Workshop 'Meet the PhD Jury: Aetherial Dialogues. Exploring Atmospheric Phenomena Across Premodern Disciplines'

For whom
Employees , Students
When
02-07-2024 from 09:00 to 12:30
Where
Campus Boekentoren, Camelot (room 3.30), Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent
Language
English
Organizer
Sarton Centre for History of Science - Faculteit Letteren en WIjsbegeerte
Contact
steven.vandenbroecke@ugent.be
Website
https://ugentbe-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/steven_vandenbroecke_ugent_be/EQJ_9mTqo_VAldDWq5odlQwBznHQfODYsTI31UbYp4g97A?e=NRU82N

Two senior and two junior scholars will discuss their current research on meteorological phenomena (winds, air, comets) from Antiquity to C19.

Those interested in history of science, environmental history, or intellectual history are cordially invited to join us for an in-depth masterclass on how to historicize weather and climate. Please send an email to steven.vandenbroecke@ugent.be before 26 June 2024. The program:

  • Vladimir Jankovic (University of Manchester), “Winds and the Humanities” (9:15-10 am)
  • Angelo Gargiulo (Ghent University), “Weather lore in Early Byzantium: 'parapegmatic' material in John Lydos” (10:05-10:40 am)
  • Matteo Cosci (Università Ca’Foscari, Venice), "From astrological signs to orbital loops: post-Halleyan cometary theories in Italy" (10:50-11:35)
  • Valentine Delrue (Ghent University), “Seeds as soothsayers? Phenological observations in North America, 1770-1870” (11:40-12:15)