G Barrett
Biographic Data
| ID | 7796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Barrett |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrett |
| SIGNATURE | BARRETT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8763-1192 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Varying Visibility of Lu Gwei-djen and Dorothy Moyle Needham in Anglo-Chinese Scientific Relations, 1944–1972
While there is a growing body of work on the role of scientists in international affairs, much of this research deals with professional and official interactions. This article argues that gendered personal and intimate dimensions are just as relevant, both for the actors involved and for external perceptions of them. It makes this broader point by focusing on the biochemists Dr Dorothy Moyle Needham and Dr Lu Gwei-djen, both of whom were deeply i…
Soft at the Centre”
Study abroad experiences have a clear learning gain for students exemplified through reflection on soft and hard transferable skills that boost graduate readiness. These aptitudes include problem solving, teamwork, and global citizenry. Two time-phased semi-structured questionnaires were administered to a cohort of UK-based university students participating in a recent Criminology program course unit which incorporates a study visit abroad to Slo…
Combined AMS 14 C and archaeological dating of the Rouran period cemetery of Choburak-I (Northern Altai)
This paper presents a detailed chronological study of the previously undisturbed burial ground of Choburak-I of the Bulan-Koby Culture in the Northern Altai using a program of comprehensive dating, including AMS 14 C dating of human and animal remains (26 14 C dates from 12 kurgans in total), and archaeological dating of the associated artifacts. This completely excavated cemetery contained numerous grave goods and various organic remains (anthro…
Decentring histories of science diplomacy
This special issue brings together a diverse set of cases from Asia with the aim of decentring established historical narratives about science diplomacy. With a critical perspective bringing together the bodies of literature in the fields of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) and critical Asian Studies, we argue that these cases foreground a geopolitical history with multiple forms of sovereignty – often contested ones – and a …
Concluding conversation
Gordon Barrett ( GB ): Research Associate, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK (special issue co-editor)
Picturing Chinese science
Joseph Needham occupies a central position in the historical narrative underpinning the most influential practitioner-derived definition of ‘science diplomacy’. The brief biographical sketch produced by the Royal Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science sets Needham's activities in the Second World War as an exemplar of a science diplomacy. This article critically reconsiders Needham's wartime activities, shedding light…
China's Cold War Science Diplomacy
Science, (Anti-)Communism and Diplomacy
From 1957 onwards, the "Pugwash Conferences" brought together elite scientists from across ideological and political divides to work towards disarmament. Through a series of national case studies - Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany, the US and USSR – this volume offers a critical reassessment of the development and work of “Pugwash” nationally, internationally, and as a transnational forum for Track II diplomacy. This major ne…
Between Sovereignty and Legitimacy
UNESCO's founding in 1946 coincided with the resumption of hostilities between China's ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) and their Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rivals for power. The new international organization's officials in Paris and its representatives on the ground in China were thus forced to navigate a fractious and fluid set of national circumstances that would result in an ambiguous outcome in 1949, with regimes on the Chinese mainland an…
China's “People's Diplomacy” and the Pugwash Conferences, 1957–1964
Newly available archival sources in China illuminate how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used transnational initiatives to advance its aims. This article explores Chinese interaction with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from 1957 to 1964 and discusses how the People's Republic of China (PRC) made deliberate use of transnational initiatives to further its own Cold War strategy and foreign policy. High-ranking CCP officials w…
Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement
Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement
Between Sovereignty and Legitimacy
UNESCO's founding in 1946 coincided with the resumption of hostilities between China's ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) and their Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rivals for power. The new international organization's officials in Paris and its representatives on the ground in China were thus forced to navigate a fractious and fluid set of national circumstances that would result in an ambiguous outcome in 1949, with regimes on the Chinese mainland an…
Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement
China's “People's Diplomacy” and the Pugwash Conferences, 1957–1964
Newly available archival sources in China illuminate how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used transnational initiatives to advance its aims. This article explores Chinese interaction with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from 1957 to 1964 and discusses how the People's Republic of China (PRC) made deliberate use of transnational initiatives to further its own Cold War strategy and foreign policy. High-ranking CCP officials w…
Between Sovereignty and Legitimacy
UNESCO's founding in 1946 coincided with the resumption of hostilities between China's ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) and their Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rivals for power. The new international organization's officials in Paris and its representatives on the ground in China were thus forced to navigate a fractious and fluid set of national circumstances that would result in an ambiguous outcome in 1949, with regimes on the Chinese mainland an…
Science, (Anti-)Communism and Diplomacy
From 1957 onwards, the "Pugwash Conferences" brought together elite scientists from across ideological and political divides to work towards disarmament. Through a series of national case studies - Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany, the US and USSR – this volume offers a critical reassessment of the development and work of “Pugwash” nationally, internationally, and as a transnational forum for Track II diplomacy. This major ne…
China's Cold War Science Diplomacy
Picturing Chinese science
Joseph Needham occupies a central position in the historical narrative underpinning the most influential practitioner-derived definition of ‘science diplomacy’. The brief biographical sketch produced by the Royal Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science sets Needham's activities in the Second World War as an exemplar of a science diplomacy. This article critically reconsiders Needham's wartime activities, shedding light…
Combined AMS 14 C and archaeological dating of the Rouran period cemetery of Choburak-I (Northern Altai)
This paper presents a detailed chronological study of the previously undisturbed burial ground of Choburak-I of the Bulan-Koby Culture in the Northern Altai using a program of comprehensive dating, including AMS 14 C dating of human and animal remains (26 14 C dates from 12 kurgans in total), and archaeological dating of the associated artifacts. This completely excavated cemetery contained numerous grave goods and various organic remains (anthro…
Decentring histories of science diplomacy
This special issue brings together a diverse set of cases from Asia with the aim of decentring established historical narratives about science diplomacy. With a critical perspective bringing together the bodies of literature in the fields of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) and critical Asian Studies, we argue that these cases foreground a geopolitical history with multiple forms of sovereignty – often contested ones – and a …
Concluding conversation
Gordon Barrett ( GB ): Research Associate, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK (special issue co-editor)
Soft at the Centre”
Study abroad experiences have a clear learning gain for students exemplified through reflection on soft and hard transferable skills that boost graduate readiness. These aptitudes include problem solving, teamwork, and global citizenry. Two time-phased semi-structured questionnaires were administered to a cohort of UK-based university students participating in a recent Criminology program course unit which incorporates a study visit abroad to Slo…
The Varying Visibility of Lu Gwei-djen and Dorothy Moyle Needham in Anglo-Chinese Scientific Relations, 1944–1972
While there is a growing body of work on the role of scientists in international affairs, much of this research deals with professional and official interactions. This article argues that gendered personal and intimate dimensions are just as relevant, both for the actors involved and for external perceptions of them. It makes this broader point by focusing on the biochemists Dr Dorothy Moyle Needham and Dr Lu Gwei-djen, both of whom were deeply i…
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Diplomacy (6 works) · Law (6 works) · China (5 works) · International relations (5 works) · Communism (4 works) · International Science and Diplomacy (4 works)