Call for Papers
Authority and Authorities in Thomas Browne and His Contemporaries: A
Symposium
Saturday 21st April 2007, University of Leeds
This day-long symposium will examine how early modern writers – especially
but not exclusively those involved in natural philosophy – claim, invoke,
construe, query or undermine authority and authorities. This is the second
session of the ‘Thomas Browne Seminar’, but papers are by no means confined
to Browne’s works. In particular, we hope to encourage papers on the
following:
• the establishment of ‘scientific’ authority;
• classical and/or biblical literature as sources of authority – or
otherwise;
• the development of an authoritative, ‘scientific’, style.
Contact: Kevin Killeen ([log in to unmask]) or Karen
Edwards ([log in to unmask])
For details of the first Thomas Browne Seminar, see:
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/english/tbs/
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