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Just published! Gems in the Early Modern World: Materials, Knowledge, & Global Trade, 1450-1800
This edited collection by Sven Dupré and Michael Bycroft is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology…
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TECHNICAL ART HISTORY COLLOQUIUM: Polychromy, 24 January, Amsterdam
Download the full programme here Date: Thursday 24 January 2019 Time: 16.00 – 17.30 Location: Room B, 1st floor Ateliergebouw, Hobbemastraat 22, Amsterdam Admission free, but in order to…
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Call for Proposals: Journal for the History of Knowledge, Special Issue Fall 2020
The Journal for the History of Knowledge, to be launched in 2020, will include an annual special issue, compiled by guest editors, which explores a theme central to its scope…
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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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