YAO Dazhi

Professor

Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHNS, CAS)

Residence: July, 2010 - present

Dr. Yao Dazhi focuses on the history of science and technology in modern France, phenomenology of science and technology and historiography of science and technology. He holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science and Technology at Peking University in 2010. He is Director for the Department of Comprehensive History of Science and Technology and Director of Editorial Office, IHNS, CAS.

Education

Ph.D.   Philosophy of Science and Technology, Department of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, 2010.

M. A.   Philosophy of Science and Technology, School of Humanities, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 2003.

B. A.    Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 2000.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Director for the Department of Comprehensive History of Science and Technology, IHNS, CAS, 2022-

Director of Editorial Office, IHNS, CAS, 2021-

Committee Member of Academic Degree of Committee (Humanities), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2021-

Deputy Chair of Committee Member, Academic Degree of Committee, IHNS, CAS, 2021-

Head of Scientific Research Office, IHNS, CAS, 2020-2021

Professor, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020-

Deputy Director, Department of History of Western Science and Technology, IHNS, CAS, 2015-2022

Committee Member, Academic Degree of Committee, IHNS, CAS, 2015-2021

Associate professor, IHNS, CAS, 2013-2020

Assistant professor, IHNS, CAS, 2010-2013

Instructor, Assistant instructor, School of Humanities, Inner Mongolia University, 2003-2006

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Committee Member, The Internationalization Committee of Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 2019-2021.

Committee Member, Leonardo da Vinci Medal Committee of Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 2019

Committee Member, The Internationalization Committee of Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 2016-2018.

Committee Member, Leonardo da Vinci Medal Committee of Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 2018

Member of Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology (中国科学技术史学会)

Member of Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature (中国自然辩证法研究会)

PUBLICTIONS (Selected)

BOOKS

Yao Dazhi, Body and Technics: A Study of Hubert Dreyfus’ Phenomenology of Technology. Beijing: China Scientific and Technological Press, 2020 (ISBN: 978-7-5046-8323-6/B.51).

Yao Dazhi, Sun Chengsheng, Scientific Revolution, Technological Revolution and the Modernization of France. Shangdong Education Press, 2017 (ISBN: 9787532898343 ), 2020 (ISBN: 9787570109104)

EDITED COLLECTION

“Technology, Philosophy and Time,” edited by Yao Dazhi, with essays from Lianqing Han, Yilin Hu, Hongyue Shu and Yao Dazhi, Chinese Book Review, 2013, vol. 263.

ARTICLES (Selected)

Liu Kehan, Yao Dazhi, “The Rise and Early Development of Feminist History of Science and Technology.” Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities (Natural Science Edition), 2020, 26 (1): 30-36+81.

Yao Dazhi, Li Wenjing, “J.-A. C. Chaptal and the Interaction between Industrial Technology and Knowledge Revolution in the Late 18th Century.” (in Chinese) Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2019, Vol.41, No.5 (Serial No.249), pp. 116-125.

Yao Dazhi, "Hubert Dreyfus and the Phenomenology of Action." (reprinted in Chinese), Philosophy of Science and Technology (Information Center for Social Sciences, RUC), 2018, No. 5, pp. 17-28.

Cao Xijing, Yao Dazhi, “The Evolution of the concept of Innovation and its Effect.” (in Chinese) in Lü Bianting eds. Research on the history of science (Vol 4.), Beijing: Science Press, 2018, pp. 71-85.

Yao Dazhi, "The Origin and Early Evolution of the école Polytechnique, 1794-1830." (in Chinese) Journal of Engineering Studies, 2017 Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 644-655.

Yao Dazhi, "Hubert Dreyfus and the Phenomenology of Action." (in Chinese) Philosophical Analysis, 2017 Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 17-28.

Per H？gselius, Yao Dazhi, "The Hidden Integration of Eurasia: East–West Relations in the History of Technology." Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2017, Vol.5, No.2. pp. 71-99.

Yao Dazhi, "Secularisation and the Rise of Modern Science: A Review of Bruno Belhoste's Histoire de la science moderne. De la Renaisssance aux Lumières." (in Chinese) Studies in the History of Natural Sciences, 2016 35(4). pp. 485-496.

Yao Dazhi, Per H？gselius. "Transforming the Narrative of the History of Chinese Technology: East and West in Bertrand Gille’s Histoire des Techniques." Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2015 (Spring). pp. 7-24.

