Chemistry Outside the Laboratory
The SHAC Postgraduate Workshop (Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry) will host a virtual session on Chemistry Outside the Laboratory. Among the panels: Madeleine Reynolds, “The Alchemical Self-Fashioning […]
Through a Glass Darkly: The Visual Culture of Alchemy
The hybrid conference “Through a Glass Darkly: The Visual Culture of Alchemy” (Princeton University) explores the visual language of alchemy within the broader cultural and intellectual context of pre-modern Europe. […]
Transformative Empiricisms
The first Scientiae Summer webinar series will be devoted to experimentation and empiricism. Jennifer Rampling (Princeton University) – “Alchemy and the Image of Nature: Depicting Change in Medieval and Early […]
Mechanical Philosophy and Life Sciences in the Early-Modern Period
Radboud University Nijmegen will host a hybrid conference on “The Mechanical Philosophy and the Life Sciences in the Early-Modern Period.” Thursday 23 June Carla Rita Palmerino (Radboud University) – Opening […]
Polemics and Defamation in Early Modern Science
The University of Innsbruck will host a hybrid conference entitled “Saeva Scientia: Polemics and Defamation in Early Modern Science.” Friday 1 July Dominik Berrens (Innsbruck) – Introduction: Forms of Polemics […]
Heinrich Khunrath in his Laboratory
The next SHAC webinar (Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry) will be given by Peter Forshaw (University of Amsterdam) on “A Not-So-Lazy Henry: Heinrich Khunrath in his Laboratory.” […]
Plants and Philosophy: From Wisdom to Science
The CREMT center at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host a two-day hybrid conference on “Plants and Philosophy: From Ancient Wisdom to Today’s Science.” Tuesday 30 May Andrea Falcon […]
Working Soil in the Early Modern Period
The Warburg Institute will host a hybrid conference on “Fertile Furrows: Ruling and (Re-)Working Soil in the Early Modern Period” including a panel on Chemistry and Land Improvement: On Golden […]
Emblema, Symbola, Hieroglyphica in the Works of Michael Maier
The next Emphasis webinar at the University of London will host Peter Forshaw (University of Amsterdam) on “Emblema, Symbola, Hieroglyphica in the Works of Michael Maier.” Saturday 1 July 2023, […]
On Alums and Salts by Pseudo-Rāzī and its Tradition
The next SHAC webinar will host Gabriele Ferrario (University of Bologna) on “The On Alums and Salts by Pseudo-Rāzī and its Tradition through Centuries, Languages and Cultures.” Thursday 28 September 2023, 17–18:00 […]