Experts in Early Modern Expansion
Internationaler Workshop am CAS unter Leitung von Dr. Susanne Friedrich
07.02.2013 – 08.02.2013
The workshop will closely examine the functions and relevance of the 'expert' in European expansion in a comparative perspective. The 'expert' – as bearer of a kind of specialized operative knowledge which was accepted as superior in a process of cultural negotiation – would be involved to implement knowledge projects or to deal with particularly challenging tasks. The constellations in which he acted and the functions he performed will be analyzed along with other aspects such as the construction and legitimation of his position. Also, it is imperative to consider opportunities and problems arising from historical work on the figure of the 'expert' in research on early modern expansion.
Participation on invitation only/ Teilnahme nur auf Einladung
Programme
7 February, 2013
14:00-14:30 Susanne SCHAFFRATH (CAS)
Opening Address
Susanne FRIEDRICH (Munich)
Opening Address and Introduction
14:30-14:50 Alison SANDMAN (Harrisonburg)
Planning Long-Distance Voyages in 17th-Century Iberia: War, Commerce, and Ideas of Expertise
14:50-15:10 Karel DAVIDS (Amsterdam)
Free Agents and Institutions. Experts in Early Modern Dutch Expansion
15:10-15:30 Djoeke VAN NETTEN (Amsterdam)
Famous as a Geographer, Working as a Publisher, Valued as a Mathematician. The Expert Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:20 Erica CHARTERS (Oxford)
The Expertise of Manpower in Franco-British Warfare During the Eighteenth Century
16:20-16:40 Marian FÜSSEL (Göttingen)
Making Experts in Gunpowder Empires: Military Expertise in 18th-Century South Asia
16:40-17:00 Anke FISCHER-KATTNER (München)
Uncertain Experts? European Travelers to Africa (1760–1860) and the Problem of (Descriptive) Authority
17:00-17:20 Eric ASH (Detroit)
Who Owns the Fens? Expertise and Land Reclamation in 17th-Century England
17:20-17:40 William ASHWORTH (Liverpool)
Regulation Versus the Market: Manufac-turing in 18th-Century Britain and France
19:30 Conference Dinner
8 February, 2013
9:00-10:30 Systematic Discussion I
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Systematic Discussion II
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Systematic Discussion III
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Final Discussion