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SUMMARY:Heavens and Earth: An Empirical Approach to Knowledge Across Cultu
 res– gloknos Annual Lecture Series - Sonja Brentjes (Max Planck Institut
 e for the History of Science Berlin)
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CONTACT:Samantha Peel
DESCRIPTION:gloknos Annual Lecture Series – Sonja Brentjes (Max Planck I
 nstitute for the History of Science)\n\nAbstract:\nIn my talk I wish to ma
 ke a case for strengthening empirical studies of knowledge available acros
 s cultures without anchoring it in any specific theoretical approach. Over
  the years\, I have come across an increasing number of theory-guided stud
 ies of knowledge transfer across the Old World or between the Old and New 
 World that produced results contradicting empirically derived knowledge ab
 out such processes. As one step to regain a better empirical grounding of 
 our theoretical debates and to overcome dichotomic evaluations of cross-cu
 ltural movements of knowledge\, we are currently undertaking an interdisci
 plinary long-durée project for most parts of the Old World about visual r
 epresentations of the heavens and their relations to materials\, narrative
 s\, social status\, and cultural meaning. I will present this project and 
 some of its themes\, objects\, and methods. In the second part of my talk 
 I will discuss my earlier work on a number of maps and how those empirical
  studies changed my outlook on relations between various societies in Euro
 pe and in the Islamicate world.\n\nAttendance at this lecture is free but 
 spaces are limited\, so please email the organiser to reserve your seat\, 
 at sjp229@cam.ac.uk. You can also visit the CRASSH website: www.crassh.cam
 .ac.uk/events/28170\n\ngloknos is initially funded for 5 years by the Euro
 pean Research Council through a Consolidator Grant awarded to Dr.Inanna Ha
 mati-Ataya for her project ARTEFACT (2017-2022) ERC grant no. 724451.
LOCATION:Rooms SG1 &amp\; SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Ca
 mbridge\, CB3 9DT
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