Monthly Archives: October 2014

Job: Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions

By James A T Lancaster | Published: October 30, 2014

Job: Professor, Faculty of Arts and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight and ranked among the top 100 universities (88th in the world) with a broad and balanced coverage of disciplines in the arts, sciences […]

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The Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress

By James A T Lancaster | Published: October 15, 2014

The Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress Announcing the Radio Preservation Task Force, a new Library of Congress project. The RPTF is organized to encourage the preservation, research, and pedagogical application of the intellectual and aesthetic history of technology. Growing out of the National Recording Preservation Plan (NRPP) of the National Recording […]

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New Book: Penser l’Europe au XVIIIe siècle

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

Penser l’Europe au XVIIIe siècle commerce, civilisation, empire Edité par: Antoine Lilti and Céline Spector Penser l’Europe au XVIIIe siècle: commerce, civilisation, empire Edité par Antoine Lilti et Céline Spector. Si l’Europe est considérée comme le berceau de la civilisation occidentale, c’est bien au XVIIIe siècle qu’elle est devenue un enjeu philosophique, historique et politique majeur. Cet […]

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Job Opportunity: Mellon Bridge Assistant Professorship in Classics

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

Mellon Bridge Assistant Professorship in Classics Greco-Roman and Islamic Traditions The School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University seeks a scholar who studies the contact between the Greco-Roman and Islamic traditions during any period through the Renaissance for a tenure-track Mellon Bridge Assistant Professorship, to begin September 2015. This newly-created position is being supported […]

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EMPHASIS Seminar: 18 October 2014

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

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 18 October 2014 in Room G35 (1st floor, Senate House, University of London) from 2.00-4.00 pm. The speaker will be Koji Yamamoto (King’s College London): ‘Medicine, Metals and Empire: A Paracelsian Chymist at the Rise of Public Science’. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please see the EMPHASIS website. The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early Modern Philosophy […]

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CFP: Tenth Annual Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science

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

CFP: Tenth Annual Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science 16-18 April 2015, University of Liverpool The tenth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Liverpool, on 16-18 April 2015. Keynote talks will be given by Professor Keith Barnham (Imperial College London), Dr […]

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Conference: Intellectual History. Traditions and Perspectives

By James A T Lancaster | Published: October 5, 2014

Intellectual History. Traditions and Perspectives 17-19 November 2014, Ruhr Universität Bochum Historians currently working in the field of intellectual history can take pleasure in the increasing acceptance of this discipline. There have been increasing indications of its renewal and re-evaluation, especially in Germany, since the last decade so that one might say that intellectual history […]

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