What is a Metabolic History?

Date

04 sep 2026 10:00 - 10:30

[ ONLINE ]

Online conference by Hannah Landecker, historian, sociologist of the modern biosciences and Professor in the Institute for Society and Genetics, and the Department of Sociology, also serving as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the Life Sciences and co-director of the UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education, fellow for a one-month writing residency in September 2026 at the Paris IAS, as part of the "Paris IAS Ideas" series.

The "Paris IAS Ideas" online talk series features short and stimulating presentations from fellows of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, marking the beginning of 1-month writing residencies.

Online only and in English. Open to the public. Free event but registration required.
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Presentation

Metabolism is a scientific concept denoting processes by which organisms assimilate food and manage oxygen originating in 19th century cell theory. Playing a fundamental role in knowledge of life in biochemistry, ecology and philosophy, it also drove the industrial remaking of food and growth with metabolic agents and chemistries. This project traces a metabolic history of society, from the industrialization of metabolism in the 20th century to its consequences for metabolic disorder today.

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04 September 2026, 10:00 - 10:30

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