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DESCRIPTION:Berggruen Institute Future Humans Salon: Exploring\, Curating a
 nd Exhibiting the Origins of Life and of the Earth Since the Nineteenth Ce
 ntury  \n\nWyman Bar\, Bradbury Building. Doors open at 6pm\, talk starts 
 at 6:30pm\n\nSpace is limited. RSVP required: https://events.berggruen.org
 /_kz394\n\n \n\nEvent Description:\n\nHow do we make sense of planetary ma
 terials—fragments of worlds beyond Earth that land in our hands? What st
 ories do meteorites\, cosmic dust\, and ancient geological archives tell u
 s about the origins of life—not just here\, but possibly elsewhere?\n\n 
 \n\nAs space agencies prepare for return samples from Mars and its moon Ph
 obos in the 2030s\, the process of collecting and curating extraterrestria
 l matter is becoming an urgent question. In this conversation\, historian 
 of science Charlotte Bigg will explore the long history of how scientists 
 have preserved\, classified\, and interpreted planetary materials. From th
 e geological collections of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in
  Paris to the emerging Centre national de la matière extraterrestre (CNME
 )\, Bigg traces the ways scientific institutions have shaped humanity’s 
 evolving relationship to the cosmos. In conversation with Claire Isabel We
 bb\, Director of Future Humans at the Berggruen Institute\, the evening wi
 ll bring together perspectives on astrobiology\, planetary science\, and t
 he cultural narratives that shape our search for life beyond Earth. Set in
  the historic Bradbury Building\, a space steeped in cinematic visions of 
 the future\, this salon invites guests to consider what it means to hold a
 nother world in our hands.\n\n \n\nAbout Professor Bigg: Professor Charlot
 te Bigg of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales is the 2024
 –2025 Dornsife-EHESS Visiting Professor at USC\, in residence April 2025
  and hosted by the USC Dornsife Visual Studies Research Institute and the 
 USC Dornsife Center on Science\, Technology\, and Public Life. Charlotte B
 igg is a permanent research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche 
 Scientifique\, Centre Alexandre Koyré\, Paris. After earning degrees in h
 istory and history and philosophy of science from the universities of Oxfo
 rd and Cambridge\, she worked at the Max Planck Institute for the History 
 of Science in Berlin and at ETH Zurich. She has published widely on the so
 cial and cultural history of the chemical\, physical\, and astronomical sc
 iences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in a transnational perspe
 ctive. Her work focuses especially on the visual and material cultures of 
 scientific practice and their circulation among a range of audiences. She 
 is currently co-PI of two projects\, one focussing on the history of graph
 ic design in the humanities and social sciences in the second half of the 
 twentieth century\, and another on the history of French colonial photogra
 phic archives. She is also currently working on the history of exploring\,
  curating\, and exhibiting geological collections.\n\n \n\nThis event is p
 resented by the Berggruen Institute in collaboration with the USC Levan In
 stitute for the Humanities\; Visual Studies Research Institute\; and the C
 enter on Science\, Technology\, and Public Life. RSVPs required: https://e
 vents.berggruen.org/_kz394\n\n \n\nAbout the USC Dornsife-EHESS Partnershi
 p: USC Dornsife has a multi-year scholarly cooperation agreement with the 
 École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS\; School of Advanced 
 Studies in the Social Sciences). The Dornsife-EHESS Partnership\, housed i
 n the Levan Institute for the Humanities\, aims to build ties between scho
 lars at the two institutions and to support collaborations in research and
  teaching. It involves a program for doctoral students and another for ten
 ured faculty with primary appointments in Dornsife. The program director i
 s Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (Professor of History\, Spatial Sciences\, and Law
 ). Queries can be directed to him at ehesspartnership@usc.edu. For more in
 formation on the Dornsife-EHESS partnership\, click here. \n\n \n\nImage: 
 Auguste Biard\, Panorama de la baie de la Madeleine au Spitzberg\, c. 1840
 . Painting adorning the entrance of the Geology and Mineralogy Gallery of 
 the Natural History National Museum in Paris. Courtesy of Léo Becka.
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SUMMARY:Charlotte Bigg (EHESS): Exploring\, Curating and Exhibiting the Ori
 gins of Life and of the Earth Since the Nineteenth Century
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 ing-the-origins-of-life-and-of-the-earth-since-the-nineteenth-century
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