Dr Moritz Mihatch is visiting AIAS from 8–13 February (mini bio below). This visit provides an opportunity for the 3-2-1 Group HiCCS and the AIAS-Science Diplomacy group  for an informal discussion session on ‘Decolonization and Science Diplomacy’. The intention is to create space for a free exchange of ideas and to ask: If Science Diplomacy is the answer, then what are the decolonial questions?

Suggested background reading for the open discussion

In preparation for the open discussion you may read the introduction to a brand new special issue edited by Mihatsch and Andersen titled: Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation  

Mihatsch MA, Andersen C. Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation. Itinerario. Published online 2026:1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115325100302

If you have time, do check some of the contributions to the special issue that are available in first view: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/itinerario

The literature on decolonization/decolonial thought and Science Diplomacy is – to our knowledge – not substantial. But one interesting contribution to check out is: Polejack, Andrei and Goveas, Jenice and Robinson, Sam and Flink, Tim and Ferreira, Gabriela, Where is the Global South in the Science Diplomacy Narrative? (November 16, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4278557 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4278557

And/or this one with a history science perspective on the issue: Adamson, Matthew, and Roberto Lalli. "Global perspectives on science diplomacy: Exploring the diplomacy‐knowledge nexus in contemporary histories of science." Centaurus 63.1 (2021): 1-16. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1600-0498.12369 

All are wecome

If you would like to attend please send an email to Casper at ideca@cas.au.dk .

Short Bio

Moritz Mihatsch is a global historian. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) at the University of Oxford in 2014 and has studied and taught at universities in ten countries on three continents. He has published on history in a variety of places including Sudan, Liberia, the Emirates, Palestine, and Kurdistan and his work focuses thematically on issues including decolonisation, sovereignty, and the history and politics of knowledge production within UNESCO.

Contact

Casper Andersen, Science-Diplomacy Fellow at AIAS
Email: ideca@cas.au.dk

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