Intellectual Networks and Early Modern Knowledge Communities
For the MEMS – Medieval and Early Modern Studies Festival, the University of Kent has organized a session on Intellectual Networks and Early Modern Knowledge Communities: Understanding Early Modern Colonial […]
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 […]
The Early Modern Global Caribbean
The Caribbean played a central role in the global transformations that began in the fifteenth century. This virtual conference at the Huntington (San Marino, CA) explores the regional, Atlantic, and […]
Inscribing Racialized Bodies into the Narratives of Science, Medicine, and Beyond
For the next virtual Lunch Lecture at Science History Institute, Patrícia Martins Marcos (University of California, San Diego) will give a talk entitled “Bridging Divides: Inscribing Racialized Bodies into the […]
Racial Thinking, Indigenous Knowledge, and Colonial Metallurgy in the Early Modern Iberian World
For the next virtual Lunch Lecture at Science History Institute, Allison Bigelow (University of Virginia) will give a talk entitled “Mining Language: Racial Thinking, Indigenous Knowledge, and Colonial Metallurgy in […]
Experiencing Illness in Colonial Yucatán
For the next Premodern Seminar, the Newberry Library will host Ryan Kashanipour (University of Arizona) on “Epidemics and Epistemologies: Experiencing Illness in Colonial Yucatán”. This talk addresses how indigenous populations […]
Experiencing the Material Body in Early Modern Europe
Online workshop at the University of Stockholm on the body in early modernity, organized by Karin Sennefelt and Anton Runesson. Wednesday 16 June Sasha Handley (University of Manchester) – Lusty […]
From the Fruits of Paradise to the Racialization of Nutrition
For the next talk on Agriculture and the Making of Sciences (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science), Anil Paralkar (University of Heidelberg) will give a talk entitled “European […]
Intoxicating Spaces: Global and Comparative Perspectives
A free online conference organised by the HERA research project “Intoxicating Spaces: The Impact of New Intoxicants on Urban Spaces in Europe, 1600–1850,” to be held live via Zoom. Monday […]
Pestilential Soundscapes and Early Colonial Order
The next Workshop for the Early Modern Period (University of Cambridge) will host Claire Turner (Leeds) on “Pestilential Soundscapes and Permeable Spatial Boundaries in 17th–Century London” and Tathagata Dutta (Tufts) […]