Intellectual Formations: Science, Medicine and Philosophy | |
Leader | Professor Michael Bennett School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania |
Scope | A scientific culture in the contemporary sense first emerged in early modern Europe, which also marked the initial development of the scientific and medical professions. This theme brings together a range of major research programmes into aspects of science and medicine. It also covers research into environmental and climatic conditions in early Europe. The emergence of a scientific culture in early modern Europe is a major element within this theme. Closely associated with it is research into the changing relationship between science and religion and between the sciences and the arts. This theme includes research into the structures which fostered the development of the scientific culture, and particularly scientific networks in early modern Europe. Early European perceptions of the new phenomenon of "information overload" and "information explosion" are also a focus of research. The nature of medical knowledge and practice in early modern Europe forms a closely related area of research. A particular interest are ideas about authority in determining medical theory, and the role of women in the production of medical knowledge. Also pertinent to this theme is research into the complex relationship between science, medicine, humanism and literature, as embodied in organizations like the Jesuits. |
Activities |
July 17-18, 2008: dual Theme Symposium with Early European/Australasian Connections, "Notebooks and Note-takers: da Vinci to Darwin", State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Convenors Michael Bennett (University of Tasmania) and Richard Yeo (Griffith University). September 21-23, 2006: Theme Symposium, "Humanism and Medicine in the Early Modern Era". Speakers: Michael Bennett, Susan Broomhall, Yasmin Haskell, Ian Maclean, Vivian Nutton et al. Co-sponsored by NEER, the Institute of Advanced Studies, UWA and the Cassamarca Foundation. September 20, 2006: Theme Masterclass, "Early Modern Philosophy in Europe" with Professor Ian Maclean, All Soul's College, Oxford.
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Location: http://www.neer.arts.uwa.edu.au/page/1712
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