Global Digital History of Science Festival
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, […]
Narrativas históricas y cartográficas del Rio Amazonas: desde el siglo XVI hasta nuestros días
This virtual workshop (National University of Colombia) covers the historical and cartographic narratives of the Amazon River from the 16th century to the present day. Como parte del proyecto cultural El […]
Constellations Exhibition Launch and Guided Tour
If the library is the cosmos, and books are the stars that fill it, then readers are celestial observers. Like ancient astronomers gazing at the sky, early modern readers created […]
Dutch Atlases and Nautical Manuals: Opening the Treasure Chests
For its Low Countries History Seminar Series, the Institute of Historical Research (London) will host Margaret Schotte (York University, Ontario) on early modern navigating science and skill. Friday 20 November […]
Hernando Colón’s New World of Books
For next Book and Print Initiative at Warburg Institute, Edward Wilson-Lee (University of Cambridge) and José María Pérez Fernández (University of Granada) will give a talk entitled “Hernando Colón’s New […]
Organizing and Disorganizing Knowledge
The Durham History of the Book Conference provides an online forum for scholars working on premodern book cultures from across the globe. Among the presentations: Wednesday 8 September Emma Spary […]
The Genesis of Globalization
“The Genesis of Globalization: History, Geography, Literature, Philosophy” (University of Alicante – University of Lisbon) is a 2-day virtual conference approaching the globalization process through an eminently comparative perspective. The […]
On the Origin and Evolution of the Nautical Chart
The Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT) at the University of Lisbon will host a 3-day online workshop entitled “On the Origin and Evolution of the […]
Decolonising Travel Studies: Sources and Approaches
The Hakluyt Society Symposium 2021 “Decolonising Travel Studies: Sources and Approaches”, organized by the University of Warwick, will be online. Wednesday 10 November Introduction and Welcome (Natalya Din-Kariuki and Guido […]
Cosmology, Astrology & Globalization in Early Modern Navigation
For its next online workshop, the Rutter Project (University of Lisbon) explores the role of astrological practices in the global navigations of the early modern period. Navigating by the stars: […]