Monthly Archives: April 2014

Let There Be Enlightenment: The Religious and Mystical Sources of Rationality

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

Conference: Let There Be Enlightenment: The Religious and Mystical Sources of Rationality 16-17 May 2014, Stanford University The field of Enlightenment studies has recently undergone a series of debates regarding the role of religion in 18th-century thought, leading to reconsiderations of the supposed predominance of secular rationalism during this period. The traditional definition of “the […]

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Conference: Scholarship, Science and Religion in the Age of Isaac Casaubon and Henry Savile

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 7, 2014

Conference: Scholarship, Science and Religion in the Age of Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) and Henry Savile (1549-1622) 1-3 July 2014, Merton College, Oxford Henry Savile (1549-1622) and Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) were two contrasting giants of late humanism. Savile, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, was a key figure in the history of English science and a formidable presence […]

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(Post)Graduate Travel Grants Available for DNS Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Studies

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 7, 2014

(Post)Graduate Travel Grants Available for DNS Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Studies, Sydney Applications Due: 15 June 2014 The 15th David Nichol Smith Seminar organizing committee is pleased to announce that they will be able to offer a limited number of travel grants to expand postgraduate participation in the 2014 Ideas and Enlightenment Conference. These are provided through […]

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CFP: Pensamiento decolonial, historiografía latinoamericana y milenarismo

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 7, 2014

CFP: Pensamiento decolonial, historiografía latinoamericana y milenarismo X COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL TRADICIÓN Y MODERNIDADEN EL MUNDO IBEROAMERICANO XIV CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL NUESTRO PATRIMONIO COMÚN Cádiz, del 2 al 5 de septiembre de 2014 Mediante este panel queremos reflexionar sobre las relaciones entre colonización, capitalismo y modernidad. El entendimiento de estas tres ideas en conjunto ha llevado al […]

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Conference: Early Modern Medicine of the Mind

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 7, 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 Groningen), […]

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CFP: Secondary Qualities: the Transition from Quality to Quantity

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 3, 2014

CFP: Secondary Qualities: the Transition from Quality to Quantity 2-3 October 2014, Ghent University The Philosophy & Moral Sciences department at Ghent University, with sponsorship of FWO, is proud to host “Secondary qualities: the transition from quality to quantity”. The transition from a qualitative account to a quantitative account of aspects of nature represents a turning […]

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London Summer School in Intellectual History

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 3, 2014

London Summer School in Intellectual History 1-4 September 2014, UCL and QMUL Deadline to apply: 12 May 2014. 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 1 to 4 September 2014, the summer school will include: Special […]

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CFP: Peace Theories Commission, International Peace Research Association

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 3, 2014

CFP: Peace Theories Commission, International Peace Research Association Deadline: 30 April 2014 We welcome paper and panel proposals from all peace researchers and practitioners related to the topic ‘Peace Theories Beyond the State of Nature: Philosophical and Global Perspectives’. Interested participants have the option of suggesting new panels or sessions for the up coming conference […]

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Oxford Seminar in the History of Alchemy and Chemistry

By James A T Lancaster | Published: April 1, 2014

This year’s Oxford Seminar in the History of Alchemy and Chemistry will take place between 7 and 28 May 2014 at the Maison Francaise d’Oxford (2-10 Norham Rd, OX2 6SE) every Wednesday, 3pm-5pm. The seminar is free of charge, and anyone with an interest in the history of alchemy, chemistry, medicine or the sciences is […]

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