11th December 2014, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
For further details and to register please visit the Warburg Institute website.
Programme:
10.15 Registration opens
11.15 “Infinitely Material”? Francis Bacon and Ancient Wisdom
(Sam Galson, Princeton)
God or Nature, God and Nature: The Reception of Stoic Physics
(John Sellars, KCL)
12.30 Lunch
1.30 The Prehistory of Distraction: Unfelt Atoms from Lucretius to Locke
(Joe Moshenska, Cambridge)
Michel Serres’ Nonmodern Lucretius and the Time of Reception
(Brooke Holmes, Princeton)
2.45 Short Break
3.00 Purging the body and the soul. The ‘purgatio’ in the Sixteenth Century as a Treatment for Different Diseases
(Roberta Guibilini, Warburg Institute)
Sixteenth-century commentators of Aristotle’s De sensu on the relationship between medicine and natural philosophy
(Roberto Lo Presti, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
4.15 Tea break
4.45 The Material Subject of Ancient Experience
(Hamutal Minkowich, UCL)
Time for metaphysics? Reception after Bruno Latour
(Duncan F. Kennedy, Bristol)
6.00 Wine Reception
The conference is supported by Postclassicisms at Princeton (www.postclassicisms.org) and the Warburg Institute.
Organisers: Sam Galson and Guido Giglioni
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Henry More (1614-1687): A Conference to mark the fourth centenary of his birth
Date: Friday 5 December 2014
Place: The Warburg Institute
Place: The Warburg Institute
Organisers: Sarah Hutton and Guido Giglioni
Despite being one of the most important thinkers in seventeenth-century British philosophy, Henry More has been denied the status of proper philosopher that his contemporaries Hobbes and Locke have long enjoyed. More’s work deserves to be recognized as a significant contribution to early modern philosophy. He was a figure who relentlessly engaged with the most pressing issues of his time. He intervened in the debate about the new science of nature and medicine, contributed in an original way to the recovery of Platonism and various elements of the classical tradition, left a lasting impact on the literary scene, played a role in the contemporary religious controversies and, finally, demonstrated a remarkable ability in identifying and reacting to the major cultural trends of the period.
This conference will take advantage of More’s centenary to engage in a one-day reappraisal of his legacy. It will do so against the background of a more nuanced and historicized understanding of early modern philosophy, theology and science, which have resulted in a more positive consideration of Renaissance theories of universal animation, a reassessment of the meaning of early modern experimental knowledge, the acknowledgment of the productive interplay of philology and philosophy advocated by the humanist movement, and, finally, a more balanced attitude towards the role that religious and theological arguments play in shaping metaphysical and logical ideas.
Speakers include: Alan Gabbey (Barnard), Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute), Douglas Hedley (Cambridge), Sarah Hutton (Aberystwyth), David Leech (Bristol), Cecilia Muratori (Warwick), Jasper Reid (KCL).
Programme:
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.45 Morning session - Chair: Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck, University of London)
Introduction: Sarah Hutton (University of Aberystwyth)
Jasper Reid (King’s College) - More's Place in Seventeenth-Century Thought
Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute) - Henry More’s Psychozoia and the Epic of Emanation
Douglas Hedley (University of Cambridge) - Henry More and Nathaniel Ingelo: The Platonic Imagination in Cambridge?
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Afternoon session - Chair: Richard Serjeantson (University of Cambridge)
Cecilia Muratori (University of Warwick) - Henry More on Animals
Sarah Hutton (University of Aberystwyth) - Henry More and Renaissance Philosophy: More's Response to Girolamo Cardano in his Of the Immortality of the Soul
3.15 Tea
3.45
David Leech (University of Bristol) - Henry More on the ‘Boniform Faculty’
Alan Gabbey (Barnard College, Columbia University) - Philosophia Spinozana Destructa: Henry More (1671-1679)
5.30 Reception
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Registration Details
Conference fees
Conference fees (which include coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch) are as follows:
Standard rate: £25
Concessionary rate: £12.50 (for full-time students/retired)
CONFERENCE CATERING: We provide a range of meat/fish and vegetarian rolls/sandwiches for lunch. If you have other dietary requirements please email warburg(at)sas.ac.uk at least ten days before the conference so that we can try to cater for your needs.
