Monthly Archives: November 2014

EMPHASIS Seminar: 6 December 2014

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

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 6 December 2014 in Room G35 (1st floor, Senate House, University of London) from 2.00-4.00 pm. The speakers will be Megan Kitching (Queen Mary, University of London): ‘Stubborn matter: Lucretian Atomism and the Poetry of Early-Modern Natural Philosophy’; and Cassie Gorman (University of Cambridge): ‘Feeling Inside the Atom in Seventeenth-Century Literature’. Refreshments will be provided. For more […]

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Workshop: Plato and the British idealists

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

Plato and the British idealists 7 December 2014, National Humanities Research Centre If you are in North Carolina at 7pm on Sunday 7 December, you might wish to attend the following event at the National Humanities Research Center. Professor Colin Tyler (Wake Forest, & Hull) on ‘Forms, Dialectics and the Healthy Community: Recovering the British idealists’ […]

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The Italian Academies Database

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

The Italian Academies Database Research Resource Please visit the Italian Academies Database Facebook page for links, pictures, information about the project, past and future events, podcasts, people, videos, comments, and suggestions. For information about all Italian Academies, please visit our Facebook Group. For more information about the Italian Academies Database at the British Library, please […]

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CFP: Early Modern Women on Metaphysics, Religion and Science

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 20, 2014

CFP: Early Modern Women on Metaphysics, Religion and Science 21-23 March 2016, University of Groningen During the early modern period (c. 1600-1800) women were involved in many debates that tangled together metaphysics, religion and science. The women included figures such as Margaret Cavendish, Emilie Du Châtelet, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, and Damaris Cudworth Masham. The debates […]

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Update: Save the Warburg Institute

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 19, 2014

Update: Save the Warburg Institute Following the recent Court judgment the Advisory Council of the Institute agreed that an open letter should be sent to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of London, Sir Richard Dearlove, inviting the University not to submit an appeal but to  join the Institute in seeking […]

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CFP: Conversations on Intellectual Historiography

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 19, 2014

Conversations on Intellectual Historiography – In Honor of Constance Blackwell 17 December 2014, The Warburg Institute Speakers include: Peter Mack (University of Warwick); Letizia Panizza (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘The Text in Time: Three Varying Interpretations of Lorenzo Valla’s Diatribe against the Donation of Constantine’; Marta Fattori (University of Rome), ‘The “New Philosophy” condemned by the […]

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CFP: Observing, Depicting and Disseminating

By James A T Lancaster | Published: November 19, 2014

CFP: Observing, Depicting and Disseminating 7-9 May 2015, Centre for History of Science, Graz Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the interdisciplinary Centre for the History of Science at the University of Graz is organising a two-day conference on the topic of “Observing, Depicting and Disseminating” and its relevance for the history of science. The symposium welcomes […]

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CFP: The Care of the Self in Early Modern Philosophy and Science

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

CFP: Special Issue of the Journal of Early Modern Studies The Care of the Self in Early Modern Philosophy and Science (ed. Sorana Corneanu) The practice of early modern philosophy and science involved an important measure of concern with the care of the self. The pursuit of the theoretical or the experimental components of the […]

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EMPHASIS Seminar: 15 November 2014

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

The next EMPHASIS seminar will take place on 15 November 2014 in Room G35 (1st floor, Senate House, University of London) from 2.00-4.00 pm. The speaker will be Noah Moxham (University of St Andrews): ‘Authors, Editors and Newsmongers: Form, Genre and Editorship in the Early Philosophical Transactions (1665-1714)’. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please see the EMPHASIS website. The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early Modern Philosophy […]

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CFP: Biographies of Concepts in the Human and Social Sciences

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

CFP: Biographies of Concepts in the Human and Social Sciences 19-20 March 2015, University of California, Berkeley In this workshop, we want to bring together scholars who have studied concepts and notions in the human and social sciences. The focus will be on the emergence, migration, dissemination, and disappearance of concepts, ultimately aiming at a theory […]

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