Early Modern Science

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Upcoming Meetings

There are no currently scheduled upcoming events.

Past Meetings

  • February 10, 2021

    Hyeok Hweon Kang, Visiting Scholar and D. Kim Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
    “Saltpeter on the Move: From China to Korea, Between Global Intelligence and Local Experiment, 1592–1635”
  • December 9, 2020

     
    Arnaud Zimmern will present his WIP titled "Bacon on Boldness, or How to Promise the Prolongation of Life."
     
    You can find the pre-circulated paper below. The session will take place over Zoom, which you can access on the date through the link on this page.
     
    If you have any questions leading up to the event, please do not hesitate to reach out to either coordinator. 
     
    Megan Piorko mpiorko@sciencehistory.org
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
  • November 11, 2020

     
    Sietske Fransen will present her WIP titled "Publishing Science in the Seventeenth Century: The cases of Father and Son Van Helmont."
     
    The pre-circulated paper is available below. The session will take place over Zoom, which you can access on the date through the link on this page.
     
    If you have any questions leading up to the event, please do not hesitate to reach out to either coordinator. 
     
    Megan Piorko mpiorko@sciencehistory.org
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
  • October 14, 2020

    Dear Early Modern Science working group,  
    Our next meeting will take place next week, Wedensday October 14 at noon EDT. Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh will be presenting "Monuments, hermeneutics, or astronomy? China and the invention of Enlightenment history, ca 1650-1760" followed by discussion. 
    Please find the pre-circulated paper under the "Readings" tab. The session will take place over Zoom, which you can access on the 14th through the "Participate" tab on this page.
    You are welcome to contact the organizers, Megan and Katie, with any questions leading up to the event. 
     
    Looking forward to seeing you all next Wednesday, 
     
    Megan Piorko mpiorko@sciencehistory.org
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
  • September 9, 2020

     
    Tamara Caulkins will present her WIP titled "Practical Geometry: The World in Diagrams at the Court of Louis XIV." 
     
    You can find the paper abstract under the "Readings" tab, and is now available for pre-circulation. The session will take place over Zoom, which you can access on the date through the "Participate" tab on this page.
     
    If you have any questions leading up to the event, please do not hesitate to reach out to either coordinator. 
     
    Megan Piorko mpiorko@sciencehistory.org
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
  • May 12, 2020

    Simon Werrett will present his WIP titled "Kitchen Oeconomy: Food, Thrift, and Experiment in Early Modern England" exclusively through Zoom. A link to join will be provided before the meeting. Please find the pre-circulated paper available for download under the "Readings" tab.
     
    If you have any questions leading up to the event, please do not hesistate to reach out to either coordinator. 

    Megan Piorko mpiorko1@student.gsu.edu
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
  • April 14, 2020

    J.B. Shank will present his WIP titled “Europeans Telling of the World’s Beginnings Around 1700. Between Science and Religion, Prose, Verse, and Scripture, and Image and Text.”
     
    These papers is currently available under the "readings" tab. The event will be happening via Zoom, and a link to the meeting will be provided the week of the event. 
     
    Megan Piorko mpiorko1@student.gsu.edu
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
     
     
  • March 10, 2020

    Donna Bilak will present her WIP titled "Materials, imagination, and making knowledge"
     
    These papers will be precirculated to the group. Please RSVP to the Early Modern Working Group Coordinators at least a week before the event. 
     
    Megan Piorko mpiorko1@student.gsu.edu
    Katie Reinhart kmr@chstm.org
     
    WIP paper attached
  • December 3, 2019

    Our final meeting for the fall will cover "Part III: Excess" in Science in the Age of Baroque.
  • November 5, 2019

    Our second meeting will cover "Part II: Vision" in Science in the Age of Baroque.