Connecting Europe through Science: Themes, Policies, and Challenges
11 September, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) at the University of Manchester
Venue: Room 2.57, Second Floor, Simon Building
10:00–10:30 ◦ Introduction
Simone Turchetti: Introduction — Europe, science and making connections
10:30–11:30 ◦ Session 1
Chair: Simone Turchetti
Kostas Tampakis: Science, connectedness and the idea of Europe in 19th century Greece
Hugo Soares: Amphibious Circuits: Jean Painlevé in Portugal
11:30–12:00 ◦ Coffee break
12:00–13:00 ◦ Session 2
Chair: Gemma Cirac-Claveras
Erwin Neuenschwander: Mathematics and (Trans)Nationalism: The Parallel Rise of State and Science in Italy and Germany
Ana Simões (online), Hugo Soares: Eclipse on Paper: Circulation of News about the 1919 Total Solar Eclipse in the Press
13:00–14:00 ◦ Lunch break
Venue: Room 2.57, Second Floor, Simon Building
14:00–15:00 ◦ Session 3
Chair: Kärin Nickelsen
Roberto Lalli: Fusing Europe from EURATOM to ITER: A longitudinal network analysis of European cooperation in fusion energy research
Barbara Hof: Rethinking Europe from Below: Solidarity Research during the Vietnam War at CERN and Beyond
15:00–16:00 ◦ Session 4
Chair: Peder Roberts
Kärin Nickelsen: The Art of Dividing Labour: Coordination, Cooperation, Collaboration, and Competition in the Early Years of Genomics
Daniele Cozzoli: The Genesis of European Collaboration in Biology: From the IBP and EMBO to the EMBL
16:00–16:30 ◦ Coffee break
16:30–17:30 ◦ Session 5
Chair: Roberto Lalli
Doubravka Olšáková: Cold War Socialist Internationalism as a Model of Transnational Cooperation?
Jon Agar: European, national and regional politics of Diamond Light
17:30-18:00 ◦ Concluding Remarks
Kieron Flanagan and Elvira Uyarra (Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, MIOIR).
The workshop is generously supported by the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (MJMCE)
