Category Archives: Conferences and Workshops

Conference: The Shared Cultural Milieu of Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 30, 2013

The Shared Cultural Milieu of Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: Science and Literature in the Nineteenth Century 1-2 July 2013, Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge This conference will consider not only Darwin’s impact on culture, especially literary culture, but also the milieu in which writers like Darwin and Butler could emerge from very similar […]

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New Perspectives on Virgil’s Georgics: An International Conference

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 23, 2013

New Perspectives on Virgil’s Georgics 3-4 April 2014 at University College London Speakers include: Rebecca Armstrong (Oxford), Stephen Harrison (Oxford), and Damien Nelis (Geneva). T. S. Eliot branded the Aeneid ‘the classic of all Europe’, but the importance of Virgil’s Georgics within the European tradition has often been overlooked. This conference will provide a venue for a long-overdue […]

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Qu’est-ce que le holisme en biologie? A One-Day Workshop on Holism in Biology

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 22, 2013

Qu’est-ce que le holisme en biologie? Entre consensus conceptuel et pluralité historique A one-day workshop on holism in biology (historical, theoretical, and scientific perspectives) May 28 2013 at the Centre Cavaillès, ENS, Paris Depuis les réflexions préliminaires sur la nécessité de reconstruire une vision holiste de la biologie à partir du début des années 2000, on constate actuellement […]

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The Alphabet of Nature and the Idols of the Market: Bacon on Languages, Natural and Human

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 21, 2013

The Alphabet of Nature and the Idols of the Market: Bacon on Languages, Natural and Human The Warburg Institute 14-15 June 2013 Speakers: Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest), Marta Fattori (University of Rome, La Sapienza), Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute), Dana Jalobeanu (University of Bucharest), Vera Keller (University of Oregon), Fabian Krämer (Ludwig-Maximillians Universität, Munich), James A.T. […]

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Virgil in the Trecento: Boccaccio and His Circle

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 18, 2013

Virgil in the Trecento: Boccaccio and His Circle A one-day international colloquium to be held on 15 October 2013 at the Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana di Scienze Lettere e Arti, Mantua, Italy Proposals are invited for papers in English or Italian, of no more than 30 minutes’ duration, on any aspect of the place of Virgil […]

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Philosophy and Knowledge in the Renaissance: Interpreting Aristotle in the Vernacular

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 17, 2013

Philosophy and Knowledge in the Renaissance: Interpreting Aristotle in the Vernacular London, The Warburg Institute, 21-22 June 2013 This event is free and open to all. Furthermore, we are pleased to inform that PhD students and early career researchers who wish to attend the colloquium are invited to apply for reimbursement of their travel and/or accommodation expenses (up […]

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Final Programme Now Available: The Importance of Learning

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 16, 2013

The final programme for the 2013 conference of the International Society for Intellectual History, The Importance of Learning: Liberal Education and Scholarship in Historical Perspective, is now available to download on the conference webpage.

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Quest of the Heart: an International Conference on Affective Knowledge

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 13, 2013

Quest of the Heart: an International Conference on Affective Knowledge 2-3 June 2013. The conference will be held in room B18 (basement) of Birkbeck College, Malet Street (entrance via Torrington square). Entrance is free and all are welcome. Please contact Minna Koivuniemi for more information. Speakers: Tim Riggs, “Proclus on demonic mediation”; Stephen Clucas, “Affective states in the […]

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Final Registration Reminder: The Importance of Learning

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 13, 2013

Please note that registration for the 2013 Conference of the International Society for Intellectual History, The Importance of Learning: Liberal Education and Scholarship in Historical Perspective (5-7 June, Princeton University), will close on Monday, 20 May. For more details, including the programme and travel information, and to register, please see the conference webpage. Registration is free.

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EMPHASIS Seminar: 18 May 2013

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 11, 2013

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 18 May 2013 in Room 261 (Senate House, University of London) from 2.00-4.00 pm. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please see the EMPHASIS website. Speaker: Eric Jorink (Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis): ‘Johannes Swammerdam, Nicolaus Steno and Spinoza’s Deus sive natura’. The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early […]

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