Programme | Geographies of Alchemy and Chemistry
5th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop (October 24, 2014)
Venue: University of Amsterdam, Bungehuis 1.01, Spuistraat 210,1012VT Amsterdam
Information on keynote speakers and abstracts will be made available soon. A PDF of the programme, now including abstracts and short biographies on keynote speakers, may be downloaded here.
| 09:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Introductions |
| 10:15 | Session 1 |
| Carmen Simioli (Napoli), ‘Mercurial Alchemy in Tibet: The Transmission of an Indian Alchemical Practice to Tibet and Its Elaboration in the Zur Medical Lineage’ | |
| Tillmann Taape (Cambridge), ‘A Geography of Distillation around Strasbourg, c. 1500’ | |
| Ruben E. Verwaal (Groningen), ‘Crossing Bodily and Disciplinary Boundaries: Chymistry of Urine in Leiden, c. 1700’ |
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| 11:45 | Break |
| 12:00 | Keynote: Geographies of Alchemy |
| Dr Peter J. Forshaw (Amsterdam), ‘Transmissions and Transmutations of Alchemical Texts’ | |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 | Session 2 |
| Charlotte A. Abney (Yale), ‘Networks of Chemistry: The Discovery of Cerium in Gustavian Sweden’ | |
| Dr Axel Petit (Nantes), ‘The Circulation of Ions in Europe in the 19th Century’ | |
| Carolyn Cobbold (Cambridge), ‘Controlling Chemical Dyes in Food: International and Institutional Comparisons’ |
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| 15:45 | Break |
| 16:00 | Keynote: Geographies of Chemistry |
| Prof. Dr Lissa Roberts (Twente), ‘Amsterdam and the World in the Eighteenth Century’ | |
| 17:00 | Roundtable Discussion |
| Chair: Dr Georgiana Hedesan (Oxford) | |
| 17:45 | End |
Registration: The workshop, including refreshments, is free but the number of participants is limited.
Please register until October 1 by emailing Judith Mawer (Exeter), studentrepuk@ambix.org.
Travel Bursaries: Small contributions towards travel expenses are available for a limited number of participants.
Please contact Mike A. Zuber (Amsterdam), studentrepint@ambix.org.
The SHAC Graduate Network gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our external sponsors:
Amsterdam School for Culture and History (UvA) and History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (UvA)