Registering and paying for a conference/course
Please note that in order to attend Institute conferences you need to register and pay online in advance. PLEASE NOTE THAT CONFERENCE SPEAKERS DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER OR PAY TO ATTEND CONFERENCES.
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO REGISTER ONLINE
http://store.london.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=5&catid=38&prodid=751
NB: online registration closes 30 HOURS BEFORE the start of each conference (i.e. at midnight two days before the conference).
Alternative Payment Arrangements
If you are registering for a 2 day conference but only wish to attend for one day, please email warburg(at)sas.ac.uk to register. In your email please say which day of the conference you wish to attend and whether you are standard or concessionary rate (as explained above under Conference fees).
If you are unable to pay online, you can pay by cheque or cash in advance of the conference, but only if you are based in the UK. Attendees from outside the UK must pay online in advance.
· To pay by cheque: please send your cheque made out to The University of London with a note of your name, email, phone number, name of your institution if relevant, and the name of the conference you wish to attend to: Warburg Events, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB.
· To pay in cash: please visit the Institute to pay on weekdays from 10.00 to 13.00, or 14.00 to 17.00.
Despite being one of the most important thinkers in seventeenth-century British philosophy, Henry More has been denied the status of proper philosopher that his contemporaries Hobbes and Locke have long enjoyed. More’s work deserves to be recognized as a significant contribution to early modern philosophy. He was a figure who relentlessly engaged with the most pressing issues of his time. He intervened in the debate about the new science of nature and medicine, contributed in an original way to the recovery of Platonism and various elements of the classical tradition, left a lasting impact on the literary scene, played a role in the contemporary religious controversies and, finally, demonstrated a remarkable ability in identifying and reacting to the major cultural trends of the period.
This conference will take advantage of More’s centenary to engage in a one-day reappraisal of his legacy. It will do so against the background of a more nuanced and historicized understanding of early modern philosophy, theology and science, which have resulted in a more positive consideration of Renaissance theories of universal animation, a reassessment of the meaning of early modern experimental knowledge, the acknowledgment of the productive interplay of philology and philosophy advocated by the humanist movement, and, finally, a more balanced attitude towards the role that religious and theological arguments play in shaping metaphysical and logical ideas.
Speakers include: Alan Gabbey (Barnard), Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute), Douglas Hedley (Cambridge), Sarah Hutton (Aberystwyth), David Leech (Bristol), Cecilia Muratori (Warwick), Jasper Reid (KCL).
Programme:
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.45 Morning session - Chair: Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck, University of London)
Introduction: Sarah Hutton (University of Aberystwyth)
Jasper Reid (King’s College) - More's Place in Seventeenth-Century Thought
Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute) - Henry More’s Psychozoia and the Epic of Emanation
Douglas Hedley (University of Cambridge) - Henry More and Nathaniel Ingelo: The Platonic Imagination in Cambridge?
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Afternoon session - Chair: Richard Serjeantson (University of Cambridge)
Cecilia Muratori (University of Warwick) - Henry More on Animals
Sarah Hutton (University of Aberystwyth) - Henry More and Renaissance Philosophy: More's Response to Girolamo Cardano in his Of the Immortality of the Soul
3.15 Tea
3.45
David Leech (University of Bristol) - Henry More on the ‘Boniform Faculty’
Alan Gabbey (Barnard College, Columbia University) - Philosophia Spinozana Destructa: Henry More (1671-1679)
5.30 Reception
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Registration Details
Conference fees
Conference fees (which include coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch) are as follows:
Standard rate: £25
Concessionary rate: £12.50 (for full-time students/retired)
CONFERENCE CATERING: We provide a range of meat/fish and vegetarian rolls/sandwiches for lunch. If you have other dietary requirements please email warburg(at)sas.ac.uk at least ten days before the conference so that we can try to cater for your needs.
