Robert Boyle Summer School 2022: Science and Colonialism (Friday Ticket)

The Robert Boyle Summer School which is organised by Calmast STEM Engagement Centre at South East Technological University and the Lismore Heritage Centre. It was established to commemorate the life and works of Robert Boyle, examine the role of science in our world and assert the place science in our culture.

Robert Boyle Summer School

10th Robert Boyle Summer School returns to  Waterford and Lismore 9-10 September 2022.

City Hall Waterford and Lismore Heritage Centre

Calmast are delighted to announce the long awaited 10th Robert Boyle Summer School to run in Waterford and Lismore 9-10 September 2022.This year we are addressing the important theme: Science and Colonialism. Boyle’s father Richard was the most successful colonial adventurer of the 17th Century. Income from lands in Ireland help fund Boyle’s scientific programme. Boyle also had interests in certain colonial enterprises. In the succeeding centuries there has been an interrelationship between science and colonialism. It is timely to examine these issues and we will consider the Boyle family, Boyle’s own interests, the relationship between science and colonialism and the part Irish people played in colonial ventures. As is our custom, we look at present issues and to the future in post-colonial counties. We have an excellent lineup : Friday at City Hall Waterford 10 am - 5pm10:00 - 12:00Dr David Edwards, Dept of History, UCC : The rise of the Boyle family in Ireland, 1588-1643Dr Colin Rynne, Dept of Archaeology, UCC: Technological change and technology transfer on the Munster estates of Richard Boyle 1st earl of Cork, c. 1602-1643`12:30 - 13:30Eoin Gill, Calmast, South East Technological University: Colonialism, the case against Robert Boyle15:00 - 17:00Dr Sherra Murphy, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire: Colonialism and Dublin’s Natural History MuseumRachel Hand, Cambridge Ethnographic collection: Science and colonialism seen in the NMI collectionSaturday at Lismore Heritage Centre 10:30 - 12:30 Donald Brady, Historian and former Waterford County Librarian: John Palliser: 19th Century British Imperial Expansion from the Comeraghs to the RockiesDr Matthew Jebb, Director National Botanic Gardens: Exploration in the territory of others 14:00 - 16:-00Dr Emma Dunne, Palaeontology. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU):Bones of Contention: How palaeontology’s past shapes our understanding of the history of life on EarthDr. Gozibert Kamugisha, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Tanzania. Co-founder of Young Scientists Tanzania: Young scientists, building the future in Africa4:30 Visit to Lismore Castle Gardens

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