*Correction to details circulated earlier*
The Spring Meeting of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
(SHAC):
*In the Beginning: Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry*
Saturday 16 March 2013
13.00 to 17.30
Richard Eden Room, Gillian Beer House, Clare Hall (West Court site),
Herschel Road, Cambridge
The early sources of alchemy, chemistry and chemical technology -
influential antique and early medieval works, composed in Greek, Syriac,
Arabic, and Hebrew - remain relatively little known, and present unique
challenges to scholarship. This meeting showcases the most up-to-date work
on these intriguing sources: both shedding new light on early ideas,
practices and authorities, and evaluating their impact on the development
of western alchemy and chemistry.
The meeting celebrates the completion of the first volume of a new series,
*Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry*. The series will provide
monograph-length critical editions and English translations of influential
works of early alchemy and chemistry, to be included in subscriptions to
the Society's journal, Ambix.
Programme:
Lawrence M. Principe (Johns Hopkins University): "Early Sources of Alchemy
and Chemistry"
Matteo Martelli (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): "Zosimus and the First
Book of Alchemy"
Gabriele Ferrario (Cambridge University Library): "Judaeo-Arabic Alchemy in
the Cairo Genizah"
Sébastien Moureau (Université catholique de Louvain): "Elixir and Ferment,
Alchemy and Medicine: The Link Between Pseudo-Avicenna's De anima, Roger
Bacon, and Pseudo-Aristotle's Secretum secretorum"
Jennifer Rampling (University of Cambridge): "Plotting the Future of
Medieval Alchemy"
Roundtable discussion
Full programme here: http://www.ambix.org/sources/
Registration is £10 (£6 for students and SHAC members). Online registration
here: http://www.ambix.org/registration-form/
Colloquium organized by SHAC, with support from the British Society for the
History of Science and the Charles Singleton Center for the Study of
Pre-Modern Europe.
Please contact Jennifer Rampling with any queries: [log in to unmask]
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Jennifer Rampling
Research Fellow
Department of History and
Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RH
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