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The Ethological Theodicy of Locust Infestation in Early Modern China
My project is concerned with the environmental consequences of human interpretations of locust infestation as human behavior (or culture) is condition
Buzz: A Stimulating History of Sex Toys
The research project "Buzz: A Stimulating History of Sex Toys" seeks to understand why our attitudes towards sex toys have shifted over the past half
Gendered History of Pathology: Blood Clots and Hormones in Women
Grauvogel’s dissertation argues that the bodies of women—whether as obstetric patients, cadavers, or sufferers of side-effects from birth-control pill
The Selection and Calculation of Cycles: Eclipse Theories in Mesopotamia and Early China
The aim of this project is to investigate the theories of solar and lunar eclipses in early China and Mesopotamia. Solar and lunar eclipses are import
Human Conflicts, Local Resources, and the Adaptive Cycle: Sustainability in Late Imperial China
My project's aim is to substantiate concepts such as “sustainability” and “resilience” in China’s historical context. My focus is to test the “adaptiv
One Medicine? Investigating Human and Animal Disease
The histories of nonhuman animals and how they shaped human history are pressing and important issues that lie at the forefront of historical scholars
Medical Knowledge and the Circulation of Islamic Texts in China, Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries
This project proposes to research medical knowledge as it was embedded and incorporated in the body of Islamic literature that circulated in China bet
Wood Rights and Forestry in Ming and Qing China
This project examines the role that institutions played in mediating social and environmental change in the forests of early modern China. Forestry is
To Reconcile the Irreconcilable: Spatial Tools for Negotiating Environmental Conflicts in Swedish Land-use Planning
My project concerns Swedish land-use planning between 1966 and 1972, and it focuses on a national land-use plan created with the stated goal of elimin
Dyeing for Permanence: Communities of Practice and the Making of Bingata
Celebrated as a traditional Okinawan craft, bingata (vermilion patterns) refers to a technique of printing colorful and intricate patterns on fabric t