Job: Postdoc History of Eighteenth Century Medicine, 0.7 fte (Groningen University; Deadline 14 February 2016)

The Center of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts, welcomes applications for an 18 month postdoc position (0.7 fte) to conduct research in the history of Boerhaavian medicine in the eighteenth century. The postdoc project is embedded in the NWO Vidi project “Vital Matters. Boerhaave’s Chemico-Medical Legacy and Dutch Enlightenment Culture”, supervised by Dr Rina Knoeff. Lees meer…

Blog: Waar zijn de vrouwen van de VU? (Sjoerd Huiskamp)

Door Sjoerd Huiskamp

Recent vroeg Ad Valvas in een interview met universiteitshistoricus Ab Flipse, naar aanleiding van de lancering van het ‘Geheugen van de VU’, zich af waar de vrouwen van de VU waren. Zo zijn er in de personendatabase op de website, met 152 VU’ers, slechts 6 vrouwen te vinden. De database is nog niet compleet, maar feit is dat in de begintijd niet al teveel vrouwen aan de VU verbonden waren. De eerste vrouwelijke hoogleraar werd bijvoorbeeld pas in 1949 benoemd. Is er iets meer te zeggen over de vrouwen die in de beginperiode wel aan de VU te vinden waren?

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Huygens ING and Leiden University present an online edition-in-progress of the Letters of Carolus Clusius

Huygens ING and the Scaliger Institute (Leiden University Libraries) present an ‘edition-in-progress’ of the correspondence of Carolus Clusius, using the collaborative editing tool eLaborate. Carolus Clusius (1526-1609) was one of the central figures of the so-called botanical renaissance of the sixteenth century. His vast correspondence has already gained considerable attention from biologists and historians, but a complete edition was never realized. Lees meer…

Call for Papers: Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960): Ways of Viewing Science and Society (Amsterdam, 9 & 10 June 2016; Deadline 31 January 2016)

Anton Pannekoek was both a prominent astronomer and socialist theorist. The links between his two fields of work have, however, received little attention. Yet, Pannekoek was far from alone in combining radical politics with a career in science. What were the links between Pannekoek’s two careers? How should we understand his particular ‘ways of viewing’ both the stars and society? What role do questions of perception and aesthetics play in his work? And how does the relation between science, art and society in Pannekoek’s case compare to the way other contemporary scientists, artists and social activists viewed this relationship? Lees meer…