TY - JOUR TI - Beyond the center: Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe and their histories An interview with Professor Michael Gordin conducted by Jan Surman AU - Gordin, Michael AU - Surman, Jan TI - Beyond the center: Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe and their histories An interview with Professor Michael Gordin conducted by Jan Surman AB - What is special about sciences in Central and Eastern Europe? What are the obstacles for writing histories of science done beyond metropoles? Is this science different than the science in the centers and what makes it so? How imperial are sciences made by representatives of dominant nations compared to non-dominant nations? These are some of the questions touched upon in the interview with Michael Gordin, a leading historian of science from Princeton University. VL - 2016 IS - 15 (2016) PY - 2016 SN - 2451-3202 C1 - 2543-702X SP - 433 EP - 452 DO - 10.4467/23921749SHS.16.021.6164 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-historiae-scientiarum/article/beyond-the-center-sciences-in-central-and-eastern-europe-and-their-histories-an-interview-with-professor-michael-gordin-conducted-by-jan-surman KW - Central and Eastern Europe KW - Habsburg Empire KW - history of science KW - science and imperialism KW - science and nationalism KW - multiculturalism