The AlchemEast project is devoted to the study of alchemical theory and practice as it appeared and developed in distinct, albeit contiguous (both chronologically and geographically) areas: Graeco-Roman Egypt, Byzantium, and the Near East, from Ancient Babylonian times to the early Islamic Period.
Bologna University Library
Opening: May 13, 2023
Closing: June 17, 2023
The exhibition showcases alchemical manuscripts preserved at the Bologna University Library, which contain texts and recipes tested in the laboratories of the Bologna Chemistry Department. The exhibition also includes images and videos of the replications, emphasizing the technical aspects found within the displayed manuscripts (Greek, Arabic, and Latin sources).
Talk given by Eduardo Escobar and Matteo Martelli in the framework of a series on the history of chemistry organized by Peter Morris for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
May 16, 2023, Online
Talk given by Matteo Martelli in the framework of a series on the history of chemistry organized by Peter Morris for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
April 25, 2023, Online
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
AlchemEast Conference organized by Caterina Manco and Matteo Martelli, which explores different approaches and methodologies to study the use and conceptualization of plants in ancient sciences and technologies (from Ancient Babylonia to Late Antiquity).
February 13-14, 2023, Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, Bologna
AlchemEast Workshop organized by Lucia Maini and Matteo Martelli in collaboration with the ERC projects DURARE (Utrecht; PI Marjolijn Bol) and UseFool (Bologna; PI Lucia Raggetti).
November 30 – December 2, 2022, Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies & Department of Chemistry ‘G. Ciamician’, Bologna
Paper delivered by Caterina Manco at the University of Ulm
28 November 2022, University of Ulm
AlchemEast Workshop organized by Matteo Martelli, which features three papers given by visiting scholars in the project:
November 15, 2022, Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, Aula Mondolfo, Bologna
Paper delivered by Lucia Raggetti at the International Conference Malleable Texts, Fluid Authorships: Galenic Medicine and Late Antiquity organized by Philip van der Eijk and Caroline Petit.
July 7-8, 2022, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the XIII Symposium Syriacum – XI Congress d’études arabes chrétiennes
July 4-9, 2022, Paris