Lecture: Connecting Chronologies, Constructing Historical Anthropology: William Jones in Calcutta and his Legitimation of Empire

Dec
03
2015

Lecture: Connecting Chronologies, Constructing Historical Anthropology: William Jones in Calcutta and his Legitimation of Empire

Dec 3, 2015 at 4:00pm | Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania, 3420 Walnut Street, Room 302 (Class of 1954), Philadelphia, PA 19104

The South Asia Center and the History and Sociology of Science Department are pleased to present the first annual lecture on History of Science in South Asia: "Connecting Chronologies, Constructing Historical Anthropology: William Jones in Calcutta and his Legitimation of Empire" by Professor Kapil Raj Director, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

PLEASE RSVP:- Projit B Mukharji, mukharji@sas.upenn.edu

NOTE: The talk is the first part of a two-day event. Visit here for details about activities on December 4th.