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Public lecture by Marieke Hendriksen on the transformation from alchemy to chemistry in the Netherlands, CHG-KNCV, Utrecht, 22 November
“Beproefd of bespot? Over de transformatie van alchemie naar chemie in Nederland” (Tried or ridiculed? The transformation from alchemy to chemistry in the Netherlands Tot het einde van de zeventiende…
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Marieke Hendriksen will give public lecture on depictions of the brain in the visual arts from 1500 until today, 6 December, Amsterdam
On 6 December, Marieke Hendriksen will give a public lecture in Amsterdam titled “De verbeelding van het brein in de beeldende kunst, 1500-heden” (Imaging the Brain. Depictions of the brain in…
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Sven Dupré will speak on ‘The Poetics of Failure’ at EMPHASIS seminar, University of London, 9 February
The EMPHASIS seminar focuses on the history of early modern philosophy (broadly construed), and the history of early modern science (including the occult sciences). It is one of the only…
Read moreLecture by Sven Dupré on ‘The Poetics of Failure and the Imperfections of Knowledge’, Université Laval, Québec, 16 October
Artisanal textual practices are strategies to deal with the uncertainty of artisanal processes and the whims of materials. Confronted with the precarious nature of artisanal knowledge, variation had always been…
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Sven Dupré will give lecture on ‘The Art of Glassmaking and the Imitation of Nature’, McGill University, Montreal, 19 October
The title of his presentation is ‘Fragile Colors: The Art of Glassmaking and the Imitation of Nature’ AHCS Research Forum and Le Séminaire des nouveaux modernes
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