Editors: Margaret E. Boyle (Bowdoin College, Maine) and Sarah E. Owens (College of Charleston, South Carolina) Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2021 Recognizing the variety of health experiences across geographical […]
[Virtual Exhibit] Science, Faith, and the Heavens: Astronomy in the Islamic World
More than 1200 years ago, astronomy gained a prominent place in the Islamic world, which stretched from the Iberian Peninsula to the Indian subcontinent. In this exhibit, the Adler Planetarium […]
[New Book] Jewish Medical Practitioners in the Medieval Muslim World: A Collective Biography
Author: Efraim Lev (University of Haifa) Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2021 This book collects and analyses the available biographical data on Jewish medical practitioners in the Muslim world from the […]
[CFP] Science and Philosophy in the Early Modern Period
The NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy, which is now in its 11th year, aims to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early […]
[Virtual Exhibit] Mapping the Islamic World: The Ottoman, Safavid & Mughal Empires
This exhibition at Stanford University Libraries explores maps of the Islamic World, focusing on the “Gunpowder Empires” of Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Persia, and Mughal India. These empires controlled vast territories […]
[New Book] De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period: The Authors of the Commentaries
Editor: Matteo Valleriani (Max Planck Institute / Technical University of Berlin) Publisher: Springer, 2020 – Open Access This open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy […]
[CFP] Emotions and the Management of Epidemics in Early Modern and Contemporary European Towns (1500–1900)
Conference organized by MSH Paris Nord, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratoire PLEIADE on Friday, 3rd December 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent sanitary crisis are no novelty in History. […]
[New Book] Know Your Remedies: Pharmacy and Culture in Early Modern China
Author: He Bian (Princeton University) Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2020 Know Your Remedies presents a panoramic inquiry into China’s early modern cultural transformation through the lens of pharmacy. In the history […]
[New Book] Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa: Medical Encounters, 1500–1850
Author: Kalle Kananoja (University of Oulu, Finland) Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021 In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in Central and West Africa during the era of the Atlantic […]
[Virtual Exhibit] Cipher Discs: Renaissance Encryption Machines
Launched by Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, this online exhibit—a playful experiment in shortform, interactive exhibition design—explains what cipher discs are and how to use them. Cipher discs are paper encryting […]