The newly initiated Technical Art History Colloquium is organised by prof. dr. Sven Dupré (Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam, PI ERC ARTECHNE) and dr. Arjan de Koomen (University of Amsterdam, Department of Art History, Coordinator MA Technical Art History). Monthly meetings take place on Thursdays, alternately in Utrecht and Amsterdam. In the third edition…

Marieke Hendriksen will give a presentation titled ‘The Role of Minerals in Eighteenth-Century “Chemical” Medicine’ at the Symposium ‘Op bezoek bij Martinus van Marum’, organised by the Chemie Historische Groep. The symposium will be held at Teylers Museum on April 15th. Email Jacob van Dijk (CHG) to register: mailto:dijk8832@planet.nl. Download the full programme here.

The term ‘information technology’ is often embedded in a view of information that is closely related to computing. The history of this concept is, however, much broader with traces back to the Middle Ages. When this history is neglected, information is simply tied to a post-1945 modern society, and thus appears to be an impoverished,…

Gem in Transit: Materials, Values and Knowledge in the Early Modern World A two-day workshop on the art, science, trade and consumption of gems in the early modern world. Organisers: Marta Ajmar (V&A), Sven Dupré (Utrecht University / University of Amsterdam), Michael Bycroft (University of Warwick) Sven Dupré will give a presentation on Tuesday 12th…

Professor S.G.M. Dupré (1975) has been appointed professor of History of Art, Science and Technology at the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Humanities. This concerns a part-time chair, to be combined with the chair Dupré already holds at Utrecht University (UU), and will fall within the framework of a research project he is conducting with…