Global Digital History of Science Festival

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The Global Digital History of Science Festival is a five-day online celebration run by the BSHS – British Society for the History of Science featuring talks, discussions, workshops, performances, discussions, and more. Among the contributions:

6th July

18:00–19:00 – Do we need a global history of science? – Pratik Chakrabarti

7th July

12:00–13:00 – Introducing The MEDEA-CHART Database: An online tool for the study of medieval and early modern nautical charts

15:00–16:00 – Monuments, hermeneutics, or astronomy? The Jesuit China mission and the invention of “philosophical history” – Giannamar Giovannetti-Singh

8th July

13:00–14:00 – Science without Leisure – Harun Küçük

15:00–16:00 – Reading and collecting mathematics in early modern Britain – Yelda Nasifoglu

9th July

12:00–13:00 – A virtual walk through sites of knowledge and practice in early modern London

10th July

12:00–13:00 – A Grand Tour of the Medieval Cosmos

Monday 6th – Friday 10th July 2020

Source: https://bshsfestival.org.uk/index.php/programme/

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