Fw: H-ASIA: CONF "Frontiers of Knowledge", Heidelberg, Oct. 5-7, 2011

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: CONF "Frontiers of Knowledge", Heidelberg, Oct. 5-7, 2011

> H-ASIA
> August 1, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Annual Conference of Cluster of Excellence: Asia and
> Europe in a Global Context--"Frontiers of Knowledge: Health, Environment
> and the History of Science", October 5-7, Heidelberg, Germany
> ************************************************************************
> From: Björn-Ole Kamm <bjorn_okuma@me.com>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> we cordially invite you to the third Annual Conference of the Cluster of
> Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" held at Heidelberg
> University, Germany, October 5th – 7th , 2011.
>
> This year's topic is "Frontiers of Knowledge: Health, Environment and the
> History of Science". The conference presents the ongoing research results
> of the Cluster's Research Area C "Health and Environment" in
> collaboration with renowned scholars from around the globe. Together they
> will examine and discuss transcultural issues in these fields
> transgressing the conventional intellectual divisions between Asia and
> Europe.
>
> The conference features keynote lectures by Prof. Sunder Rajan
> (University of Chicago) on transcultural health and Prof. Janet Hunter
> (London School of Economics) on earthquake and economics. Four major
> panel sessions will discuss the topics "Ancient Medicine", "Circulation
> and Changing of Conceptions of Knowledge", "Travelling Technologies,
> Tracing Transculturality: Paradigm Shifts in Science, Medicine and
> Society", and "Seascapes and Shipping". To showcase the research being
> conducted at the Cluster, twelve further panels will question how we have
> conceived and are conceiving knowledge in the past and present. During
> the Annual Conference 2011, the "Transcultural Studies Association" will
> be ceremonially inaugurated.
>
> For further information on the conference, please visit our website at
>
> http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/annual-conference-2011.
>
> Please let us know if you will attend the conference by sending an email
> to
>
> events@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de by September 23, 2011.
>
> We kindly ask you to forward this information to your colleagues and
> potential participants and thank you for your support.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Prof. Harald Fuess
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