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Bodies in Paper: Popular Health Manuals and the Representation of Anatomy, 1890–1930
Starting in the last decade of the nineteenth century, paper models of the human body became a common consumer object affordable even to better-off wo
Papier-maché: The Materiality of Anatomical Models and the Gendering of Model Users During the Nineteenth Century
Since the early modern period, artists and anatomists have worked towards the perfection of models of the body in three dimensions. Models in wax, in
Convivencia. Iberian to Global Dynamics (500–1750)
History of science, medicine, and technology has long struggled with how to organize itself in a manner in which it can do justice to the manifold for
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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