Four Days that Shook the World: Earthquakes and Empire Along the Eurasian Frontier
Velkommen til gjesteforelesning ved professor Douglas Northrop. Han bruker jordskjelv som rammeverk for ny innsikt i Sentral-Eurasias moderne historie.
Hovedinnhold
Forskergruppen for Miljøhumaniora inviterer til gjesteforelesning med Douglas Northrop, professor i verdenshistorie og Sentral-Asiatisk historie ved Universitet i Michigan. Forelesningen blir holdt på engelsk.
This talk uses the framework of seismic catastrophe to gain new insight into the modern history of Central Eurasia.
Concentrating on four major temblors over the last two centuries, it tells the history of earthquakes and empire, particularly along the frontiers of a Russian (later Soviet) state-in-the-making.
This set of cataclysmic events, largely overlooked or forgotten by historians, serves as the spine for a new, sweeping history of empire, one that brings together key themes of colonial, environmental, cultural, and urban history.
Anyone interested is welcome!
