This course will explore new approaches in the history of science and urban history by inviting renowned scholars from both fields as well as graduate students to take part in an ongoing conversation about scientific knowledge and urban space. The study of the circulation and communication of knowledge in the public sphere has received increasing attention in recent years, bringing new approaches and developments to the study of history. These included attempts to connect the history of science and urban history through trying to locate the place and role of scientific institutions in the broader urban context and the spaces of science in the city. Historians of science, especially since the publication of the thematic volume %E2%80%9CScience and the City%E2%80%9D [Osiris 18 (2003)], have been attempting to write %E2%80%9Curban histories of science%E2%80%9D of early modern and modern Europe by engaging with various urban aspects of the production and dissemination of science in the transforming public sphere. This %E2%80%9Curban turn%E2%80%9D in the history of science has been instrumental in providing a useful spatial and cultural framework for the study of the production and transfer of scientific knowledge. In parallel, though largely without engaging with this new scholarship, urban historians have had their own discussion of the role of science in the city but have by and large been slower to approach the potential benefits of how the study of these frameworks and processes can contribute to the pursuit of urban history. This course will bring together historians of science and urban historians, including renowned scholars from prestigious universities working on the early modern and modern periods, as well as graduate students of the humanities and social sciences with an interest in either or both fields that could benefit from the shared expertise. Engaging them in conversation will be a new step in creating a new space for discussion of historical studies, not only for historians of science and urban historians, but for practitioners of other fields, such as environmental studies, gender studies, literature, science and technology studies, sociology, cultural or social anthropology. Applying approaches of knowledge transfer and network analysis to the study of the city, and incorporating the new research in the history of science, this interdisciplinary summer course will bring together senior and junior scholars of urban history, the history of science, and other related fields in order to exchange ideas in developing new research agendas with an aim to expand the %E2%80%9Curban variable%E2%80%9D in the history of science and to designate a space for the sciences in urban history from the early modern period to the early 20th century. While the summer school will have a distinct interdisciplinary and trans-epochal character, potential participants should demonstrate historical awareness and general interest in history.Application deadline: February 14, 2015

Course leader
Markian ProkopovychInstitute for East European History, University of Vienna, AustriaKatalin StrnerPasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies, Central European University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty:Mitchell AshInstitute of History, University o

Target group
Target groupApplications are invited from high-achieving MA and PhD students from fields including, but not limited to history, cultural or social anthropology, environmental studies, gender studies, literature, science and technology studies, sociology,and urban studies. While the summer school will have a distinct interdisciplinary and trans-epochal character, potential participants should demonstrate historical awareness and general interest in history. Undergraduates without a university degree will not be considered.Pre-requisitesThe course is primarily aimed at graduate students (PhD students as well as advanced MA students). Students will be expected to prepare a paper (c.a. 2000-2500 words) to submit upon admission, to be circulated in advance and to be presented and discussed in groups with other students and faculty.Language requirementThe language of instruction is English, thus all applicants have to demonstrate a strong command of spoken and written English to be able to participate actively in discussions at seminars and workshops.



Course aim
This course will explore new approaches in the history of science and urban history by inviting renowned scholars from both fields as well as graduate students to take part in an ongoing conversation about scientific knowledge and urban space.

Credits info
1 ECTS Our courses offer ECTS points, which may be accepted for credit transfer by the participants' home universities. Those who wish to obtain these credits should inquire about the possible transfer at their home institution prior to their enrollment. The Summer University Office will send a transcript to those who have fulfilled all the necessary course requirements and request one.

Fee info
EUR 300: payable until May 28 EUR 270: payable until April 30

Scholarships
Financial aid is available in the following categories:- tuition waiver- accommodation grant- travel grant (full or partial)

Central European University
Address: Summer University, 1051 Budapest, Nador Street 9, Hungary
Postal code: 1012
City: Budapest
Country: Hungary
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E-mail: summeru@ceu.hu
Phone: 00-36-1-327-3811