and the impact of Boris Essen on the history of science.

• Edgar Zilsel and the impact of artisans on knowledge building. New social chess on the basis of scientific modernity.

• Robert Murton and the Sociology of Science.

• Criticisms of structuralism and postmodernism.

• Roland Barthes and the author's death. Its impact on the history of science. The death of  truth.

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

Mandatory reading: SHAPIN, Steven, “History of Science and its Sociological Reconstructions”, History of Science, 20 (1982), 157-211.

Making history, from postcolonial studies to the “big history”

18 Novembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Postcolonial Studies, Subaltern Studies, and Eurocentrism

• History and cultural studies

• Myriad “turns”, from cultural to animal

• Microstoria (Italian but not only)

• Histoire croisée and connected story

• World history and global history

• The present tense: the history manifesto and big history

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

Mandatory reading: Sarah Maza, “How is History Produced”, in id., Thinking about History (Chicago & Londres, 2017), cap. 4, pp. 118-156.

Making history, from postcolonial studies to the “big history”

18 Novembro 2019, 16:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Postcolonial Studies, Subaltern Studies, and Eurocentrism

• History and cultural studies

• Myriad “turns”, from cultural to animal

• Microstoria (Italian but not only)

• Histoire croisée and connected story

• World history and global history

• The present tense: the history manifesto and big history

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

Mandatory reading: Sarah Maza, “How is History Produced”, in id., Thinking about History (Chicago & Londres, 2017), cap. 4, pp. 118-156.