Fang Yibing, Yao Dazhi. "On the Technological Historical Value of Metallurgical Industrial Heritage." (Chinese) Industrial Construction, 2015(05), pp. 10-14.

Yao Dazhi. “Neglected French Thinkers who are relevant to La Technique et le temps.”(English version) Contemporary Social Sciences. 2014. Vol.1 (Dec.). pp. 109-114.

Yao Dazhi. “ Neglected French Thinkers who are relevant to La Technique et le temps.” (Chinese version) Chinese Book Review, 2013, vol. 263, 1. pp. 22-28.

Yao Dazhi. “Forman's New Thesis: the Postmodern Turn and Its Influence on the History of Science and Technology.” (in Chinese) Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2012, Vol.29, No. 3. pp. 296-302.

Yao Dazhi. “Technology and Civilization: Bertrand Gille’s Model of Global History of Technology.” (in Chinese) Chinese Social Science Digest, 2011, Vol. 85, No. 01. pp. 75-76.

Yao Dazhi. “On the Model of Chinese Ancient History of Techniques from a Global Perspective.” (in Chinese) Science and Culture Review, 2010, Vol.7, No. 4. pp. 56-73.

Yao Dazhi. “Against Continuity: the Synchronic Perspective in Koyre’s Theory of Scientific Revolution.” (in Chinese) Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2010, No. 3. pp. 27-32.

Yao Dazhi. “Evolution of the Technical Systems: The Concepts and Methodology in Gille’s The History of the Techniques.” (in Chinese) Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2008, Vol.29, No. 3. pp. 297-306.

Yao Dazhi. “On the Language as a Hypothesis in Saussure’s General Linguistics.” (in Chinese) Journal of Inner Mongolia University, 2005, No. 6. pp. 106-110.

Yao Dazhi. “On Popper's Theory of Natural Law.” (in Chinese) Journal of Inner Mongolia University, 2003, vol.35. pp. 149-151.

Li Xiaochun, Yao Dazhi, Yu Jinlong. “Sustaining Development of Grassland Animal Husbandry in Inner Mongolia and Ecological Awareness.” (in Chinese) Journal of Inner Mongolia University, 2002, No. 5. pp. 13-18.

REVIEWS AND BOOK REVIEWS

Du Xinhao, Zhang Zhihui, Li Yang and Yao Dazhi, “Overview of 2021 Annual Meeting of HSS and SHOT.” (in Chinese) Studies in the History of Natural Sciences, 2022 41(2), pp. 171-174.

Yao Dazhi, Shu Changxue, “Mortise and Tenon, as Technology Genome.” Popular Science Times, 2021-02-19 (5).

Yao Dazhi, Shi Xiaolei. "A Review of 2014 Annual Meeting of SHOT." (in Chinese) Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2015, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 257-260.

Yao Dazhi. "A Review of2012 Annual Meeting of SHOT." (in Chinese) Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2013, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 133-137.

Yao Dazhi. "Engineers, Exact scientists, and Political Processes from Global Perspectives: A review of 2012 Hixon-Riggs Forum." Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2012, Vol.33, No, 2, pp. 235-238.

Yao Dazhi. “Meeting at Davos in order to Part Ways.” (Review: Michael Friedman. A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger. Open Court, 2000.) Science Times, Feb. 4, 2010.

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

“Who was the Protagonist of Technology Transfer? A Case Study of John Bourne’s Business Connection with China in the 19th century” (by Fan Yibing & Dazhi Yao), SHOT Annual Meeting 2019, Milan, Italy, Oct. 25, 2019.

"Chances and Challenges to SHOT’s Internationalization from a Chinese Perspective ", Presidential Round Table: Intellectual and Institutional Challenges to Internationalizing SHOT, Organizor: John Krige, Moderator: Francesca Bray, SHOT Annual Meeting 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Oct. 13, 2018.

"J. A. C. Chaptal's Conversion: the Interaction between the Chemical Revolution and Chemical Industry in the late 18th Century", Session: "Reconsidering Skills and Science in the Early Industrial Revolution", Chair and Commentator: Ross Basset, SHOT Annual Meeting 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Oct. 12, 2018.

"Capitalist Ladies in China: Cases of Swedish female visitors accompanying scientists and officials," Second International Workshop on Nordic-Chinese Relations in the History of Science, Technology and Industry, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Beijing, China, Dec. 8, 2017.

