CfP - Workshop "Inventing Science: Iconography on Scientific Instruments in the Early Modern Period"
Call for papers
Workshop
"Inventing Science: Iconography on Scientific
Instruments in the Early Modern Period"
Wuppertal, 28-30 August, 2013
The workshop " Inventing Science: Iconography on
Scientific Instruments in the Early Modern Period" is organised by the
Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT) at the
Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
The development, production and use of scientific
instruments is a well-established research field in the history of science and
technology and it is with the aim of expanding the scope of research that we
wish to devote our conference to systematically exploring the worlds of images
appearing upon the instruments and their place within the visual culture of the
time. We hope that this interdisciplinary approach will open up new
perspectives on the historical and scientific significance of the instruments
and foster a closer collaboration between scholars of different background,
such as historians of art or of science and technology, curators of museum
collections, philosophers and scholars from cultural studies. The first step in
the investigation of the iconography on scientific instruments will be an
attempt at mapping the landscape: beside pictures offering information on how
the instruments had to be used, we may expect to find inscribed on them images
connected to a multitude of visual contexts, for example aimed at constructing
traditions, evoking myths and legends, transmitting and popularizing knowledge,
or positioning instruments and their makers within theoretical debates or
scientific frameworks.
The workshop’s aims at promoting interdisciplinary
collaboration and therefore proposals contributing to any aspect of the topic
are welcome. Special consideration will be given to proposals from young
scholars.
The language of the workshop is English. Submissions must
include a title, an abstract (about 1 page) of a 30 minute presentation, and a
short CV. Submissions should be sent to Volker Remmert at remmert@uni-wuppertal.de no later
than April 5, 2013.
Contributors’ overnight accommodation costs will be
covered. But because funds are limited, please let us know well in advance if
you will need support to cover travelling expenses.
The organisers, Arianna Borrelli and Volker Remmert, look
forward to your participation and would also be grateful if you could inform
others, especially young academics, about the workshop and this call for
papers.
Prof. Dr. Volker R. Remmert
- Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte - Historisches
Seminar Fachbereich A - Bergische Universität Wuppertal Gaußstraße 20
42097 Wuppertal
Tel. 0202-439-2897
e-mail remmert@uni-wuppertal.de