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Scientiae Toronto 2015 27-29 May 2015, Victoria College, University of Toronto Keynotes :  Anthony Grafton  (Princeton) &  Peter Dear  (Cornell) The CFP for  Scientiae 2015  (Toronto, 27-29 May) is now available  online . Paper, panel, and round-table proposals are invited for the fourth annual international conference on the emergent knowledge practices of the early-modern period (1450-1750). The major premise of this conference is that knowledge during the period of the Scientific Revolution was inherently interdisciplinary, involving complex mixtures of practices and objects which had yet to be separated into their modern “scientific” hierarchies. Our approach, therefore, needs to be equally wide-ranging, involving Biblical exegesis, art theory, logic, and literary humanism; as well as natural philosophy, alchemy, occult practices, and trade knowledge. Attention is also given to mapping ...

E l Comité Organizador del XII Congreso ha aprobado la distribución de las comunicaciones en 18 sesiones (14 monográficas + 4 temáticas). Podéis visualizar sus contenidos en los enlaces siguientes: 1) Ciencia y Humanismo, la Ilustración en Iberia/ Ciência e Humanismo, nas Luzes na Península Ibérica (Coordinadores: Luis Español González y Mª Elfridia Ralha. Presenta: Proyecto “MAT2 – José Anastácio da Cunha e a Matemática nos Arquivos Setecentistas da Casa de Mateus”). 2) Ciencia y Técnica en la Sanidad de Guerra (Coodinadores: Begoña Torres Gallardo y Ferran Sabaté Casellas. Coorganiza: Societat Catalana d’Història de la Medicina). 3) La Aeronáutica Española y la Primera Guerra Mundial (Coordinadores: Carlos Lázaro Ávila y Francisco A. González Redondo. Organiza: Servicio Histórico y Cultural del Ejército del Aire). 4) La apropiación de la Ciencia en la Educación Secundaria durante la época de la JAE (Coordinadores: Leoncio López-Ocón Cabrera y Víctor Guijarro ...

Alessandro Pastore. Veleno: Credenze, crimini, saperi nell'Italia moderna. Italy: Il Mulino, 2010. (paper), ISBN 978-88-15-13873-6. Reviewed by Thomas Cohen Published on H-Italy (June, 2014) Commissioned by Monica Calabritto Here we have a lively book with a deadly subject, treating of poisons and poisoners in Italy, with an occasional northward glance across the Alps. Its subject is wide: the substances themselves, the methods and practices of poisoners, the attempts by institutions to regulate their actions, the responses of the medical profession, and the effect, on Italy's reputation, of the peninsula's alleged and true predisposition to resort to poison. Accordingly, this is a history at once technical, social, legal, and cultural. The book is marked by wide reading and lively erudition. It is profoundly interesting but, for lack of shapely paragraphs and pointed chapters, harder to consult or paraphrase than a scholar might desire. The book is quicke...

T he BSHS is very pleased to announce a competition for up to 4 bursaries of £4,000 each to support students taking a master’s degree in the history of science, technology or medicine. This round of awards will be available to those who have been accepted on a master’s programme for the academic year 2014-15. Applicants must have a confirmed place on a master's programme in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. Those studying for research-based master's degrees are eligible to apply, but not PhD students nominally registered for MPhil (or similar) provisionally pending upgrade to PhD registration.  There is no nationality requirement for applicants, or an age limit. Non-members of the Society are welcome to apply. Applications should be made using the form provided (download from http://www.bshs.org.uk/grants/masters-degree-bursaries), and should include a financial statement indicating what other funding has been sought or received. Those who have been given full stud...

Razon, Intuicion e Imaginacion en Ciencia y en Literatura Donostia - San Sebastian 18 y 19 de Noviembre de 2014 La participacion es libre y gratuita previa   inscripcion (Aforo limitado. First come, first served.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Temas del encuentro 1.                Razon, intuicion e imaginacion en ciencia y en literatura 2.             Matematica, intuicion e imaginario colectivo 3.             Intuicion literaria y neurociencia La construccion del mundo desde la literatura y la ciencia Invitados Jorge Wagensberg   (Fisico, Escritor y Divulgador) Amelia Gamoneda ...