"Between Scientific Education and Engineer Training: The early history of the école Polytechnique," No. 60 SHOT Annual Meeting，Philadelphia, Oct. 28, 2017.

"Between Scientific Education and Engineer Training: The early history of the école Polytechnique," The 7th European Society for the History of Science Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, Spet. 23, 2016

“Philosophical Provocations and History of Technology: What we can learn from French historians”,  No. 59 SHOT Annual Meeting, Singapore, June 23th, 2016

"An Introduction: The History of Technology in the Disciplinary System, " No. 59 SHOT Singapore Annual Meeting, Singapore, June 23th, 2016

“The Establishment of Chinese-Swedish Relation of Science and Technology and Hannes Alfvén’s First Trip to China in 1963,” International Workshop on Nordic-Chinese Relations in the History of Science, Technology and Industry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Apil 18, 2016

“The Failure of an Official Enterprise? The Role of Descriptions des arts et métiers of the Académie des Sciences in 18th Century France,” No. 57 SHOT Annual Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, U. S., Nov. 6-9, 2014.

“Enlightenment and Science in France,” No. 2 Workshop of International Academic Trends in IHNS, Beijing, China, July. 2014.

“The Failure of Descriptions des arts et Métiers in 18th Century France,” The 6th International Conference of ESHS, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2-6, 2014.

“On Transforming Chinese Historical Narrative of Technology from a Global Perspective,” the 24th International Congress of History, Science, Technology and Medicine, Manchester, U. K., July 22-28, 2013.

“Contemporary Philosophy of Technology in France", the 6th National Conferences of Phenomenological Philosophy of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 1-2, 2012.

“On Transforming Chinese Historical Narrative of Technology from a Global Perspective,” No. 55 SHOT Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 3-7, 2012.

“The Outline of French Modernization and Scientific and Technological Revolutions,” Berlin Workshop on Scientific Revolutions, Technological Revolutions and National Modernization, Max-Plank Institute, Berlin, German, May 1-9, 2012.

“Technocracy: Case Studies from France and China,” Guest Lecture in Professor Richard Olson’s course on “Engineers, Exact scientists, and Political Processes: Global Perspectives,” Harvard Mudd College, the U. S., March 1, 2012.

“Is Conceptualist Theory of Embodied Copying Possible?”2010 Beijing Roundtable on Contemporary Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China, Aug 6. 2010.

“On Dreyfus’ Criticism of McDowell’s theory of behaviors,” the 3th National Conferences of Phenomenological Philosophy of Science and Technology, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Nov., 2009.

“On The Two Modes of Actions that a Subject takes with a tool,” the 3rd BESETO Philosophy Conference, the University of Tokyo, Japan, Jan., 2009.

“Body, Instrument and Motor Intentionality,” the 2nd National Conferences of Phenomenological Philosophy of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Oct., 2008.

TRANSLATIONS

Tom Rockmore, “Merleau-Ponty, the Primacy of Perception and the Historical Limits of Knowledge,” in Contemporary Merleau-Ponty, Du Xiaozhen eds., Peking University Press, 2012, pp. 25-40.

Jacques Ellul, “The Technical Order,” in Classical Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, Wu Guosheng eds., Butian Zhang, Dazhi Yao etc. tran., Shanghai Jiaotong University Press, 2008, pp.120-143 .

ORGANIZER OF WORKSHOPS AND SESSIONS

Organizer of Seminar on Writing the Transnational History of Science and Technology, chaired by Prof. John Krige (Georgia Tec), Beijing, China, May 22nd and 23rd, 2019.

Organizer (with Per H？gselius) of Second International Workshop on Nordic-Chinese Relations in the History of Science, Technology and Industry, Beijing, China, Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, 2017;

Organizer of a session, "Science and Education in the Context of Modernization," 7th International Conference of the ESHS, Prague, Czech, 2016-09-23;

Organizer of a session, "The History of Technology in the Disciplinary System"，No. 59 SHOT Annual Meeting, Singapore, 06-23-2016.

Organizer (Per H？gselius, Yao Dazhi) of (The 1st) International Workshop on Nordic-Chinese Relations in the History of Science, Technology and Industry,”KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2016-04-18

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mail Address: Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,

55 Zhongguancun East Road, Beijing, China, 100190

Email: yaodz@ihns.ac.cn

Telephone number: +86-10-57552558