Scholars between Science and Practice Histories of Science, Natural Resources & Power
Hybrid Seminar
25–26 September, 2025
Anastasia Fedotova & Natalia Nikiforova
25 September, 14:30–16:15 (MSK, UTC+2)
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88924324864?pwd=FsGWnSUCfneEId1x5jbTEgYqg3KHKa.1
Short intro: Natalia Nikiforova & Anastasia Fedotova
Chair: Anastasia Fedotova, SPbB IHST RAS
Andrey Vinogradov “The White Birch Grew, and the White Tsar Came”: Economy, Power, and Climate Change in the Greater Altai, 1950–2020
Elena Kochetkova Rationality, Planning, and Natural Resources in the Soviet Political Economy
25 September, 16:30–18:00 (MSK, UTC+2)
Chair: Tatiana Borisova, HSE University St Petersburg
Anna Graber, University of Minnesota
Making Mineralogy Russian: Bashkirs, Mining Administrators, and Earth Knowledges of the Urals, 1700-1819
Marina Loskutova, HSE University St Petersburg
“No King Can Master God’s Own Elements”: the Flood of 1824 and the 19th Century Anti-Flood Protection Projects for St. Petersburg
26 September, 14:30–16:00 (MSK, UTC+2)
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81476792707?pwd=vZ8HN7H2LzKO2Maoy3AyXgNyLpNAPh.1
Chair: Grigorii Isachenko, St Petersburg State University
Paul Josephson, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA
What are Radioactive Brown Fields? Nuclear Legacies of the American West
Natalia Nikiforova, SPbB IHST RAS
“Useless Fossils”, Precious Waste and Streams of Energy. Soviet Electrification and Natural Resources for the Socialist Future (1920s–1930s)
26 September, 16:15–17:45 (MSK, UTC+2)
Chair: Natalia Nikiforova, SPbB IHST RAS
Anastasia Fedotova, S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Useful Entomology: a Case of Imperial Court Estates in the Early 20th Century
Alejandro Martinez, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Bacilli, Locusts, and Scientific Controversies: Félix d’Herelle (1873–1949) and the First Attempts at Biological Control of Insect Pests in Argentina
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