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Conference: November 27th - 28th 2009
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Conference: 17th-18th September 2009
   
Positivismus.Macht.Aufklärung
Politicization of the scientific worldview
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Clubraum
Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
1010 Vienna
The aim of the workshop "Positivismus.Macht.Aufklärung" is to reconsider positivism as a European and international movement taking on multifarious forms and spanning science, politics and society. We seek a comprehensive international overview of the spread of positivistic worldview(s) in the longue durée, debating its cultural and scientific basis, as well as its use as a narrative argument in various conflict situations. Three aspects are of special interest: first, the non-simultaneity of the spread of positivist ideas; secondly, the context-dependent political functionalization of the scientific worldview; thirdly, the international and interdisciplinary networks connecting proponents of that worldview.
The workshop is not intended to pursue the systematic reconstruction of a positivistic worldview or the interpretation of scholarly works, but, rather, to produce a cartography of positivistic topoi along the borders between political, scientific and cultural fields.
Participants:
Daniel Becquemont (Université de Lille III, France) ; Richard Beyler (Portland State University, Oregon, USA) ; Bernhard Bolech (Initiativkolleg „The Sciences in Historical Context“, University of Vienna, Austria) ; Thomas Brandstetter (University of Vienna, Austria) ; Andreas Braune (DFG graduate school “Transnational Media Events from Early Modern Times to the Present” at the Justus Liebig Univerity Gießen, Germany) ; Johannes Feichtinger (Institute for Culture Studies and History of Theatre, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria) ; Franz Fillafer (Doktorandenkolleg „Zeitkulturen“ at the Exzellenzcluster „Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration“, University of Konstanz, Germany) ; Libuše Heczková (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) ; Thomas König (Graduate Center at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria); Sara Muniain Ederra (Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain); Eric Nelson (University of Massachusetts Lowell /University of Salzburg, USA/Austria); Jorge Fernández-Santos Ortiz-Iribas (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, Madrid, Spain); M. Sait Özervarl? (Research Center of Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC), Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey); Denise Phillips (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA); Bernhard Plé (Fachhochschule Joanneum - University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria); Christina Schwartz (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany); Tomasz Sobieraj (Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna?, Poland); Maja Soboleva (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany); Peter Stachel (Institute for Culture Studies and History of Theatre, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria); Friedrich Stadler (University of Vienna, Austria); Jan Surman (Initiativkolleg „The Sciences in Historical Context“, University of Vienna, Austria); Janek Wasserman (Washington University in Saint Louis / Richard–Plaschka–Stipendium, USA/Austria); Kaat Wils (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
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Mag. Bernhard Bolech (Initiativkolleg „The Sciences in Historical Context“, University of Vienna)
Dr. Johannes Feichtinger (Institute for Culture Studies and History of Theatre, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Mag. Franz Fillafer (Doktorandenkolleg „Zeitkulturen“ at the Exzellenzcluster „Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration“, University of Konstanz)
Mag. Jan Surman (Initiativkolleg „The Sciences in Historical Context“, University of Vienna)
In cooperation with:
- Initiativkolleg: “The Sciences in Historical Context”, University of Vienna
- Institute for Culture Studies and History of Theatre, Austrian Academy of Sciences
With financial support of Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
Contact
Mag. Jan Surman
Initiativkolleg “Sciences in historical Context”
University of Vienna
Rooseveltplatz 10/9
1090 Vienna
Email: jan.surman@univie.ac.at
Tel.: +43 (1) 4277-408 84 |
