Lawrence Dritsas
Lecturer
social science
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Lawrence Dritsas work as a Lecturer in the University of Edinburgh
Research Interest
Generally, the history and sociology of science in Africa. Within this large frame, Lawrence is interested in historical geographies of scientific knowledge in relation to colonial empires; the links between science, technology and development practices; the history of scientific expeditions (particularly the exploration of Africa) and the history of museum collections. He also uses his research to engage with the 'science studies of science fiction': exploring how histories of exploration and science fiction interact and shape how we think about the future of human activity in our solar system.
Publications
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2013 '"Pilgrimage to Chipundu": Livingstone's Legacies among Scottish Missionaries in Northern Rhodesia/Zambia, 1950s-1970s' Scottish Geographical Journal 129, no. 3-4: 243-257. (with Joan Haig)
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2014 'An Archive of Identity: the Central African Archives and Southern Rhodesian History' Archival Science 14, no.1: pp. 35-54. (with Joan Haig)
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'Tsetse Flies, Trypanosomes and the Organisation of Research in the British Colonial Office, 1942–1950' under review
