Monthly Archives: February 2014

EMPHASIS Seminar: 8 March 2014

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 28, 2014

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 8 March 2014 in Room G35 (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. Speaker: Nydia Pineda de Avila (QMW), ‘The Lunar vale in Micrographia: competing selenographies in Robert Hooke’s engraving of the Moon’   The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early Modern Philosophy […]

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CFP: Reformed Majorities and Minorities in Early Modern Europe

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 26, 2014

Reformed Majorities and Minorities in Early Modern Europe: Sources, Editions, Distribution of Ideas 23-24 September 2014, Warsaw The conference is intended as a continuation of the April 2013 conference organized in Emden. The conference’s goal is to gather together historians of the Reformation working on Reformed majorities and minorities and the challenges they faced in […]

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CFP: Psychology and the Classics: A Dialogue of Disciplines

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 26, 2014

Psychology and the Classics: A Dialogue of Disciplines 24-27 March 2015, KU Leuven  Keynotes: Rachel Bowlby, Christopher Gill, and Jennifer Radden This conference aims to bring together scholars from the fields of classics and psychology in order to determine what they have to offer to each other in terms of hermeneutic approaches, research questions, and […]

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How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 13, 2014

New Book: How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World: The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution Nicholas Maxwell A book that I have recently published may be of interest to members of the intellectual history community. It is called How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World: The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution […]

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The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 13, 2014

New Book: The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence Brian Jeffrey Maxson Brian Jeffrey Maxson’s The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence (Cambridge University Press, 2013) offers a major contribution for understanding the spread and appeal of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence. Investigating the connections between the individuals who were part of the humanist movement, Brian […]

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Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 13, 2014

Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance 24-26 April 2014, Palacký University v Olomouc The Center for Renaissance Texts at Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic) will hold an international conference on the philosophy of Francesco Patrizi (Petriš, Petrić; 1529-1597) in April this year. For further information, please contact Tomáš Nejeschleba.  

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Intellectual Hinterlands: Accommodation

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 12, 2014

Accommodation for Intellectual Hinterlands is available for conference participants in Victoria College’s halls of residence from $64.00 CAD per night for adults and $59.00 CAD per night for students. Internet facilities and a hot breakfast are included. To make a reservation, please click here and follow the instructions on Victoria College’s accommodation website. You must include ‘ISIH’ under the […]

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New Book and Blog: Discourses of Suffering

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 9, 2014

New Book and Blog: Discourses of Suffering John R. Yamamoto-Wilson This weblog contains edited extracts from John R. Yamamoto-Wilson, Pain, Pleasure and Perversity: Discourses of Suffering in Seventeenth-Century England (Ashgate 2013), along with book reviews, further research and commentary, useful links, posts on related topics, etc. The main aim is to promote understanding of early […]

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Conference: Early Modern Medicine of the Mind

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 8, 2014

Early Modern Medicine of the Mind 30-31 May 2014, Warburg Institute, London Speakers will include: Fabrizio Baldassarri (Università di Parma), Fabrizio Bigotti (Warburg Institute), Davide Cellamare (Radboud University Nijmegen), Annalisa Ceron (Università del Piemonte Orientale), Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest), Claire Crignon (Paris Sorbonne), Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute), Angus Gowland (UCL), Rina Knoeff (University of […]

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CFP: Themes of Polemical Theology Across Early Modern Literary Genres

By James A T Lancaster | Published: February 8, 2014

CFP: Themes of Polemical Theology Across Early Modern Literary Genres 3–4 December 2014, Bratislava, Slovakia The confessional division within the Church in the early modern period was accompanied by a fervent activity in the field of polemical theology. This gave rise to a specific literary genre that, in spite of its abundant representation among early […]

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