Department of Science, Technology and Society
Fall 2009 Colloquium Series
Speaker: Arne Kaijser, Professor of Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm
Title: Technology and the Making of Contemporary Europe: Learning from the Tensions of Europe Project
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Location: Rodman Room (A207), Thornton Hall
Abstract:
Arne Kaijser will describe the Tensions of Europe project, a collaborative undertaking that explores ways to study transnational European history with a focus on the role of technology as a force of change. Kaisjer will also tell us about his current research on the development of a European gas grid and the export of Soviet gas to Western Europe during the Cold War.
Brief Bio:
Arne Kaijser is a professor of History of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and the current president of the Society for the History of Technology. Kaijser has written extensively about the history of large technological systems, with specific projects on energy and information technology. He is also a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Technology and Centaurus.
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