The Applied Arts of Alchemy
The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry (Science History Institute) presents “The Applied Arts of Alchemy,” a multi-day virtual symposium on alchemy’s practical and applied uses and their lasting […]
Secrets of Matter, Matters of Secrecy
The next SHAC Postgraduate Workshop is entitled “Secrets of Matter, Matters of Secrecy: Concealing (Al)Chemical Knowledge from Ciphers to the Military-Industrial Complex.” Among the contributions: Private Spaces, Secret Practices: Gender […]
Hieroglyph, Anatomy and Cosmos
For next Stargates seminar at Warburg Institute, Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck College) will give a talk entitled “Hieroglyph, Anatomy and Cosmos: John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica.” Tuesday 22 June 2021, 17:30–19:00 BST […]
Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister
The Science History Institute organizes the online book launch for Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister, a new book by Michelle DiMeo, Arnold Thackray Director of the […]
Coffee with a Scientific Codex
Virtual meeting at Penn Libraries Special Collections (University of Pennsylvania), centered on Ms. Codex 69, a 15th century collection from Germany of scientific, alchemical, and medical works. Monday 30 August […]
Thomas Harriot in Global and Local Contexts (II)
An online conference organised by the Thomas Harriot Seminar and hosted by The Warburg Institute. Convenor: Dr Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck, University London) The English mathematician and natural philosopher Thomas Harriot […]
Digitizing Materiality: On the Fabric of Human Bodies
The “On the Fabric of Human Bodies” Workshop at Science History Institute will explore the body and materiality of scientific collections, moving from 2-D to 3-D representations and objects. Dow […]
Alchemical Interpretations of Analysis and Synthesis
For the Analysis and Synthesis in Historical and Systematic Perspectives conference at Indiana University Bloomington, Didier Kahn (Sorbonne) will give a talk on “Alchemical interpretations of Genesis, from Paracelsus to […]
Chymistry from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century
The Science History Institute will host a hybrid symposium entitled “Chymistry from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century…and Back Again” in Honor of Lawrence M. Principe, 2020 Recipient of […]
John Dee and the ‘Holy Art’ of Alchemy
The next online Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar (EMPHASIS) at the University of Oxford will host Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck, University of London) on “John Dee and the […]