Casper Andersen

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Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Idéhistorie, fag
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7
bygning 1465, 626
8000 Aarhus C
Danmark
ideca@cas.au.dk
Fastnet: +4587162893
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My field of research is history of ideas, science and technology in imperial and global contexts. The main focus of my current research is science, knowledge and decolonization in Africa with a specific emphasis on the role of UNESCO. I also publish on the global history of nuclear weapons,science and religion, heritage, evolution and history of science in Denmark.

I teach courses in global intellectual history, methods in the history of ideas, history of science and technology, and I run an elective course on the history of modern Africa. I supervise within these areas from BA to PhD and post doc level.

At the department for Philosophy and History of Ideas I organise and convene the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (HPST) resarch seminars and in 2015 I was elected to The Young Academy of the Royal Danish Academy for Sciences and Letters.

Since 2021 I am chair person in the Danish society for the history of technology

My first research monograph, British Engineers and Africa 1876-1914 analysed the development of the British engineering profession in the context of imperial expansion in Africa. I have co-edited a five-volume collection on British Governance and Administration in Africa 1880-1939 (2013) and published in leading journals including Technology & Culture, Isis, Canadian Journal of African Studies, History & Antropology, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers among others.

Udvalgte publikationer

Udgivet
Global Idéhistorie
Andersen, C. (red.) & Thorup, M. (red.), 1 okt. 2018, 1 udg. Aarhus: Baggrund. 219 s.
Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Antologi › Forskning › peer review
Udgivet
Internationalism and Engineering in UNESCO during the End Game of Empire, 1943–68
Andersen, C., 1 jul. 2017, I: Technology and Culture. 58, 3, s. 650-677 27 s.
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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The Government and Administration of Africa, 1880–1939. 5 Volumes: A collection of rare sources on British administration in Africa. With commentary and comprehensive introductions. VOL 1: Recruitment and Training; VOL 2: Governance and Law; VOL 3: Taxation and Revenue; VOL 4: Urban and Rural Lands; VOL 5: Health, Labour and Other Issues of Administration
Andersen, C. (red.) & Cohen, A. (red.), 1 apr. 2013, London: Pickering & Chatto. 2000 s. (Britain and Africa series).
Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Bog › Forskning › peer review
Udgivet
British Engineers and Africa 1875-1914
Andersen, C., 23 jun. 2011, London: Pickering & Chatto. 239 s. (Studies in Empires, Bind 16).
Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Bog › Forskning › peer review

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Field/work in the archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange
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