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SUMMARY:The Future of History: From Cliodynamics to Degenerative Dystopia\
 , via Science Fiction – gloknos Annual Lecture  - Speaker to be confirme
 d
DTSTART:20191210T170000Z
DTEND:20191210T190000Z
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CONTACT:Samantha Peel
DESCRIPTION:*gloknos Annual Lecture Series – Dr Amanda Rees (University 
 of York)*\n\n"Amanda Rees":https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/our-staff/acad
 emic/amanda-rees/ has published widely on the history of the field science
 s\, on the history and sociology of the relationship between humans and ot
 her animals\, and on the history of prehistory. Her current research refle
 cts an interest in the history of the idea of the future\, with a focus on
  science fiction and futures in literature. \n\nAbstract:\nAttempts to tur
 n history into a quantitative\, predictive science have recently been much
  in the news – but such approaches depend on treating the past as a reli
 able guide to the future\, and assuming that 'human nature' (whatever that
  means) will remain pretty much unchanged. This approach sits uneasily alo
 ngside other claims that the pace and influence of cultural-technical chan
 ge is now so great that it will fundamentally alter both the scope of soci
 ety and the shape of humanity. In this talk\, we will use science fiction 
 (in particular\, the work of HG Wells\, Isaac Asimov\, Alistair Reynolds a
 nd Jodi Taylor) to explore the relationship between these two perspectives
 \, and to consider what lessons\, if any\, we can learn for the future of 
 history. \n\nAttendance at this lecture is free but spaces are limited\, s
 o please "email the organiser":mailto:sjp229@cam.ac.uk to reserve your sea
 t.\n\nYou can also visit the "CRASSH website":http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/
 events/28634 and "gloknos website":http://gloknos.ac.uk/research/activitie
 s/the-gloknos-annual-lecture-series/gloknos-annual-lecture-amanda-rees for
  more about this event\, and others in the series.\n\ngloknos is initially
  funded for 5 years by the European Research Council through a Consolidato
 r Grant awarded to Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya for her project ARTEFACT (2017-2
 022) ERC grant no. 724451.
LOCATION: Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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