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PUBLICATION: Marieke Hendriksen edited the special issue ‘Rethinking Performative Methods in the History of Science’ for Berichte zur Wissenschafte

Marieke Hendriksen edited the special issue ‘Rethinking Performative Methods in the History of Science’ for Berichte zur Wissenschafte. In this special issue, historians and philosophers of science for whom performative methods play an important role in their work reflect on these questions from their own research and teaching practices. Despite their diverse objects and periods…

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Deelname voor studenten: ‘Innovatie in Archiefonderzoek-prijs’

De Innovatie in Archiefonderzoek-prijs is een onderzoekswedstrijd van het Nationaal Archief en het Noord-Hollands Archief, bedoeld voor bachelor- en masterstudenten. De prijs wordt  toegekend aan het onderzoek dat op meest overtuigende wijze de meerwaarde aantoont van de beschikbaarheid van grote hoeveelheden transcripties van de archieven van de VOC en Haarlemse notarissen. Kan jij laten zien…

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Zoom-conference: ”Past and Present in Mathematical Weaving”

On the 25th of September, 2020, the projects Symbolic Material and Weaving of the excellence cluster “Matters of Activity” are organising a zoom-conference on the topic of “Past and Present in Mathematical Weaving”. The projects aim to examine the historical and contemporary interweaving of mathematics and weaving practices, and to see how from antiquity to the novel approaches of…

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Coronavirus, Social Memory and Resilience. A competition for artistic research

Are you an artist who works in the Netherlands or do you have a strong relationship with The Netherlands? Then consider participating in the artistic research competition into the memory of epidemics and the role of art and artists in this. Three winners will each receive 5000 euros. Utrecht University, the Centraal Museum and ZonMw…

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Recently Published: ‘Towards the Rebuilding of an Italian Renaissance-Style Wooden Organ’ by Walter Chinaglia

The organ builder Walter Chinaglia has recently published first results of his reconstruction of an early organ. This volume describes his ongoing project to (re)construct an Italian Renaissance organo di legno (organ with wooden pipes), modelled after an instrument at the Hofkirche in Innsbruck. The author creatively combines the use of historical tools and materials,…

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