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Seminar: 'Encrusted entanglements: Concretions from the wreck of HMS St. George'

Speaker: Christopher J. Ries, Museum curator, Strandingsmuseet St. George, Thorsminde

Info about event

Time

Monday 16 March 2026,  at 13:15 - 16:15

Location

Building 1632, Room 212

Christopher Ries introduces the remarkable concretions recovered from HMS St. George, where biological, chemical, and archaeological processes have fused cultural objects into solid masses since 1811. His talk explores how natural forces and conservators together shape the stories that can be uncovered from these formations. The presentation will be followed by a discussion on narratives, human and non-human actors, material transformations—and whatever else may arise—in the history of science and in cultural history museums.

Contact

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

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