Borders and Technology
8th Tensions of Europe Conference
7-10 September 2017, Athens, Greece
Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars’ Group Summer School “Borders and Crises in European Past and Present – angles from the history of technology”
The Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars’ Group (http://www.tensionsofeurope.eu/) organises the summer school “Borders and Crises in European Past and Present – angles from the history of technology” in connection to the 8th Tensions of Europe Conference (Athens, 7-10 September 2017; see http://8toe2017.phs.uoa.gr/).
The summer school aims at introducing PhD’s and early career scholars to the Tensions of Europe network as well as to facilitate and encourage network between young scholars across borders, while building their academic skills. The summer school further relates to the overall conference theme, problematizing how history of technology contributes to the study of border related phenomena. It also aims at revisiting the close connections between borders and technology by focusing at another keyword, which is related to the on-going discussion of Tensions of Europe future research agenda: crises (see http://www.tensionsofeurope.eu/www/en/news/building-a-future-research-agenda). Following the main objective of the Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars’ Group, the event focuses on network building through workshops, discussions and informal events.
One of the main themes we will discuss is the concept of crisis and how it has been co-produced with narratives about technology and borders in a historic perspective. How is a crisis formulated and perceived in relation to technology? How have different politics of crises looked over time? What links or separates definitions of crises over time? And what role does the memory of past crises play in the definition of and coming to terms with later crises? We also invite you to relate these issues to the conference theme of borders, and discuss themes such as migration, security and violence, political regimes and identities, human rights, economic infrastructure and more. We hope for a fruitful discussion that can inspire and help all participants in their future research.
Tensions of Europe Summer School preliminary program
“Borders and Crises in European Past and Present – angles from the history of technology”
Greece (Athens), 5-7 September 2017
Location: Seminar room in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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| Tuesday, 5th Sep. | Wednesday, 6th Sep. | Thursday, 7th Sep. |
| 9:00-9:30 | S1: Opening | S6: Writing and publishing workshop | Wrap-up discussion (also concerning future workshops, activities etc. ) |
| 9:30-10:00 | S2: A presentation exercise where everyone gets to know each other and their work better | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee- break | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee- break | Panel Discussion: Europe, Borders, Technology: Ongoing Research Projects Participants: Shahram Koshravi, Annalisa Pelizza, Dagmara Jajeśniak Quast and Aristotle Tympas | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee- break | S7: Workshop/discussion about the concept of crises | |
| 11:30-12:00 | S3: Lecture by Aristotle Tympas | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | |||
| 12:30-13:00 | |||
| 13:00-13:30 | Lunch- break | Lunch- break | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Lunch- break (on the way to the 8th Tensions of Europe Conference)
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| 14:00-14:30 | |||
| 14:30-15:00 | S4: Writing and publishing workshop (with Huub Dijstelbloem) | S8: Workshop/discussion about the concept of crises. (cont.)
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| 15:00-15:30 | Conference registration | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | |||
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee- break | Coffee- break | |
| 16:30-17:00 | S5: writing and publishing workshop (cont.) | S9: Session on funding (with Mikael Hård) | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Welcome notes | ||
| 17:30-18:00 | Keynote speech: Huub Dijstelbloem | ||
| 18:00-19:00 |
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| 19:00-20:00 |
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| Research frontiers: Shahram KhosraviI |
| 20:00-22:00 |
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| Reception |
February 2017