Category Archives: Conferences and Workshops

Registration Open: Fate and Fortune in Renaissance Thought

By James A T Lancaster | Published: March 17, 2016

Registration Open: Fate and Fortune in Renaissance Thought 27 May 2016, University of Warwick The aim of the colloquium is to explore the significance of the concepts of fate and fortune in Renaissance thought. While having a significant medieval background in theological texts and in The Consolation of Philosophy and other philosophical treatises, these concepts […]

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CFP: Early Modern Laws of Nature: Secular and Divine

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 18, 2016

CFP: Early Modern Laws of Nature: Secular and Divine 7 July 2016, University of Oxford This one-day workshop will examine the theological debates that influenced the birth and development of the notion of laws of nature from the sixteenth century until the critical Kant. It is widely accepted that the laws of nature were born […]

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Summer Course: Cities and Science

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 30, 2016

Call for Applications: Summer Course “Cities and Science: Urban History and the History of Science in the Study of Early Modern and Modern Europe” 18-27 July 2016, Central European University The CEU Summer University invites applications from graduate and doctoral students as well as early-career researchers to the course “Cities and Science: Urban History and […]

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Early Modern Women on Metaphysics, Religion and Science

By James A T Lancaster | Published: December 17, 2015

Conference: Early Modern Women on Metaphysics, Religion and Science 21-23 March 2016, University of Groningen During the early modern period (c. 1600-1800) women were involved in many debates that tangled together metaphysics, religion and science. The women included figures such as Margaret Cavendish, Emilie Du Châtelet, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, and Damaris Cudworth Masham. The […]

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Conference: Thomas Browne and His World

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 28, 2015

Conference: Truth and Error in Early Modern Science: Thomas Browne and his World 22-23 January 2016, The Huntington Library Featuring twelve leading experts in the literary, philosophical, and scientific culture of seventeenth-century England, this conference focuses on the works and worlds of Sir Thomas Browne, the physician, essayist, and naturalist who was one of the […]

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Registration Open: AMPRAW 2015

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 28, 2015

Registrations Open: AMPRAW 2015 Conference Dates: 14-15 December 2015 It is with great pleasure that we announce that registration for the fifth Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World is now open. AMPRAW 2015 will be a two-day conference providing UK and international postgraduate students from all disciplines with the opportunity […]

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Rethinking Europe: Keynotes Announced

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 7, 2015

Rethinking Europe in Intellectual History 3-5 May 2016, University of Crete Rethinking Europe in Intellectual History (3-5 May, University of Crete), the 2016 conference of the International Society for Intellectual History, is pleased to announce that our two keynotes will be David Armitage (Harvard) and Etienne Balibar (Paris-Ouest Nanterre/Kingston University). In recent debates regarding the status of intellectual history, the […]

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Conference: The Tree of Knowledge: Sciences and Arts in Central Europe, 1400-1700

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 20, 2015

The Tree of Knowledge: Sciences and Arts in Central Europe, 1400-1700 28-29 May 2015, University of Warsaw This international seminar is dedicated to late medieval and early modern reflections on the structure of knowledge and its practical implementations in scholarly work and classroom procedures. The conference will take place in the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University […]

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Conference: Liberty: an Ancient Idea for the Contemporary World

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 15, 2015

Conference: Liberty: an Ancient Idea for the Contemporary World 5-6 June 2015, University College London The project aspires to investigate the ancient understandings of liberty in the interconnected societies of the Near East (including ancient Israel), Greece, and Rome as well as to establish the potential impact of the ancient intellectual world on contemporary political debates. […]

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Historicising the Philosophy :: Science Relationship HI(P&S) Preliminary Seminar 2015

By James A T Lancaster | Published: March 27, 2015

Historicising the Philosophy :: Science Relationship HI(P&S) Preliminary Seminar 2015 19 March 2015, University of Turin (IT) Announcing a methodological seminar in preparation for the Turin HI(P&S) seminars starting in 2016. University of Turin (IT), 19 March 2015 at 14:30. Program: Enrico Pasini (Un. Turin) “Worthwhiligkeit of H(PS)” Mogens Laerke (CNRS & ENS Lyon) “How not to […]

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