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The project ETH Decol reconstructs the colonial history of ETH Zurich. The research team explores how ETH became a central hub in the global circulation of experts, technologies, knowledge and objects from the age of high imperialism through the era of decolonisation (1860-1980). The project runs from 2024 to 2029.

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Next Event, Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, der Medizin und der Technik (GWMT) annual meeting 2026:
Epistemische Passagen/Epistemic Passages in Prague, 9. bis 11. September 2026. 

Thursday, 09 September 2026: Monique will be part of the roundtable Narrating marginalized pasts. Public histories of science, technology, and medicine

Friday, 10 September 2026: Philipp will present his paper: Translating the Java Bogie: Railway Technology Transfer between Switzerland, South and Southeast Asia in the 1920s