Call for Papers: Isaac Beeckman in Context, 27-28 September 2018

1618 was a crucial year in what is now known as the Scientific Revolution. In September of that year the Dutch artisan, theologian, schoolmaster and natural philosopher Isaac Beeckman (1588-1637) was promoted to doctor of medicine in the French city of Caen. To his dissertation he added a number of Corrolaria in which Beeckman laid down the principles of a new and revolutionary way to account for natural phenomena, the mechanical philosophy. Then, in November 1618, Beeckman met the young military officer René Descartes in the city of Breda. In a series of highly stimulating conversations he put Descartes on the track towards his own philosophy of nature. The rest is history.

On September 27 and 28, 2018, an international conference, to be held at the premises of the University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, the Netherlands, will commemorate these pivotal moments of 1618.

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Woudschoten Conference for the History of Science in the Netherlands: programme available and registration opened

On 23 & 24 June 2017, the Society for the History of Science in the Low Countries, Gewina, is holding its seventh bi-annual meeting in the usual venue of Woudschoten, near Zeist. This two-day conference is intended to bring together those who share an interest in the history of science in the Netherlands, as well as discussing the current and future developments in the field.

The programme and registration link can be found here.

Meer dan vijftig jaar Nederlands-Belgisch wetenschapshistorisch onderzoek online

Bijna 1400 artikelen – geschreven door professionele wetenschapshistorici en liefhebbers, meestal leden  van de genootschappen Gewina en Zuid-Gewina – zijn hier volledig door te bladeren, te downloaden en full text te doorzoeken. Ontdek meer dan vijftig jaar onderzoek over de geschiedenis van geneeskunde, wiskunde, natuurwetenschappen en techniek. (Her)lees bijvoorbeeld belangrijke artikelen over de wiskundige cultuur in de Lage Landen in Scientiarum Historia. Of volg hoe het begrip ‘cultuur’ de Nederlandse wetenschapsgeschiedenis binnensloop eind jaren tachtig, bijvoorbeeld in het themanummer over de ‘twee culturen’ van Gewina.

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