Reading
The Berlin Sofa
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Location
English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center, Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin
Organizer
English Theatre Berlin
Lecturing Person
Lorraine Daston, Theodore Porter
Historians of science Lorraine Daston (Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin/University of Chicago) and Theodore Porter (University of California at Los Angeles/Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) will be exploring the impact of science on the literary imagination with readings from Mark Twain, George Elliott, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, Michael Frayn, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and other writers captivated by the world-changing potential of science and technology.
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