Registering and paying for a conference/course
Please note that in order to attend Institute conferences you need to register and pay online in advance. PLEASE NOTE THAT CONFERENCE SPEAKERS DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER OR PAY TO ATTEND CONFERENCES.
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO REGISTER ONLINE
http://store.london.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=5&catid=38&prodid=751
NB: online registration closes 30 HOURS BEFORE the start of each conference (i.e. at midnight two days before the conference).
Alternative Payment Arrangements
If you are registering for a 2 day conference but only wish to attend for one day, please email warburg(at)sas.ac.uk to register. In your email please say which day of the conference you wish to attend and whether you are standard or concessionary rate (as explained above under Conference fees).
If you are unable to pay online, you can pay by cheque or cash in advance of the conference, but only if you are based in the UK. Attendees from outside the UK must pay online in advance.
· To pay by cheque: please send your cheque made out to The University of London with a note of your name, email, phone number, name of your institution if relevant, and the name of the conference you wish to attend to: Warburg Events, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB.
· To pay in cash: please visit the Institute to pay on weekdays from 10.00 to 13.00, or 14.00 to 17.00.
Translation and the Circulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Science
A one-day colloquium at the Warburg Institute, London
Friday 28 June, 2013
Organized by Sietske Fransen (Warburg Institute) and Niall Hodson (Durham University) in collaboration with Prof. Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute), Dr Eric Jorink (Huygens ING), and Prof. Peter Mack (Warburg Institute).
Keynote speaker: Prof. Sven Dupré (Freie Universität Berlin)
Paper proposals are invited for a one-day colloquium on the role of translation and translators in the circulation of knowledge in Early Modern science.
In recent decades, scholars have offered myriad new insights into the exchange and propagation of scientific ideas in the early modern Republic of Letters. Within this vibrant field, however, the part played by translation and translators remains little studied. This colloquium will explore the role of translation in early modern science, providing a forum for discussion about translations as well as the translators, mediators, agents, and interpreters whose role in the intellectual history of the period remains ill defined and deserves greater attention.
Friday 28 June, 2013
Organized by Sietske Fransen (Warburg Institute) and Niall Hodson (Durham University) in collaboration with Prof. Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute), Dr Eric Jorink (Huygens ING), and Prof. Peter Mack (Warburg Institute).
Keynote speaker: Prof. Sven Dupré (Freie Universität Berlin)
Paper proposals are invited for a one-day colloquium on the role of translation and translators in the circulation of knowledge in Early Modern science.
In recent decades, scholars have offered myriad new insights into the exchange and propagation of scientific ideas in the early modern Republic of Letters. Within this vibrant field, however, the part played by translation and translators remains little studied. This colloquium will explore the role of translation in early modern science, providing a forum for discussion about translations as well as the translators, mediators, agents, and interpreters whose role in the intellectual history of the period remains ill defined and deserves greater attention.
The topics listed below offer some guidance for proposals:
Proposals for 25-minute papers should be submitted to Niall Hodson (n.d.hodson(at)durham.ac.uk) and Sietske Fransen (sietske.fransen(at)postgrad.sas.ac.uk) by 28th February 2013. A dedicated committee will evaluate the proposals and respond to submissions by 15th March 2013.
For further details, please visit the colloquium website at:
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/translation/
This colloquium is supported by the Warburg Institute and Durham University, and is organized in collaboration with the Visualizing Knowledge in the Early Modern Netherlands project at the Courtauld Institute, London.
