Monthly Archives: March 2014

BSHS John Pickstone Prize

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

The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) is pleased to announce the establishment of a new prize. The BSHS John Pickstone Prize will be awarded every two years to the best scholarly book in the history of science (broadly construed) in English, alternating with the Dingle Prize for the best popular book. The […]

Posted in Prizes | Comments closed

EMPHASIS Seminar: 5 April 2014

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

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 5 April 2014 in Room G35 (1st floor, Senate House, University of London) from 2.00-4.00 pm. The speaker will be Jan Loop (University of Kent, Canterbury): ‘Polemical Use of Islam in Christian Religious Conflicts’. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please see the EMPHASIS website. The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination) is […]

Posted in Seminar Series | Comments closed

Intellectual Hinterlands: Preliminary Programme Now Available

By James A T Lancaster | Published: March 27, 2014

The preliminary programme for Intellectual Hinterlands is now available to download online. Please note that the programme will be updated regularly, and that we will do our best to take note of all your requests. The final programme will be available one week before the commencement of the conference. Please contact James A.T. Lancaster with any scheduling concerns. Note also that […]

Posted in Society Updates | Comments closed

‘Ideas and Enlightenment’: The Long Eighteenth Century (Down Under)

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

‘Ideas and Enlightenment’ The Long Eighteenth Century (Down Under) David Nichol Smith Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Studies XV 10-13 December 2014, University of Sydney The Sydney Intellectual History Network and ‘Putting Periodisation to Use’ Research Group at the University of Sydney invite you to the Fifteenth David Nichol Smith Seminar (DNS), with the theme ‘Ideas and Enlightenment’. […]

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences and Workshops | Comments closed

Seminário “Em torno de Raimundo Lulo”

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

CFP: Seminário “Em torno de Raimundo Lulo” Transmission and Posterity of the Lullian work: between Portugal and Europe Submissions Due: 25 April 2014 The figure and work of the medieval philosopher Raymond Lull (ca. 1232-1316), and in particular his later influence -in Iberia and Europe-, still suggest a variety of perspectives which deserve to be […]

Posted in Calls for Papers, Seminar Series | Comments closed

CFP: Imagine there were no humanities…

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

CFP: Imagine there were no humanities… 20-21 November 2014, University of Warsaw The Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the international two-day conference, Imagine there were no humanities…, which will be held in Warsaw on 20-21 November 2014. The aim of the conference is to […]

Posted in Calls for Papers | Comments closed

CFP: Shakespeare + Canada Symposium

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

CFP: Shakespeare + Canada Symposium 22-24 April 2016, University of Ottawa Shakespeare + Canada will be a bilingual (English and French) symposium held at the University of Ottawa, Canada, in 2016, and will be part of the University’s Shakespeare 400 celebrations: a wide variety of activities and events subsumed under the general theme of Shakespeare’s […]

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences and Workshops | Comments closed