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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar: "A Manhattan Project for the Planet: Cold War, Decolonization, and Earth Science in the 1950s"
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SUMMARY:Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar: "A Manhattan Project for the Planet: Cold War, Decolonization, and Earth Science in the 1950s"
DESCRIPTION:<p><span>Speaker: </span><a href="https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/ben-goossen/"><strong>Benjamin W. Goossen</strong></a><em>, </em>Assistant Professor of International History, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University<br><br>Chair: <a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/lauren-bohm-2"><strong>Lauren Bohm</strong></a><em>, </em>Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate &amp; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University<br><br><span>The International Geophysical Year (IGY) scientific program revolutionized human knowledge about our planet in the 1950s. How has the IGY shaped understanding of our species' role in destabilizing global environmental systems? Join Benjamin Goossen to discuss the mid-century expansion of Earth Science in the context of the Cold War and the collapse of European empires.</span></p>
LOCATION:Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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