MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
European Studies Council

Tropical Siberia

Fossils, Climate, and Empire in Geotheory
Feb
21
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The REEES Reading Group / Kruzhok presents

"Tropical Siberia: Fossils, Climate, and Empire in Geotheory"

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 | 5:30 pm ET

Anna Graber is an Assistant Professor of History of Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota.  She is a historian of earth and environmental science researching the meanings and uses of the earth and its products in Russian history.  In the book manuscript she is preparing for publication, “Tsardom of Rock: Knowledge of the Earth in Russia’s Mining Empire,” she examines how leaders of the mining industry developed new methods of knowing and ruling Russia’s natural environment and imperial subjects, in the process forging the modern Russian Empire. 

Not Open to the Public; for more information on the kruzhok and to get involved, please visit it's webpage.

Speakers

Anna Graber, Assistant Professor of History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
Contact:
european.studies@yale.edu