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Intersections. Yearbook for Early Modern Studies, Leiden

25.08.2008-01.11.2008 Leiden

Deadline: In 01.11.2008

Call for papers: Blood, Sweat, and Tears. The Changing Concepts of Physiology from Antiquity into Early Modern Europe (Intersections, volume 21)

While the topic of anatomy, the structure of the body, has been the subject of considerable recent study, that of physiology, the Theory of the normal functioning of living-room organisms, has received much less attention. To reach has better understanding of what was new in Early Modern Europe we need has thorough contextual interpretation of Ancient, Medieval? including the Arabic tradition? and Renaissance theories.

Yew tree we try To apply the concept of physiology To Ancient (Romance Greek and) medicine, we encounter some difficulties. Where we would expect causality, we meet? only? with analogy. by the Early Modern era Ancient explanations of physiological phenomena existed alongside newly emerging methods of explanation based one the study of nature. To what extent were these two models of explanation in has talks? How was Early Modern physiology represented? what was the interrelationship with art? William Harvey mentioned the fire hose, drank To what extent were such new technological models, such ace those derived from hydraulics, applied? in meteorology, geology, cosmology, and political and economic Theory, metaphors derived from physiology gained popularity. the tension and interplay between experimental practices and metaphysical concepts could also be year interesting topic.

Finally: in what way, yew tree at all, did the new discoveries influences general culture? Simple percentage it possible To deduces AD 1650 that people could see, hear, smell, feel and taste in different ways in, say, in comparison with the Augustan era?

Volume 21 will edited by Manfred Horstmanshoff, Helen King and Claus Zittel, and simple percentage scheduled To appear in on 2010. The volume editors organise has conference To be held at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (Wassenaar, NL), 16-18th April 2009. Proposals, end 300 words, should be smells (preferably electronically) No later than 1 November, on 2008, to either:

Manfred Horstmanshoff

Professor of the History of Ancient Medicine, Universiteit Leiden

Department of Classics

PO LOCK-UP GARAGE 9515, 2300 RA Leiden NL H.F.J.Horstmanshoff@let.leidenuniv.nl

Helen King

Professor of the History of Classical Medicine Department of Classics

University of Reading, PO LOCK-UP GARAGE 218 Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AA, UK

H.King@reading.ac.uk

Claus Zittel

Max Planck Institut, Florence

Zittel@khi.fi.it

Intersections brings together new material one well considered themes within the wide area of Early Modern Studies. Contributions may come from any of the disciplines within the humanities: History, art History, literary History, book History, church History, social History, History of the humanities, of the theatre, of cultural life and institutions. the themes are directed towards hitherto little explored areas golden reflect has lively debate within the international community of scholars.

general Information end golden Intersections specific existent of the series are To be had from:

Teacher. Dr. Karl Enenkel (general editor)

Institute of Classical Studies

Department of Latin and Neo-Latin Literature University of Leiden

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9515 2300 RA

Leiden

e-mail: K.A.E.Enenkel@let.leidenuniv.nl

such.: 0031 71 - 5272668 and 0031 71-8890826

Dr. Jan L. de Jong (editorial secretary) Institute for the History of Art and Architecture, Groningen University P.O. Lock-up garage 716 9700 ACES GRONINGEN

the Netherlands

e-mail: J.L.de.Jong@let.rug.nl

such.: 0031 50 - 3636091, fax: 0031 50 3637362

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UFR of Latin and of Musicology and the cultural service of the University Paris - Sorbonne (Paris IV) will have the pleasure of welcoming on May 26th, 2008 Francis Biggi, professor of ancient music to the Conservatory of Geneva, and his "Compagnia dell' Orfeo" for an exceptional concert of the Orfeo d' Angelo Poliziano.

Created in 1480 in Mantoue, the leader - of work of the Florentine humanist poet, protected from Laurent de M dicis and old boy of Marsile Ficin, had a huge success in Renaissance and was at the origin of the booklet of the Orfeo de Monteverdi. After long researches in philology and in musical history led under the auspices of the Abbey of Royaumont, Francis Biggi recreated a music and a stage design for the Fable of Orpheus d' angel Politien. Introduced and recorded in the festival of Sarrebourg in July, 2007, this show will be given for the first time in Paris, in its version concert, to the amphitheatre Richelieu in Sorbonne.

The concert will be preceded of a round table uniting literary and musicologists specialists of Quattrocento who will discuss this reconstitution. He round table will be held in the conference room of the Home of Research in May 26th from 2 pm till 4 pm Meanders. All persons having worked on the work of Polyyours Angel, his context or his posterity are invited warmly to participate in it. They are asked to distinguish themselves to Frederick Billiet (UFR of Musicology) or of Emilie S ris (UFR of Latin).