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SUMMARY:Anatomical politics and urban transformation in Vienna\, 1848–19
 45 - Tatjana Buklijas (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Stephen John
DESCRIPTION:Vienna around 1900 is generally imagined as home to a leisurel
 y café culture and a lively art scene\, and as a polyglot time bomb of cl
 ass and ethnic conflict. Historians of medicine describe the Austrian capi
 tal as a leading educational centre\, offering students unparalleled acces
 s to the bodies of patients\, living and dead. How and why should we try t
 o put these two views together? Following historians who are increasingly 
 taking cities seriously as settings that mould the production of scientifi
 c knowledge\, I treat the practice of anatomy as informed\, not just by in
 ternational struggles over disciplinary priorities\, but also by local pol
 itics\, society and geography. I hope to show how such an approach benefit
 s both urban history and history of science. I am studying the hundred yea
 rs between the revolution of 1848 and the end of Nazi rule\, but the talk 
 will focus on three important years in the history of the city – 1848\, 
 1897 and 1927 – to explore the relations between the disciplinary politi
 cs of anatomy and urban transformation.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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