EHL's 13th Stockholm Archipelago Lecture with Timothy Mitchell
Schedule
Wed, 11 Dec, 2024 at 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
F2, Lindstedsvägen 26, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm, ST
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EHL's next Stockholm Archipelago Lecture will be held by Timorthy Mitchell, author of Carbon Democracy and professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University. Join us for an insightful talk, discussion and mingle! Register for the talk and mingle here: https://www.kth.se/form/archipelago-lecture
Abstract
In 1902, British irrigation engineers in Egypt completed the first stage of the destruction of the River Nile. In destroying the river, they also eliminated an understanding of the forms of life, human and nonhuman, that the river had sustained. The ecological crisis that followed helped shape a different mode of understanding, the modern science of economics, including the idea of capitalism as ‘creative destruction’. This understanding of capitalism’s destructive dynamic continues to misinform our world.
Bio
Mitchell is the William B. Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University. He writes about colonialism, political economy, the politics of energy, and the making of expert knowledge. Trained in the fields of law, history, and political theory, he works across the disciplinary boundaries of history and the social sciences. Many of his writings explore materials from the history and contemporary politics of Egypt, where he has conducted research over many years. He is the author of multiple books, including Colonizing Egypt, Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity and Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil, all of which have had a profound impact on the fields of energy and environmental history and science and technology studies.
More info here: https://www.kth.se/ehl/ehl-events/upcoming-ehl-events/ehl/the-13th-stockholm-archipelago-lecture-1.1353388?date=2024-12-11&orgdate=2024-11-19&length=1&orglength=0
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Where is it happening?
F2, Lindstedsvägen 26, KTH, Stockholm, SwedenEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
