“THE MAKING OF THE HUMANITIES”

First International Conference on the History of the Humanities

Organized under the auspices of the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

23-25 October 2008,
University of Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

This conference aims at bringing together scholars and historians of
the various humanities disciplines to draw the outlines for a
comparative history of the humanities. Although there exist separate
histories of single humanities disciplines, a comparative history
would satisfy a long-felt need, and fill a conspicuous gap in
intellectual history.

Call for Abstracts:

We invite submissions that explore the connections between different
disciplines in the history of the humanities. While the focus is on
the early modern period when the humanities started to emerge (roughly
1400-1800), we also welcome proposals for papers exploring interesting
links with earlier or later periods. Topics include all aspects of the
history of philology, linguistics, logic, rhetoric, music theory, ‘ars
historica’ and ‘ars poetica’, with an emphasis on their interrelations
as well as their impact on the natural sciences, philosophy and
theology, and on the broader cultural and political context. An edited
book with a prominent publisher is planned, with the provisional title
“Another History of Science: The Making of the Humanities”.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 July 2008
Notification of acceptance: 20 July 2008
Date of the conference: 23-25 October 2008

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/MakingHumanities/

Тази статия е публикувана на четвъртък, април 17th, 2008 в 15:31 в категория Събития. Можете да следите коментарите към тази публикация чрез RSS 2.0 емисия. Можете да коментирате или да поставите връзка от вашия сайт.