Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry Workshop

AlchemEast Workshop, organized by Matteo Martelli in the framework of a well-established collaboration with the Ambix series “Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry: Sir Robert Mond Studies in the History of Early Chemistry” (SHAC).

March 30-31, 2023, Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, Bologna

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Current Issues in the History of Alchemy. Texts, Images and Procedures

AlchemEast Workshop organized by Matteo Martelli, which features three papers given by visiting scholars in the project:

  • Jennifer Rampling (Princeton University), Experimenting with Alchemical Imagery in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
  • Gerasimos Merianos (NHRF, Athens), A Beer Recipe in the Byzantine Alchemical MS Marc. gr. 299 Intended for Personal or Practical Use?
  • Marion Dapsens (UCLouvain), The Arabic Alchemical Dialogues: A Key Step in the Transfer of Greek Alchemy to the Arab World

November 15, 2022, Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, Aula Mondolfo, Bologna

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Two Papers at INCOME2022

Two papers delivered by Lucia Maini and Marianna Marchini at INCOME2022. 10th International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying:

  • Lucia Maini, Exploring the First Mechanochemical Reaction
  • Marianna Marchini, Grinding in the Old Times: The Synthesis of Cinnabar through the Glass of Ancient Recipes

June 6-10, 2022, University of Cagliari

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Saggi sulla soglia: le autorità del passato nella trasmissione della conoscenza scientifica

AlchemEast Panel, including 4 papers, organized by Gabriele Ferrario and Lucia Raggetti at the SISS National Conference Ad limina. Frontiere e contaminazioni transdisciplinari nella storia delle scienze

  • Rosa Caiazzo, Parmenide ‘naturalista risanatore’: l’eco della tradizione medica di Velia dall’antichità al medioevo
  • Bojidar Dimitrov, Ottenere la ‘nobile tintura’: Platone come autorità alchemica in un trattato del Corpus Jabirianum
  • Lucia Raggetti, Allucinazioni e cortine di fumo: la magia naturale dello Pseudo-Platone nella tradizione araba
  • Stefano Mulas, Aristotele, Ippocrate e Galeno: il dibattito tra antica e nuova medicina in alcuni frontespizi a stampa

May 30 — June 1, 2022, University of Catania

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