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090123 UE Greek Nuclear Science and the Cold War (2015W)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 14.09.2015 06:00 bis Sa 26.09.2015 23:59
- Anmeldung von Mo 12.10.2015 06:00 bis Di 13.10.2015 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Sa 31.10.2015 23:59
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max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Freitag 09.10. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 16.10. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 23.10. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 30.10. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 06.11. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 13.11. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 20.11. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 27.11. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 04.12. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 11.12. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 18.12. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 08.01. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 15.01. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 22.01. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Freitag 29.01. 13:00 - 14:30 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The course requirements will be adjusted to the level of the students (undergraduates or graduates). Since it is offered as an Übung it requires a presentation and a short written essay. Details will be discussed in class.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
The course aims to familiarize students with the history of Cold War in Greece and the impact of nuclear science on the national politics. We will analyze what big meant-in terms of scientific research and political powers involved-in the case of the Greek atomic program during the Cold War and how this program has been affected by the IAEA.
Prüfungsstoff
This course proposes an unconventional way to approach the history of nuclear science
in Greece. It places emphasis on the material culture of science and uses objects-scientific
or not-as introductory points to our survey. For example, it speaks about the Cold War
history through the image of a typical American kitchen to remind us the known debate
that took place between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon at the Moscow World
Exhibition in 1959. Through the picture of Queen Frederika in the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory in the 1960s, we explore the multiple ways that monarchy defined
nuclear research in Greece. The picture of Greek female technicians working on scanning
tables gives us the Greek version of big science. Each of these objects-the kitchen, the
laboratory, the instrument-tells an important story and connects the ordinary to scientific
knowledge.
in Greece. It places emphasis on the material culture of science and uses objects-scientific
or not-as introductory points to our survey. For example, it speaks about the Cold War
history through the image of a typical American kitchen to remind us the known debate
that took place between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon at the Moscow World
Exhibition in 1959. Through the picture of Queen Frederika in the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory in the 1960s, we explore the multiple ways that monarchy defined
nuclear research in Greece. The picture of Greek female technicians working on scanning
tables gives us the Greek version of big science. Each of these objects-the kitchen, the
laboratory, the instrument-tells an important story and connects the ordinary to scientific
knowledge.
Literatur
There will be a course reader available for the students. Some of the materials included are
also available on the web. Giving special attention to historical sources the course will combine readings in history of science with primary sources such as newspaper clippings and historical objects. Also there will be opportunities to work with on line sources such as museum exhibitions and collections. The course includes a visit to the International Atomic Energy Agency Archives at UNO city in Vienna.Indicative bibliography:
Galison, Peter. 1992. "Introduction: The Many Faces of Big Science" in Galison, Peter and Hevly Bruce Big Science: The Growth of Large-Scale Research. Stanford: Stanford University Press.Hecht, Gabriele. 2006. "Negotiating Global Nuclearities" Osiris, 21: 25-48.Light, Jeniffer. 1999 "When Computers Were Women" Technology and Culture
40(3): 455-483Mazower, Mark. 2002. "The Cold War and the Appropriation of Memory: Greece after Liberation" in Deak. I. and Gross. J. Political Justice and Retribution in Postwar Europe, Princeton Un. Press.Newspaper clipping: Safire, William. 2009. "The Colds War Hot Kitchen" The New
York Times, July 24, 2009Rentetzi, Maria. 2009. Reactor is Critical: Introducing Nuclear Research in Postwar
Greece Archives Internationales d' Histoire des Sciences, 60, no164 (2010):137-154.Rentetzi, Maria. "Gender, Science, and Politics: Queen Frederika and Nuclear Science in Postwar Greece" Centaurus, 51 (2009):63-87.
also available on the web. Giving special attention to historical sources the course will combine readings in history of science with primary sources such as newspaper clippings and historical objects. Also there will be opportunities to work with on line sources such as museum exhibitions and collections. The course includes a visit to the International Atomic Energy Agency Archives at UNO city in Vienna.Indicative bibliography:
Galison, Peter. 1992. "Introduction: The Many Faces of Big Science" in Galison, Peter and Hevly Bruce Big Science: The Growth of Large-Scale Research. Stanford: Stanford University Press.Hecht, Gabriele. 2006. "Negotiating Global Nuclearities" Osiris, 21: 25-48.Light, Jeniffer. 1999 "When Computers Were Women" Technology and Culture
40(3): 455-483Mazower, Mark. 2002. "The Cold War and the Appropriation of Memory: Greece after Liberation" in Deak. I. and Gross. J. Political Justice and Retribution in Postwar Europe, Princeton Un. Press.Newspaper clipping: Safire, William. 2009. "The Colds War Hot Kitchen" The New
York Times, July 24, 2009Rentetzi, Maria. 2009. Reactor is Critical: Introducing Nuclear Research in Postwar
Greece Archives Internationales d' Histoire des Sciences, 60, no164 (2010):137-154.Rentetzi, Maria. "Gender, Science, and Politics: Queen Frederika and Nuclear Science in Postwar Greece" Centaurus, 51 (2009):63-87.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Di 31.05.2022 00:18
How scientific knowledge has been related to politics during the Cold War era in a State
that struggled to survive after WWII? What has nuclear science to do with Queen Frederika of Greece? Who were the ones that sponsored and supported the nuclear research in the
country? How were the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the US
Administration related to the countrys atomic program? After all, how big was "big
science" in Greece? This course is built around the dominant image of science as a big
enterprise that haunts the Cold War era, an era of unprecedented political stakes for
scientific research. We begin by exploring the concept of bigness in science and aim to
reveal the interplay of science and politics during the second part of the 20th century. Our
main focus, however, is specifically on the history of nuclear science in Greece.