This event is in the past.It took place on April 16, 2026 at École Normale Supérieure.
Educational Talk
Educational TalkCuries in the Congo: The Sinews of Empire in Global Histories of Fission
5th Arr.
Uncover the shadow side of scientific glory. This lecture traces how Marie Curie's radium institutes in Paris and Warsaw relied on materials from a Belgian-owned mine in the Congo, exposing the colonial extraction that powered early nuclear science.
Academic lecture
History of science
Postcolonial critique
Nuclear history
Tips
📖from the book Atomic Capitalism
⛏️Shinkolobwe mine supplied Curie's radium
Curies in the Congo: The Sinews of Empire in Global Histories of Fission
5th Arr.
Educational TalkEducational TalkUncover the shadow side of scientific glory. This lecture traces how Marie Curie's radium institutes in Paris and Warsaw relied on materials from a Belgian-owned mine in the Congo, exposing the colonial extraction that powered early nuclear science.
Academic lecture
History of science
Postcolonial critique
Nuclear history
Tips
📖from the book Atomic Capitalism
⛏️Shinkolobwe mine supplied Curie's radium
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