- Philosophy and theory of translation
- The practice of translating texts and images
- The ‘professional translator’
- The function and use of translations
- Translation in academies
- The use of auxiliary languages
- Translation in learned correspondence
- The readers of translations
- Informal translations: adaptations, paraphrases, summaries
Proposals for 25-minute papers should be submitted to Niall Hodson (n.d.hodson(at)durham.ac.uk) and Sietske Fransen (sietske.fransen(at)postgrad.sas.ac.uk) by 28th February 2013. A dedicated committee will evaluate the proposals and respond to submissions by 15th March 2013.
For further details, please visit the colloquium website at:
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/translation/
This colloquium is supported by the Warburg Institute and Durham University, and is organized in collaboration with the Visualizing Knowledge in the Early Modern Netherlands project at the Courtauld Institute, London.
Call for Papers: Translation and the Circulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Science
A one-day colloquium at the Warburg Institute, London
Friday 28 June, 2013
Organized by Sietske Fransen (Warburg Institute) and Niall Hodson (Durham University) in collaboration with Prof. Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute), Dr Eric Jorink (Huygens ING), and Prof. Peter Mack (Warburg Institute).
Keynote speaker: Prof. Sven Dupré (Freie Universität Berlin)
Paper proposals are invited for a one-day colloquium on the role of translation and translators in the circulation of knowledge in Early Modern science.
In recent decades, scholars have offered myriad new insights into the exchange and propagation of scientific ideas in the early modern Republic of Letters. Within this vibrant field, however, the part played by translation and translators remains little studied. This colloquium will explore the role of translation in early modern science, providing a forum for discussion about translations as well as the translators, mediators, agents, and interpreters whose role in the intellectual history of the period remains ill defined and deserves greater attention.
The topics listed below offer some guidance for proposals:
Proposals for 25-minute papers should be submitted to Niall Hodson (n.d.hodson(at)durham.ac.uk) and Sietske Fransen (sietske.fransen(at)postgrad.sas.ac.uk) by 28th February 2013. A dedicated committee will evaluate the proposals and respond to submissions by 15th March 2013.
For further details, please visit the colloquium website at:
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/translation/
This colloquium is supported by the Warburg Institute and Durham University, and is organized in collaboration with the Visualizing Knowledge in the Early Modern Netherlands project at the Courtauld Institute, London.
- Philosophy and theory of translation
- The practice of translating texts and images
- The ‘professional translator’
- The function and use of translations
- Translation in academies
- The use of auxiliary languages
- Translation in learned correspondence
- The readers of translations
- Informal translations: adaptations, paraphrases, summaries
Proposals for 25-minute papers should be submitted to Niall Hodson (n.d.hodson(at)durham.ac.uk) and Sietske Fransen (sietske.fransen(at)postgrad.sas.ac.uk) by 28th February 2013. A dedicated committee will evaluate the proposals and respond to submissions by 15th March 2013.
For further details, please visit the colloquium website at:
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/translation/
This colloquium is supported by the Warburg Institute and Durham University, and is organized in collaboration with the Visualizing Knowledge in the Early Modern Netherlands project at the Courtauld Institute, London.
Research Fellowship at Warburg: Europe and the Arab World in the Middle Ages
The publishing house Brill (Leiden), is generously sponsoring a new annual research Fellowship at the Warburg Institute’s Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe (CHASE). The Fellowship has been made possible by the “Sheikh Zayed Book Award” which was awarded to Brill Publishers in March 2012 for publishing excellence in Middle East and Islamic Studies.
The Brill Fellowship at CHASE to be held in the academic year 2012-13 will be of two or three months duration and is intended for a postdoctoral researcher. The Fellowship will be awarded for research projects on any aspect of the relations between Europe and the Arab World from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
The closing date for applications is the 5th July 2012. Please visit our website for more details (http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/brill-chase/).
The Brill Fellowship at CHASE to be held in the academic year 2012-13 will be of two or three months duration and is intended for a postdoctoral researcher. The Fellowship will be awarded for research projects on any aspect of the relations between Europe and the Arab World from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
The closing date for applications is the 5th July 2012. Please visit our website for more details (http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/brill-chase/).
