Experimentation in Renaissance Instrument Prints
For next online Research Seminar at Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) will give a talk entitled “Sammelband Scientia: Experimentation in Renaissance […]
Persian Astronomy in Sanskrit
For next History of Science in Early South Asia online workshop (CHSTM), Anuj Misra (University of Copenhagen) will present a paper entitled “Persian Astronomy in Sanskrit: A Comparative Study of […]
Astronomy in Arcadia
The next Dibner Distinguished Fellow Lecture at The Huntington will host Eileen Reeves (Princeton University) on “Astronomy in Arcadia: Galileo and Guarini’s Pastor Fido.” Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 7:30–9:30pm PDT […]
Diagrams and Visual Aids in the University Classroom
The next Bibliotheca Hertziana online research seminar will host Mordechai Feingold (Caltech) on “Diagrams and Other Visual Aids in the Early Modern University Classroom”. Thursday 11 November 2021, 17:00–19:00 CET […]
Talismans, Divination and the Occult in Jewish Traditions
The next online symposium at Warburg Institute will host a book launch for Thâbit ibn Qurra, On Talismans, by Gideon Bohak and Charles Burnett, and Unveiling the Hidden—Anticipating the Future, Divinatory Practices Among […]
Early Modern Ottoman Visions of the World
For the GHOST – Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition project, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Rethymno, Greece) organizes an online symposium entitled “Enchantments and Disenchantments: Early Modern […]
Natural Regeneration in Kepler’s Science
The next online Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar (EMPHASIS) at the University of Oxford will host Stefano Gulizia (University of Milan) on “Natural Regeneration in Kepler’s Science (1596-1611)”. […]
Monumental Calendars in 15th-Century Central Europe
For the next online Work-in-Progress Seminar at Warburg Institute, Sarah Griffin (Warburg Institute) will give a talk entitled “Monumental Calendars in Fifteenth-Century Central Europe”. Wednesday 19 January 2022, 14:00- 15:30 […]
Movable Books and the Medieval Universe
For the next History of Material Texts webinar at UPenn, Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania) will give a talk entitled “Revolutionary Science: Movable Books and the Medieval Universe”. Monday 14 […]
Faith and Astronomy in 17th-Century England
For its next webinar, the Huntington Library will host Wendy Wall (Northwestern University) on “Blasting into Space: The Poetics of Faith and Astronomy in 17th-Century England.” Wednesday 16 February 2022, […]