Plants and the Culture of Knowledge in Chinese Agriculture, 1842-1927

Conférence de Peter Lavelle, 30 mai 2024

Dans le cadre des séances organisées par le groupe de travail “Environnement, Techniques, Industrie” nous avons l’honneur d’accueillir Peter B. Lavelle pour une intervention intitulée “Plants and the Culture of Knowledge in Chinese Agriculture, 1842-1927.”

Discutant : Xavier Paules (EHESS)

Jeudi 30 mai 2024, 14h-16h
Campus Condorcet, Bâtiment de Recherche Sud (salle 1.122) – 5, cours des Humanités 93322 Aubervilliers

Peter Lavelle is Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut (USA). He is the author of The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth Century China (Columbia University Press, 2020), and he has published articles on environmental and agricultural history in China during the long nineteenth century. His current research focuses on the history of agricultural science in China from the 1840s to the 1930s. He received his doctorate from Cornell University (USA).

Organisateurs :
Laurent Coumel, Jawad Daheur, Marc Elie, Aleksandra Kobiljski et Cyrian Pitteloud

Contact: aleksandra.kobiljski@ehess.fr

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