Event

Deptt of History & Sociology of Science Presents:

Workshop on New Approaches to STEM in South Asia

— Schedule —

9:00-9:30 | Breakfast

9:30-10:50 | Session I

Chair | Prof Suvir Kaul (English, UPenn)

Dr. Eram Alam (PRSS, UPenn)

Global Medical Labor and Questions of Equivalency

Prof. Lawrence Cohen (Anthropology, UC Berkeley)

Surgery and Decolonization: Reflections on the temporality of the operation in India over the 20th century.

10:50-11:00 | Coffee

11:00-12:20 | Session II

Chair | Prof Rahul Mukherjee (English and Cinema Studies, UPenn)

Dr Medha Saxena (History, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi)

Island Networks: Early Years in the Establishment of Telecommunication in the Bay of Bengal

Prof Bharat Venkat (Anthropology, University of Oregon)

Wax & Wane

12:20-1:30 | Lunch

1:30-2:50 | Session III

Chair | Prof Justin McDaniel (Religious Studies, UPenn)

Prof Banu Subramaniam (Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst)

Other Worldly Tales: Hindu Nationalism and Science in India

Prof. Amit Prasad (Sociology, University of Missouri)

Miracle or Science: Stem Cell Research and Therapy at a Clinic in Delhi

2:50-3:10 | Concluding Remarks