Casper Andersen

Associate Professor

School of Culture and Society - History of Ideas, subject
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7
building 1465, 626
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
ideca@cas.au.dk
Phone: +4587162893
Mobile: +4526391325

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.

Selected publications

Published
Global Idéhistorie
Andersen, C. (ed.) & Thorup, M. (ed.), 1 Oct 2018, 1 ed. Aarhus: Baggrund. 219 p.
Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
Published
Internationalism and Engineering in UNESCO during the End Game of Empire, 1943–68
Andersen, C., 1 Jul 2017, In: Technology and Culture. 58, 3, p. 650-677 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Published
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. (ed.) & Cohen, A. (ed.), 1 Apr 2013, London: Pickering & Chatto. 2000 p. (Britain and Africa series).
Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
Published
British Engineers and Africa 1875-1914
Andersen, C., 23 Jun 2011, London: Pickering & Chatto. 239 p. (Studies in Empires, Vol. 16).
Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review

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Latest projects

Field/work in the archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange
Project: Research
Port Effectiveness and Public Private Cooperation for Competitiveness (PEPP II)
Project: Research
Port Efficiency and Public Private Capacity in Ghana
Project: Research

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Latest activities

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