The history of Atlantic science: Collective reflections from the 2009 Harvard seminar on Atlantic history"

ARANDA, ARNER, DEL CASTILLO, COWIE, CRAWFORD, CULLON, FIGUEROA, GHERINI, GRAFE, IRVING, KASHANIPOUR, LOIS, LOPEZ-DENIS, MANDELBLATT, MONTERO, MURPHY, OTREMBA, PARSONS, PETERSON, SENIOR, VERGARA, WISECUP, ZILBERSTEIN

Atlantic Studies

Routledge

Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2010 vol. 7 p. 493 - 509

1478-8810

The 2009 International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500􏰀1825, at Harvard University took as its theme ‘‘The Americas in the Advancement of European Science and Technology.’’ The seminar brought together junior scholars from Argentina, Canada, Cuba, England, Peru, and the United States to present and discuss their work on the history of various aspects of scientific, technological, and medical knowledge production, including cartography, astrology, shipbuilding, natural history, medicine, and public health. Several invited senior scholars, whose research interests resonated with those of the participants, offered commentary, suggestions, and probing questions. Lively debates ensued concerning the similarities and differences of the various geopolitical Atlantics, as well as the epistemological and methodological implications of looking at the history of science and medicine from an Atlantic perspective.