History of Science and Medicine in Southeast Asia

Alternate Tuesdays at 2pm in the Board Room. Co-convenors: Zhi-Yu Chen and Katherine Enright.

The History of Science and Medicine in Southeast Asia Reading Group welcomes all participants to attend on a regular or drop-in basis. For reading group sessions, we invite participants to read at least two of the three suggested readings. PDFs of the readings will be circulated to the mailing list in advance of each session. Please email either convener with any questions or to be added to our mailing list.

Michaelmas Term 2026

13 October
Reading group session, 'Oceanic Materiality and Mobility'

27 October
[Format TBC] with Irfan Asgani, 'Mining Frontiers in Southeast Asia'

10 November
Reading group session, 'The Eastern Edge of Southeast Asia'

24 November
[Format TBC], 'Nature, Science, and Postcolonial Nation-Building'