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New blog online by Mariana Pinto: A Brief History of Making Copper Objects. Part 1: Extraction and Preparation
New Artechne blog online by our PhD candidate Mariana Pinto on techniques in the making of ancient copper objects and how they can be recognized by visual examination of the object: Link…
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Gewina Dutch-Flemish Conference for the History of Science: ‘Towards a History of Knowledge’
On 21-22 June 2019 Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will hold its 8th biannual meeting in the Woudschoten Hotel & Conference Centre (Zeist). This…
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ARTECHNE focus session ‘Chemistry of Cultural Heritage in a Historical Perspective’ at CHAINS 2018, 4 December
On 3, 4 and 5 December, more than 1.500 chemists from science and industry gather together for the 6th edition of CHAINS. On all three days of CHAINS are focus…
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Hoe glas de wereld van kunst en wetenschap veranderde: Da Vincilezing door Sven Dupré, 21 November, Paleis der Academiën, Brussel
Historisch gezien heeft men bij de ontwikkeling van glas als materiaal heel veel aandacht besteed aan de productie van gekleurd glas als imitatie van halfedel- en edelstenen. In de 15de…
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Invited lecture by Marieke Hendriksen on taste, medicine, and health around 1700, Annual Conference Dutch Society for Philosophy and Medicine17 November, Leiden
“Blankaart en Bontekoe: smaak, geneeskunde en gezondheid rond 1700” (Blankaart and Bontekoe: taste, medicine, and health around 1700) De culinaire en culturele smaak van de bovenklasse in de Nederlanden veranderden…
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