Beyond the center: Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe and their histories. An interview with Professor Michael Gordin conducted by Jan Surman

• Authors: Gordin Michael , Surman Jan

Title variants

PL

Poza centrum: nauki w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej i ich historie. Rozmowę z Profesorem Michaelem Gordinem przeprowadził Jan Surman

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

What is special about sciences in Central and Eastern Europe? What are the obstacles for writing histories of science production beyond metropoles? Is this science different then science in the centers and what makes it such? How imperial are sciences made by representatives of the dominant nations and of non-dominant nations? These are some of the questions touched upon in the interview of Michael Gordin, leading historian of science from Princeton University.

PL

Co wyróżnia nauki w Europie Środkowowschodniej? Z jakimi problemami skonfrontowani są historycy nauki piszący o tym regionie? Czy nauka ta różni się od nauki produkowanej w centrach i w czym? Jak bardzo imperialna jest nauka reprezentantów nacji dominujących i ta reprezentantów nacji niedominujących? To niektóre tematy poruszone w rozmowie z Michaelem Gordinem z Princeton University, jednym z wiodących historyków nauki.

Keywords

EN

Central and Eastern Europe; Habsburg Empire; history of science; science and imperialism; science and nationalism; multiculturalism; Central and Eastern Europe; Habsburg Empire; history of science; science and imperialism; science and nationalism; multiculturalism

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Historiae Scientiarum
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 433–452

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Gordin Michael

• Princeton University Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History

author

Surman Jan

• Postdoctoral Research Associate Leibniz Graduate School “History, Knowledge, Media in East Central Europe”, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe (Marburg, Germany)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/23921749SHS.16.021.6164