Editor: James Wilberding (Humboldt University) Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2021 Many philosophers and scientists over the course of history have held that the world is alive. It has a soul, […]
[New Book] Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present
Editors: Georgiana D. Hedesan (University of Oxford) & Tim Rudbøg (University of Copenhagen) Publisher: Springer, 2021 This collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation […]
[New Book] Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice
Editors: Liana Saif, Francesca Leoni, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, and Farouk Yahya Publisher: Brill, 2020 Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice brings together the latest research on Islamic occult sciences from a variety of disciplinary […]
[New Book] The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance
Author: Leah DeVun (Rutgers University) Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2021 The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed […]
[New Book] La Science prise aux mots : enquête sur le lexique scientifique de la Renaissance
Editors: Violaine Giacomotto-Charra (Bordeaux Montaigne University) and Myriam Marrache-Gouraud (University of Poitiers) Publisher: Classiques Garnier, 2021 This book analyzes the most usual terms of the scientific lexicon, such as curiosity, observation or experience, in medicine, […]
[New Book] Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister
Author: Michelle DiMeo (Science History Institute) Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2021 For centuries, historians have speculated about the life of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh. Dominant depictions show her either […]
[New Book] Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World
Editor: Christoph Mauntel (University of Tübingen) Publisher: De Gruyter, 2021 – Open Access In the medieval world, geographical knowledge was influenced by religious ideas and beliefs. Whereas this point is […]
[New Book] Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature
Editors: Rinaldo F. Canalis & Massimo Ciavolella (University of California, Los Angeles) Publisher: Brepols, 2021 Humanity has always shown a keen interest in the pathological, ranging from a morbid fascination […]
[New Book] Catalan Maps and Jewish Books: The Intellectual Profile of Elisha ben Abraham Cresques (1325-1387)
Author: Katrin Kogman–Appel (University of Münster) Publisher: Brepols, 2020 This books describes the life of Elisa ben Abraham Cresques, known to many as the author of the Catalan Atlas, and […]
[Virtual Exhibit] Mapping the Global Imaginary, 1500–1900
When mapping on a global scale, the line between factual and fictitious landscape quickly blurs. The speakers of Mapping the Global Imaginary, 1500—1900, a conference held at Stanford on 2019, cross this blurry […]