„(Melting) Ice“, part of the Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia

Please join us for (Melting) Ice, the next event in our Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia. Convened by Amelia Bonea and Meng Zhang (CHSTM, University of Manchester), in collaboration with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library and Manchester China Institute. Please see below for details. 

(Melting) Ice Workshop
Monday, 17 November 2025, 2 – 4:30pm GMT, online

Speakers:

Dr Tilak Tewari (Dehradun) – Disciplining Ice: Colonial Bodies and the Neglected Origins of Glaciology in High Mountain Asia (c.1808-1860)
Dr Katja Doose (Lyon 2 & Fribourg) – Glaciers between Archive and Laboratory: A History of Central Asian Glaciology in the Late 19th to the Mid-20th Century
Prof Yuriko Furuhata (McGill University) – Refrigerated Time Capsules: Cinema and the Colonial Roots of Japan’s Polar Science
Xin Yang (Glasgow) – Situating Polar Science: China’s Pathways from the Third Pole to the Poles Free and open to all. 

Please register at the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melting-ice-tickets-1755766798759?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwY2xjawNRrXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoe-eQeLjmVUutlMQuezmU3N9L3MDI4Prj4oN_GVL4xL6DS5Zcc4CPSviqr8_aem_A8nMbCWB0Hjc5meg7b3uuA%20[eventbrite.co.uk]

Source: ANN: (Melting) Ice, 17 November 2025, 2-4:30PM GMT, online, part of the Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.