Early Modern Center Conference: Science and Technology, 1500-1800

The Early Modern Center of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with the Transcriptions Project, invites scholars to attend a conference on the Center’s 2007-2008 theme, “Science & Technology, 1500-1800.”
This one-day interdisciplinary conference will be a forum to explore the interrelated fields of science and technology in the early modern period. We conceive of science and technology as a broad range of social and cultural practices, cultural and historical formations, and epistemological perspectives. How and why were systems of knowledge created and proliferated? What particular scientific developments participated in the exploration of the body, the mind, time, and space? How were individuals, communities, and nations affected by new systems of knowledge, particular objects or hardware, or advanced procedures to accomplish tasks?

The program (available online here) will consist of ten panelists representing a variety of disciplines, as well as the following keynote talks:

Online registration for the conference is available here.

For more information about the conference, the Early Modern Center, and the Transcriptions Project at UCSB, please visit the conference website.

The conference is sponsored by the Early Modern Center; the College of Letters & Sciences (Division of Humanities and Fine Arts); UCSB Graduate Division; the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center; the Department of Theater & Dance; the Department of History of Art and Architecture; the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; the Department of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies; the Comparative Literature Program; the Department of History; and the Women’s Studies Program.