The Marriage of Philology and Scepticism: Uncertainty and Conjecture in Early Modern Scholarship and Thought
The Warburg Institute, 22 June 2012
Organised by Gian Mario Cao, Anthony Grafton and Jill Kraye
Speakers:
Organised by Gian Mario Cao, Anthony Grafton and Jill Kraye
Speakers:
David Butterfield, Queens’ College, Cambridge
Gian Mario Cao, The Warburg Institute
Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
Jill Kraye, The Warburg Institute
Ian Maclean, All Souls College, Oxford
Scott Mandelbrote, Peterhouse, Cambridge
Jan Ziolkowski, Harvard University and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
Philology is nowadays recognized as the foundation stone of modern scholarship: by holding on to documents and sticking to evidence, it is supposed to rescue historical knowledge from scepticism. This assumption can, however, be challenged by moving away from the conventional antagonism – philology vs scepticism – in order to identify the sceptical elements within philology itself. Instead of asking ‘how effective an antidote to scepticism is philology?', the more relevant question is: ‘how can philology cope with its own inner scepticism?’ By attempting to answer this question, the workshop will help us to see textual criticism as a fresh source for understanding sceptical trends of thought.
Registration
£25 (£12.50 for concessions: full-time students, pensioners, unemployed) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch. Please email Warburg(at)sas.ac.uk to register.
Philology is nowadays recognized as the foundation stone of modern scholarship: by holding on to documents and sticking to evidence, it is supposed to rescue historical knowledge from scepticism. This assumption can, however, be challenged by moving away from the conventional antagonism – philology vs scepticism – in order to identify the sceptical elements within philology itself. Instead of asking ‘how effective an antidote to scepticism is philology?', the more relevant question is: ‘how can philology cope with its own inner scepticism?’ By attempting to answer this question, the workshop will help us to see textual criticism as a fresh source for understanding sceptical trends of thought.
Registration
£25 (£12.50 for concessions: full-time students, pensioners, unemployed) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch. Please email Warburg(at)sas.ac.uk to register.
From Mêlée to Opera: The Metamorphosis of the Chilvaric Tournament
Organised by Sydney Anglo-Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London
Friday 27th April 2012, Registration from 10:00 am
Speakers include:
DAVID CROUCH (Professor of Medieval History, University of Hull). A Facsimile of the Battlefield? What was at issue in the Mêlée Tournament, 1160-1260?
TOBIAS CAPWELL (Curator of Arms and Armour, the Wallace Collection). Violence and Elegance. ChangingPriorities in the Joust, c.1200-1625
NOEL FALLOWS (Professor of Spanish, University of Georgia). From Sport to Spectacle in Renaissance Iberia: Jousting, the Game of Canes, and Bull-Running
IAIN FENLON (Professor of Music. Fellow, King's College, Cambridge). Martial Monteverdi
HELEN WATANABE O'KELLY (Professor of German. Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford). 'The Invention of Tradition?' August the Strong and his historicisingTournaments
SYDNEY ANGLO (Emeritus Professor: University of Wales). The History of the History of Tournaments
Registration
£25 (£12 .50 for concessions) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch
To register please contact: warburg@sas,ac.uk
TOBIAS CAPWELL (Curator of Arms and Armour, the Wallace Collection). Violence and Elegance. ChangingPriorities in the Joust, c.1200-1625
NOEL FALLOWS (Professor of Spanish, University of Georgia). From Sport to Spectacle in Renaissance Iberia: Jousting, the Game of Canes, and Bull-Running
IAIN FENLON (Professor of Music. Fellow, King's College, Cambridge). Martial Monteverdi
HELEN WATANABE O'KELLY (Professor of German. Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford). 'The Invention of Tradition?' August the Strong and his historicisingTournaments
SYDNEY ANGLO (Emeritus Professor: University of Wales). The History of the History of Tournaments
Registration
£25 (£12 .50 for concessions) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch
To register please contact: warburg@sas,ac.uk
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