Monthly Archives: May 2013

London Summer School in Intellectual History

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

London Summer School in Intellectual History 9-12 September 2013 at University College London The London Summer School in Intellectual History is a rare opportunity for graduate students to acquire further training in the discipline and its different methodologies. Running from 9 to 12 September, the summer school will include: Special workshops Masterclasses Feedback on current […]

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Senior Fellowships 2014-2016 Available At The Herzog August Bibliothek

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

Senior Fellowships 2014-2016 Available at the Herzog August Bibliothek (Wolfenbüttel, Germany) Applications due: 15 June 2013 The Herzog August Bibliothek is prolonging its international and interdisciplinary Senior Fellows Programme for another three years. The programme is addressed to experienced scholars working in the medieval and early modern periods. Scholarships are awarded for one to three months. The […]

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The Partington Prize 2014

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

The Partington Prize 2014 An Essay Prize for Graduate & Early Career Researchers The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry has established the Partington Prize in memory of Professor James Riddick Partington, the Society’s first Chairman. It is awarded every three years for an original and unpublished essay on any aspect of the […]

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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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CFP: Making and Breaking the Rules: Discussions, Implementation and Consequences of Dominican Legislation

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 27, 2013

CFP: Making and Breaking the Rules: Discussions, Implementation and Consequences of Dominican Legislation 6-8 March 2014 at the German Historical Institute, London This conference will focus exclusively on the Order of Preachers and seeks to examine attempts to introduce order in any area of Dominican life by means of rules and regulations. Among the questions this […]

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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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Spinoza and Nietzsche in Dialogue: Conference Podcast Now Available

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

Spinoza and Nietzsche in Dialogue: A Two-Day Conference Podcast audio recordings from the two-day conference Spinoza and Nietzsche in Dialogue are now available to listen to online. This conference brings together scholars from around the world working in differing intellectual traditions to explore the many connections between the thought of Spinoza and Nietzsche. Both are […]

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Renaissance Culture and Japan’s Christian Century (1550–1650)

By James A T Lancaster | Published: May 20, 2013

Renaissance Culture and Japan’s Christian Century (1550–1650) A research project of the Japanese Association for Renaissance Studies (JARS) From the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, Europe underwent a remarkable intellectual transformation, often called the Scientific Revolution. Meanwhile, Japan experienced its first direct encounter with Western culture and science. Renaissance Culture and Japan’s Christian Century is a […]

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