Cohen Hall

Science Beyond the West: Rob Rouphail on Meteorology in Mauritius

Event

Join us for a joint Debt and Disaster / Science Beyond the West meeting this Friday at 3:30 pm EST. We'll be speaking with Rob Rouphail, asst. prof of History at Susquehanna University about his work on the history of meteorology in Mauritius. Rob will discuss his forthcoming book, his interest in analyzing race and gender in the context of disaster, and the causality of extreme weather.

As background reading, please see Rob's 2019 Isis article and an article under review at the Journal of African History.
Please RSVP to csabel@sas.upenn.edu for Zoom link and readings