This international workshop addresses the reception of “science” in general and “natural sciences” in particular from the Middle East to Southeast Asia. The works of the 19th-century naturalists including Alfred Russel Wallace (d. 1913), especially his “The Malay Archipelago”, will be discussed. We will review the relevant literature through examining lesser-known aspects of natural sciences in the Muslim world. Please join us to discuss (a) the story of Wallace; (b) the European presentation of “Nature” and “Human” in the Malay-Indonesian world; and (c) their reception among other Muslim communities.

Main Contributors:
Peter Riddell (Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London Edwin Wieringa, Professor, University of Cologne, Germany)
Michael Feener (Professor, CSEAS, Kyoto University)
Tony Day (Independent Researcher, Austria)
Ryota Sakamoto (Associate Professor, CSEAS, Kyoto University)

Organizer:
Majid Daneshgar (Associate Professor, CSEAS, Kyoto University)