Monthly Archives: January 2014

CFA: Discourses of Superstition and Nature in the Early Modern World (Extended Deadline)

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 29, 2014

Shadows of the Mind: Discourses of Superstition and Nature in the Early Modern World Special Issue of Preternature Edited by James A.T. Lancaster and Richard Raiswell The advent of novel approaches in early modernity to understanding and mastering nature—from natural magic, to natural history, to natural philosophy—motivated discourse about how best to distill true knowledge (vera scientia) from an increasing […]

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IHR: Vol. 24, No. 1 (January 2014) Now Available

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 25, 2014

Intellectual History Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, 02 Jan 2014 is now available on Taylor & Francis Online. The latest issue of Intellectual History Review, the journal of the International Society for Intellectual History, is now available online and in print. Intellectual History Review is edited by Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck) and Stephen Gaukroger (Sydney). This is a Special Issue: Scientiae: Disciplines of […]

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Conference: Transforming the Early Modern Republic of Letters

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 17, 2014

Transforming the Early Modern Republic of Letters: Literature, Learning, Logic, Books. A Conference in Honour of Ian Maclean 31 March – 2 April 2014, All Souls College and Maison Française, Oxford Speakers: Irena Backus, Chimene Bateman, Ann Blair, Warren Boutcher, Robin Briggs, Colin Burrow, Terence Cave, Tim Chesters, Nicholas Cronk, Richard Cooper, Nicholas Davidson, Marie-Luce Demonet, Ingrid […]

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St Andrews Institute of Intellectual History

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 17, 2014

The St Andrews Institute of Intellectual History The Institute has been established to bring together a large number of researchers with interests in intellectual history across the schools of History, Classics, Divinity, English, International Relations, and Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, and to be a home for intellectual historians […]

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CFP Deadline Extended: Intellectual Hinterlands

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 11, 2014

Deadline Extended: the call for papers deadline for the 2014 conference of the International Society for Intellectual History, Intellectual Hinterlands (25-27 June 2014, Victoria College, University of Toronto) has been extended to 31 January 2014. Over the past few decades, intellectual history has undergone significant changes as it has adapted to advances in cultural history, the social sciences, the […]

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EMPHASIS Seminar: 18 January 2014

By James A T Lancaster | Published: January 10, 2014

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 18 January 2014 in Room G37 (1st floor, Senate House, University of London) from 2.00-4.00 pm. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please see the EMPHASIS website. Niall Hodson (University of Durham): ‘Henry Oldenburg as a Reader and Reviewer of Scientific Texts’   The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific […]

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