Editor: Alfred Hiatt (University of London) Publisher: Brill, 2021
[New Book] Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) un penseur à l’âge du baroque
Author: Anne-Laure de Meyer (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle) Publisher: Honoré Champion, 2021 Source: https://www.honorechampion.com/en/12363-book-08535550-9782745355508.html
[Digital Exhibit] Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in Early-Modern Europe
This exhibition (Yale University Library) explores the visual history of medical astrology in Europe between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. The spectacular collection of early-modern texts at the Medical Historical […]
[New Book] Revealed Sciences: The Natural Sciences in Islam in Seventeenth-Century Morocco
Author: Justin K. Stearns (NYU Abu Dhabi) Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021 Demonstrating the vibrancy of an Early Modern Muslim society through a study of the natural sciences in seventeenth-century […]
[CFP] Women in the History of Philosophy: Studies and Contributions from Latin America
The Latin American Network of Studies in Women Philosophers in History welcomes submissions of presentation proposals for its First Meeting, “Women in the history of philosophy: studies and contributions from […]
[Special Issue] Nicolaus Steno and Earth Science in Early Modern Italy
The latest issue of Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry (Volume 5, 2021) is now available online in Open Access. Special issue: “Nicolaus Steno and Earth Science […]
[New Book] An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France: The Notebooks of S. Belle
Author: Helena Avelar de Carvalho (University of Lisbon) Publisher: Brill, 2021 This book explores the notebooks of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France, as a case […]
[New Issue] Revisiting Medical Humanism in Renaissance Europe
This volume offers fresh insights into a supposedly well-known topic: “medical humanism.” The articles here collected revisit many facets of physicians’ engagement with humanistic endeavours, from translation issues to the […]
[New Issue] Gynecia: Studies on the Medical Tradition of Gynaecology and Embryology
The latest issue of Ágora: Estudos Clássicos em Debate (Volume 23, 2021) is now available online in Open Access. Special issue: “Gynecia: Rodrigo de Castro Lusitano and the Ancient Medical […]
[New Book] Material World: The Intersection of Art, Science, and Nature in Ancient Literature and its Renaissance Reception
Editor: Guy Hedreen (Williams College) Publisher: Brill, 2021 The interplay between nature, science, and art in antiquity and the early modern period differs significantly from late modern expectations. In this […]