On the 24th October ANU’s Dr Tatiana Bur will launch Fulcrum, Australasia’s network for the study of science and technology before 1500. Please find the program below.
Fulcrum is a group of Australasian scholars working on a broad range of premodern scientific and technological themes, with a particular emphasis on their interactions with other elements of culture such as gender, religion, philosophy, art, identity, history and historiography. You can find further information at:
You are invited to the official launch of this new body on 24 October, which will feature conversations between scholars from Classics, Assyriology, science communication, the history of medicine, cultural arts, philosophy and cybernetics on a range of themes relating to modern science and technology.
The event is free, and is an all-day event held on campus from 9 am to 5 pm. The programme is attached, with venues to be advised closer to the date.
If you would like to register to attend, you can do so via the following link:
https://events.humanitix.com/fulcrum-launch
Please touch base with Tatiana Bur for any inquiries (Tatiana.bur@anu.edu.au).