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Counting Babies: The Madrid Foundling House as an Oeconomic House (1799–1820)
In 1799, a peculiar female society replaced the former male committee of the Madrid Foundling House and took total control of its management. The Junt
Waste Paper in Early Modern Science
What were the gendered conventions and practices associated with the use of waste paper in mathematics and chemistry in the early modern period? Schol
Notebooks, Natural Knowledge, and the Scribal Foundations of Gender
In her influential essay "Throwing Like a Girl," the feminist philosopher Iris Marion Young argued that boys and girls are often taught to inhabit spa
Development of Phonology as a Field of Study in Late Imperial China, 1500–1900
This is a project on phonology, the study of the sounds of human language, in China in the period 1500–1900. The ultimate aim of this research is to q
Knowing and Being Known: Hay Fever and the Fieldwork of Medical Knowledge 1897–1968
This project explores the emergence of allergy as a medical diagnosis, and the transformations of knowledge associated with that process, as a case st
Natural Disasters in Ming-Qing Gazetteers: Maize and Ecological Environment in Ming-Qing Dynasties
This research project aims to analyze regional differences in the impact on the ecological environment of the introduction and spread of maize during
Architecture and Empire in the Reign of Yongle
My project for the Local Gazetteers workshop (August 2016) is to collect information on and map using GIS the sources of the nan-wood timbers used for
Managing Heat, Gases, and Steam in Everyday Life: Urban Micro Inventions in Enlightened Europe
Postulating that the socio-materiality of an object affects both the perception of environment and knowledge production, my research seeks to grasp th
Innovation and Prediction as Practice in a Dryland Region of India
“Farmers are also scientists” is a refrain at agricultural research institutions. Yet the innovative and predictive aspects of research carried out by
Cloth Britannia: A History-of-Technology Treatment of the Industrial Revolution
This book-length treatment of the British Industrial Revolution in textile production in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries makes use