Just published: Dupré, Sven (2017). ‘Materials and Techniques between the Humanities and Science: Introduction’, in: History of Humanities, vol. 2 (1), pp. 173-178. Hendriksen, Marieke (2017). ‘“Art and Technique Always Balance the Scale”: German Philosophies of Sensory Perception, Taste, and Art Criticism, and the Rise of the Term Technik, ca. 1735–ca. 1835’, in: History of Humanities, vol….

On 23 and 24 June 2017 the Society for the History of Science in the Low Countries, Gewina, will organize its seventh biannual meeting in the usual venue of Woudschoten, near Zeist. This two-day conference is intended to bring together those who share an interest in the history of science in the Netherlands, as well as discussing…

Sven Dupré will give a keynote lecture at the workshop ‘Ingenuity in the Making’ at Cambridge University. Marieke Hendriksen and Jenny Boulboullé will give papers at the same workshop, hosted by the ERC project Genius Before Romanticism: Ingenuity in Early Modern Art and Science. This five-year ERC-funded research project, led by Dr Alexander Marr, Department…

Una nuova lettura del »De pictura« di Leon Battista Alberti Workshop organizzato da Tanja Michalsky e Pietro Roccasecca 13 marzo 2017 Villino Stroganoff Il »De pictura« è il primo testo moderno a trattare sistematicamente tutte le conoscenze necessarie alla rappresentazione visiva dei corpi umani, dell’architettura e della natura al fine di narrare una storia con…

Sven Dupré will be hosted by the Global History and Culture Centre as an IAS Visiting Fellow from March 6 to March 10, 2017. Professor Christine Göttler from the University of Bern will join him as an IAS Residential Fellow in the same week. Events 1.Tuesday 7 Mar, 12-1.30pm, IAS seminar room, Millburn House Round…