Silk Roads Lent 2022 -Thomas Simpson (Cambridge)

Thomas Simpson is a research fellow at Gonville and Caius College and research associate at the department of history, University of Cambridge. His research lies at the intersection of imperial history, the history of South Asia (and its borderlands), the history of science, environmental history, and historical geography. It centres on colonial knowledge of space, environment, and people during the long nineteenth century, looking especially at how information was produced, communicated, and contested in 'field sciences' such as cartography and anthropology.

Join us to hear about his current research project 'Making Climate History' which is examining changing understandings of climate across various scientific disciplines and diverse sites around the globe from c.1780 to c.1980.

The event will be held in the Keynes lecture theatre, King's College (not the Audit Room where we usually meet). Enter from King's Parade and turn left, go into the first entrance in the range of buildings on the left side of the lawn, walk straight ahead from the entrance pas the toilets and through the doors into the 'Chetwynd Room', the Keyne's theatre is straight ahead from there. Please wear a mask while entering and leaving the college if you are able.