IIAS Seminar
TRANSFER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA
1498-1948
November 1 & 2, 1994

Scholars from different parts of the world will reflect on the development of
science, education, and technology in Asia in the context of its interrelation
with "European" or "modern" science and technology in both the earlier phase
of European expansion and in the colonial period. Overland and trans-oceanic
routes in the pre-colonial age knit various societies together through trade
and conquest and they also functioned as highways for the transmission and
adaptation of technology, for example, in the fields of navigation, minting,
and shipbuilding. The diffusion of military arts and knowledge,  the spread
of fire-arms and their use, as well as techniques of fortification can also
be singled out as examples of knowledge transference. The seminar will also
focus on the relationship between "European" and "Asian" education and
science. This, is a two-way process, implying both the transfer of knowledge
from Europe to Asia and from Asia to Europe. For the modern period the seminar
will focus on the why, how, and when of the transfer of science, technology
and educational practices and the colonial impact on this.    

PROGRAMME

TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Speakers invited:
A.J.Qaisar, The Role of Gifts and Individuals in Technological Diffusion: an
overview
Om Prakash, Minting Technology in India
H.B.Vos, Dutch Carriages for Javanese Courts
T.Abdullah, Paper to be announced
D.Kumar, Transfer of Science and Technology in a Colonial Relationship
X.Zhu, Higher Education in Modern China

WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Speakers invited
G.Dijkstra, Shipping in Indonesia
R.Barendse, A Galleon for the King of Castile
B.Bhattacharya. Shipbuilding in Bengal in the 18th Century
L.Bluss‚, Development of Chinese Maritime Technology
J.Gommans, Military Technology in Afghanistan
R.Matthee, Military Technology in Iran