Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Tamar Novick In briefDate - 14 October 2024Guest speaker - Dr Tamar Novick (Humboldt University, Berlin)Title - Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy LandFormat - Book talk, Q&A and reception Email an IMES colleague for joining details About the speakerDr Tamar Novick is a Gerda Henkel Stiftung fellow and a visiting scholar in the Department of Musicology and Media Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin. She holds a PhD from the History and Sociology of Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. At the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, she leads the Out of Place, Out of Time working group.Dr Novick’s research lies at the intersection of history of technology, environmental history, animal studies, and Middle East studies. Her book, Milk & Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land (MIT Press, 2023), examines the ways in which technology became means for erecting a mystical past in modern Palestine/Israel. It focuses on the bodies that were involved, literally, in producing honey and milk, and in the reproduction of settler populations: honeybees, cows, sheep, goats, horses, and people.This event is co-sponsored by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and Science, Technology and Innovation Studies.How to joinEvents are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. If you wish to join online, you can email a colleague in IMES for joining information.All talks are followed by a reception. Email an IMES colleague for joining details Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present.Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Oct 14 2024 17.15 - 18.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Tamar Novick Join us for a hybrid seminar by Dr Tamar Novick (Humboldt University, Berlin), entitled 'Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square Email an IMES colleague for joining details
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Tamar Novick In briefDate - 14 October 2024Guest speaker - Dr Tamar Novick (Humboldt University, Berlin)Title - Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy LandFormat - Book talk, Q&A and reception Email an IMES colleague for joining details About the speakerDr Tamar Novick is a Gerda Henkel Stiftung fellow and a visiting scholar in the Department of Musicology and Media Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin. She holds a PhD from the History and Sociology of Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. At the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, she leads the Out of Place, Out of Time working group.Dr Novick’s research lies at the intersection of history of technology, environmental history, animal studies, and Middle East studies. Her book, Milk & Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land (MIT Press, 2023), examines the ways in which technology became means for erecting a mystical past in modern Palestine/Israel. It focuses on the bodies that were involved, literally, in producing honey and milk, and in the reproduction of settler populations: honeybees, cows, sheep, goats, horses, and people.This event is co-sponsored by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and Science, Technology and Innovation Studies.How to joinEvents are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. If you wish to join online, you can email a colleague in IMES for joining information.All talks are followed by a reception. Email an IMES colleague for joining details Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present.Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Oct 14 2024 17.15 - 18.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Tamar Novick Join us for a hybrid seminar by Dr Tamar Novick (Humboldt University, Berlin), entitled 'Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square Email an IMES colleague for joining details
Oct 14 2024 17.15 - 18.30 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Tamar Novick Join us for a hybrid seminar by Dr Tamar Novick (Humboldt University, Berlin), entitled 'Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land'.
