Monthly Archives: August 2013

Artistic Experimentations for a New Society: Continuities and Ruptures in Japan before and after the War

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

Workshop: Artistic Experimentations for a New Society: Continuities and Ruptures in Japan before and after the War 23 September 2013, Ghent University The Experimental Workshop (Jikken Kōbō, active 1951-ca.1957) was an artistic group which anticipated the post-war Japan avant-garde movement. The numerous “experimentations” they conducted for the post-war new society qualify them as forerunners even outside […]

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Double Colloquium: Plato & the Power of Images

By James A T Lancaster | Published: August 29, 2013

Double Colloquium: Plato & the Power of Images 11-12 October 2013, Bryn Mawr & 13-14 February 2014, Louvain In conjunction with the Tri-College Working Group in Ancient Philosophy, Radcliffe Edmonds from Bryn Mawr College and Pierre Destrée of Université Catholique de Louvain are arranging a joint-conference, to be titled: “Plato and the Power of Images”, in order to focus on […]

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Intellectual Hinterlands Panel: Francis Bacon, Theology, and Metaphysics

By James A T Lancaster | Published: August 28, 2013

Intellectual Hinterlands Panel: Francis Bacon, Theology, and Metaphysics This panel seeks to discuss the theological context of Francis Bacon’s (1561-1626) abstract physics and metaphysics. Recent scholarship on Bacon’s more ‘speculative’ treatises (c. 1611-1619) has demonstrated that he sought to develop his own unique understanding of the matter, forms, and laws which constituted and governed the […]

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Revealing Lives: Women in Science 1830-2000

By James A T Lancaster | Published: August 28, 2013

CFP: Revealing Lives: Women in Science 1830-2000 22-23 May 2014, The Royal Society, London How are we to recover, interpret and understand women’s experiences in science? Popular history delivers stories of a few ‘heroines’ of science, but perhaps these narratives do more to conceal than reveal? Where were the workaday women scientists – now largely […]

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: History of the Emotions

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

ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of the Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions in collaboration with the University of Western Australia, the University of Adelaide, the University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney and the University of Queensland, seeks to appoint four exceptional […]

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Books in Motion in Early Modern Europe. Beyond Production, Circulation and Consumption

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

Books in Motion in Early Modern Europe. Beyond Production, Circulation and Consumption 28-31 May 2014, Erfurt/Gotha, Germany This international conference is designed as a reflection on the history of the early modern book in Europe, and aims to open discussion between experts that are working in the interdisciplinary field of book history. The conference will take […]

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CFP: Conflict, Revolt and Democracy in the Neoliberal World

By James A T Lancaster | Published: August 25, 2013

CFP: Conflict, Revolt and Democracy in the Neoliberal World 7-8 November 2013, University of Brighton Keynote Speaker: Professor Wendy Brown, UCLA Berkley Neoliberal politics over the past four decades has linked democracy to the extension of markets and competition across the public, private and charitable sectors. These developments have been sustained through the extension of individual […]

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CFP: An Open World: Science, Technology and Society in the light of Niels Bohr’s Thoughts

By James A T Lancaster | Published: August 25, 2013

CFP: An Open World: Science, Technology and Society in the light of Niels Bohr’s Thoughts 4-6 December 2013, University of Copenhagen As part of the celebration of the 2013 centennial of Niels Bohr’s seminal articles on his model of the atom, the University of Copenhagen hosts an ambitious international conference, responding – with inspiration from Bohr’s ideas […]

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CFP: Suffragette Legacy

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

CFP: Suffragette Legacy: How does the History of Feminism Inspire Current Thinking in Manchester? 8 March 2014, Manchester From The Village and David Bowie’s Suffragette City to Femen activists and Pussy Riot, the suffragette legacy is everywhere in modern culture. As part of the Manchester Wonder Women events celebrating International Women’s Day 2014, this one-day […]

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CFP: The Blood Conference

By James A T Lancaster | Published: August 14, 2013

CFP: The Blood Conference: Theories of Blood in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Culture St Anne’s College, Oxford: 8th–10th January, 2014 Blood in the medieval and early modern periods was much more than simply red fluid in human veins. Defined diversely by theologians, medics, satirists and dramatists, it was matter, text, waste, cure, […]

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