This workshop is generously sponsored by the
Harvard University Department of the History of Science, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the European Union
Calendar, or chronological, age is a pillar of modern society, law, and identity: it determines age boundaries, structures the institutionalization of the life cycle, and informs self-perception across all stages of human lives. Our familiarity with calendar age — to the point that it is hard to conceive of age without it — is the starting point of the inquiry this workshop seeks to contribute to, aiming at the historicization of this fundamental social category.
The workshop invites contributions from fields as diverse as the history of medicine and science, the history of the state, and social and cultural histories that highlight how such a category was used in practice. The chosen chronological arc stretches from the early modern period into the twentieth century, focusing on North America and Europe, but also looking beyond.
Organizers: Hannah Marcus, Ludwig Pelzl, and Ben Maldonado.
Any questions should be sent to Johannes.Pelzl@eui.eu and bmaldonado@g.harvard.edu.
LOCATION:Harvard University, Department of the History of Science STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20260417T040000Z DTEND:20260419T035900Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR