Online Lecture (via Zoom) by Gabriele Ferrario at the ‘Johns Hopkins Hillel – Baltimore’
November 22, 2020 @ 17:00-18:30 (CET)
Abstract
Gabriele will introduce the students to the history of the discovery, the process of conservation and the contents of the manuscript collections retrieved from the Genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue of Old Cairo.
Mirabilia: teorie e pratiche nelle arti chimiche greco-egiziane e bizantine
An AlchemEast panel hosted by the conference ‘Il teatro della natura’ of the Italian Society for the History of Science (SISS):
Chairs: Marco Beretta and Matteo Martelli
Daniele Morrone, La mirabile fusione fredda del piombo da Pseudo-Aristotele a Plutarco
Marco Bellini, Pietrificazione: trasmutazione e meraviglie naturali nell’antichità classica e bizantina
Masayo Watanabe, Nature in the Jābirian Corpus
Giorgia Pausillo, Le illustrazioni nei manoscritti alchemici bizantini: problemi e nuove prospettive
Catania, 19-21 November 2020 (online via Teams)
Two papers on Byzantine and Arabic Alchemy at the International Digital Workshop “Alchemy in Byzantium” (Athens)
International Digital Workshop Alchemy in Byzantium: A Research Field on the Rise, organized by Gerasimos Merianos, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 @ 5:00ー8:00 PM (GMT +2)
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2020 @ 5:00ー9:00 PM (GMT +2)
Zoom link to join the conference
Lucia Raggetti, Four shalt thou count! Ps-Democritus’ Book on Elements and First Principles
Bojidar Dimitrov, Matteo Martelli, Homer’s Alchemy between Byzantium and Baghdad
Technology and Procedural Knowledge in Cuneiform Cultures
Online Lecture (via Zoom) by Eduardo Escobar at the Columbia University (New York), Center for the Ancient Mediterranean.
Friday, October 23, 2020 @ 5:OO PM (NY Time)
Link to the website (to register and receive the zoom link for the event)
Ancient and New Reactions. The First Mechanochemical Reaction and the Synthesis of Luminescent Hybrid Coordination Polymers Base on Silver Halides
Paper by Lucia Maini at the seventh webinar of the MechSustind (MechanoChemistry for Sustainable Industry) project.
Friday, October 9, 2020 @ 14:00 (CET)
Arabo-Islamic Science & the Manipulation of Nature
Panel (on-line) organized by Lucia Raggetti in the framework of the ESHS Conference 2020 (Bologna).
Wednesday, 3 September; 11:15-13:15 AM
Join the panel via Microsoft Teams
Greco-Roman Science in Dialogue with Culture Representations, Materials, Sensations and Feasts
Panel (on-line) organized by Daniele Morrone in the framework of the ESHS Conference 2020 (Bologna).
Wednesday, 3 September 2020; 9:00-11:OO AM
Join the panel via Microsoft Teams
SCENT LAB. Plant-Based Perfumes in the Ancient Mediterranean
AlchemEast Workshop, 2-3 July 2020 (on-line via Microsoft Teams)
Organized in collaboration with Rachele Pierini (University of Bologna / Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard)
Programme
The workshop will explore the art of making perfumes in the ancient Mediterranean, with special attention to the Egyptian, Babylonian and Aegean worlds. The papers will deal with ancient technologies and ingredients as well as with the science of modern perfumery. To join the two sessions, please follow the links below:
First Session: July 2 (Thursday), 3:00 – 5:00 PM (CET)
Join the first session via Microsoft Teams (use the web version).
Second Session: July 3 (Friday), 3:00 – 5:00 PM (CET)
Join the second session via Microsoft Teams (use the web version).
Alexander of Aphrodisias in the Arabic Sciences: The Influence of Alexander’s Hylomorphism on the Ǧābirian Corpus
Paper delivered by Masayo Watanabe at the History of Ancient Philosophy Colloquium.
February 20, 2020, Utrecht (University of Utrecht)
Argumentation Mapping for the History of Philosophical and Scientific Ideas: The TheSu Annotation Scheme and its Application to Plutarch’s Aquane an ignis
Poster presentation delivered by Daniele Morrone at the conference AIUCD 2020 – La svolta inevitabile: sfide e prospettive per l’Informatica Umanistica.
January 15, 2020, Milano (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)