Cultures of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

Dates: Trinity Term 2011, Thursdays, 3–5pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Faculty of History
Convenors: Pietro Corsi and Peter Harrison

Thursday 5 May (Week One)

Robert A. Hatch (University of Florida)
De-Centring the Big Picture: The Scientific Revolution and the Republic of Letters
Chaired by Pietro Corsi ¦ View Summary

Thursday 12 May (Week Two)

Nora Gädeke (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek)
Work in Progress: Leibniz’s Correspondence Network
Chaired by Philip Beeley ¦ View Summary ¦ Download MP3 (47.9mb) ¦ Link

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Thursday 19 May (Week Three)

Erik-Jan Bos (Utrecht University)
To the Editor’s Delight: The Loss, Theft and Forgery of Descartes’ Letters
Chaired by Rhodri Lewis ¦ View Summary

Thursday 26 May (Week Four)

Sophie van Romburgh (Leiden University)
Reciprocal Bonds Between Words and Friends, or Correspondence According to Francis Junius
Chaired by Pietro Corsi ¦ View Summary ¦ Download MP3 (35.3mb) ¦ Link

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Thursday 2 June (Week Five)

James Daybell (University of Plymouth)
Postal Conditions in Early Modern England
Chaired by Richard Sharpe ¦ View Summary ¦ Download MP3 (47.1mb) ¦ Link

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Thursday 9 June (Week Six)

Leigh Penman (University of Oxford)
How Large was Hartlib’s Archive? A Quantitative Analysis and Comparative Reassessment
Chaired by Rhodri Lewis ¦ View Summary ¦ Download MP3 (39.6mb) ¦ Link

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Thursday 16 June (Week Seven)

Lisa Smith (University of Saskatchewan)
Visualizing Sir Hans Sloane’s Correspondence Network, c.1690-1705
Chaired by Howard Hotson ¦ View Summary ¦ Download MP3 (46.6mb) ¦ Link

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Thursday 23 June (Week Eight)

Philip Beeley (University of Oxford)
Oxford Science and the Republic of Letters: John Wallis’s Correspondence Networks
Chaired by Jackie Stedall ¦ View Summary ¦ Download MP3 (43.3mb) ¦ Link

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Seminars, which are open to all, will be followed by a wine reception. For information about reaching the Faculty of History, which is located in central Oxford within close proximity to the train and bus stations, please see this map. The seminar poster can be downloaded here (pdf). For further information about the series, please Contact Us.

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