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• 01 nov 2006

  Los Angeles

  Appel à contribution - Études des sciences

  Collecting across Cultures in the Early Modern World

  The conference organizers invite proposals for papers examining aspects of collecting as a global and transcultural phenomenon in the period ca. 1450 to ca. 1850.

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• 01 sep 2006

  Oxford

  Informations diverses - Études des sciences

  Contrats d'un an au Musée d'histoire des sciences d'Oxford

  The Museum of the History of Science, which houses a collection ofscientific instruments of international importance, has been awarded aDesignation Challenge Fund grant by the Museums, Libraries and ArchivesCouncil for a research project entitled ‘Small Worlds’. It is now invitingapplications for two posts of Researcher for the project, one of whom willconcentrate on cataloguing microscopes, the other microscopical specimens.The officers will be involved with mounting on-line presentations of thecollections and a special exhibition. The successful candidates willpossess relevant degrees and a proven interest in the technical andcultural history of early scientific instruments. The officer formicroscopical specimens is likely to have a relevant background in thebiological sciences.

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• 03 aoû 2006

  Duras

  Colloque - Moyen Âge

  Boethius : the Man, the Philosopher, the Scientist, his Work and its Outreach

  Boethius (Rome, ca. 480 - Pavia, ca. 524) : the Man, the Philosopher, the Scientist, his Work and its OutreachIs the thème of the second annual international scinetific Symposium organized by the Musée Conservatorium of Parchement et Illumination of Duras (France, Lot-et-Garonne, 47120), under the scientifique direction of Dr. Illo Humphrey, Ph. D., and und the high Patronage of the City of Duras. This theme, implying a wide rang of interdisciplinary and integrated research, namely: the philosophy of numbers and proportions (arithmetic – mathematics, music, geometry, astronomy, the philosophy of moral ethics, the philosophy of image painting (Iconography), the philosophy of sense perception, the philosophy of the cognitive process, etc., has already given rise to great enthusiasm, not only on the part of the general public in Aquitania, but also on the part of specialized Institutions around the world doing research on subjects related to Boethius, among which : the IBS (International Boethius Society, USA), the CESR (Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance at the Université François Rabelais of Tours, l'IRHT-CNRS at Orléans-la-Source, the Faculty de Music de the Ionian University at Corfu in Greece, the SWIF (Sito Web Italiano per la Filosofia), etc. This event, destined for both a large Aquitanian and international audience sensitive to the protection of the tangible and intangible cultural, scientific-philosophical and educational heritage, is presented within the framework of the annual Medieval Festivities of the Valley of the Dropt and the Valley of the Bastides, as well as in close conjunction with the cultural activities of the City of Duras, and under the aupices of the Conseil général of Lot-et-Garonne, the Conseil Régional of Aquitania, the DRAC of Aquitania, the Communauté de Communes of Duras.

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