We have a planned a number of exciting Scientiae panels for the Summer of 2022. The second set of panels will take place on Friday 10 June (9 and 11 AM EDT) and will be devoted to European Knowledge-Making
in the New Worlds. The program is as follows:

Friday 10 June, 9 AM EDT — Panel: Knowledge Making in the Wider World

• Carolyn Podruchny (York University), ““Dying in the North American Fur Trade: The Changing Meanings of the Tragic Tale of Jean Cadieux””
• Djoeke van Netten (Amsterdam), “The Dutch East India Company and Publishing Knowledge about the Wider World”
• Simon Kow (University of King’s College), “Indirect Encounters with Confucianism and neo-Confucianism in Enlightenment Philosophy, 1682–1748”
• Jaime Marroquin (Western Oregon University), “Plinian Natural History and the Indies of the West”

Friday 10 June, 11 AM EDT — Panel: How to Know What to Know in the Wider World”

• Mateusz Kapustka (Zurich University), “Tertullian among the Brahmins. Idolatry and Historical Knowledge in the 18th-century ‘Malabar Rites Controversy’”
• Margaret Schotte (York University), “’All the things necessary to know’: Instructions for East India Co. Mariners”
• Joyce Chen, (Princeton University), “Decentering Acoustical Knowledge at the Turn of Scientific Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of Music Theory Works by Marin Mersenne and Zhu Zaiyu”
• Comment: Peter Barker (Univ. of Oklahoma)

All sessions are free, but do pre-register for the Zoom link by sending a message to conference@scientiaeacademic.com.

For more information on Scientiae Summer Series, click here.

The programme for this event can be downloaded here.

We look forward to seeing you!

The Organising Committee: Richard Raiswell, Danielle Skjelver, and Vera Kirk