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A.J. Heywood,University of Aberdeen interviendra dans le cadre du séminaire Histoire des sciences, histoire de l'innovation(Université Paris Sorbonne, UPMC, LabEx EHNE)le jeudi 31 mars à 17h00dans la salle de conférence de l’Institut des sciences de la communication (ISCC)20 rue Berbier-du-Mets, Paris 13°, M° Gobelins. RésuméThis paper aims to cast new light on the outbreak of the First World War by using little known Russian archival sources to test the contention that Tsarist Russia began to mobilise secretly on about 12/25 July 1914, some five days before Russia’s official announcement of general mobilisation. This issue matters because to prove that Russia did mobilise secretly would seriously compromise the widely held view that Germany was primarily responsible for the war, and equally it would undermine the recent rejection by Christopher Clark and others of ‘prosecutorial narratives’ about responsibility for the outbreak of the war. Focusing on the essence of mobilisation - mobility, the paper uses the archives of the Russian transport ministry to discuss whether developments on the railways during the week from 12/25 confirm or refute the notion of secret mobilisation.&#160;&#160;Prochaines séances :7 avrilGabriel Galvez-Behar, (IRHiS/Université Lille 3/IUF)Louis Pasteur, entrepreneur. Pour une histoire économique des mondes savants.14 avrilJon Agar, (University College London)The politics of Star Wars: Thatcher and the UK and European contexts of the Strategic Defense Initiative.3 mai (attention séance exceptionnellement le mardi)Thomas Thwaites, designerMaking a toaster, becoming a goat, policing with bees… Doing design projects about science and technology.12 maiCatherine Radtka, (CNES/ISCC)Mettre en pratique un engouement pour l'espace : les constructions de fusées en amateur dans la France des années 1950-60.&#160;Image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Russian_infantry_1914_railroad.jpg&#160;Description: Russian infantry marching along a railway line. Early phase of the war (August 1914).Source: Photos of the Great War (http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm#TOP)Date: UnknownAuthor of website: Ray Mentzer (atominfo@aol.com)&#160;