Patterns and Principles in Rens Bod: december 2016

vrijdag 23 december 2016

A New History of the Humanities among “Books of the Year”

The Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) has selected "A New History of the Humanities" as one of the "Books of the Year". They seem to refer to the new paperback edition of my book which came out in North America in January 2016, so yes, it's really this year.

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donderdag 8 december 2016

Fellowships in History of Humanities

At the Vossius Center for the History of Humanities and Sciences, several research fellowships in History of Humanities are available. These fellowships are meant to stay up to three months at the University of Amsterdam.

Click here for applying for the Vossius Fund for Research Fellows.

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31 december 2023: Ik spreek in "OVT" over het tragische einde van Taqi al-Din's observatorium

12 December 2023: Lecture at VUB Brussels: "What kind of knowledge is the pursuit of meaning?"

On 12 December at 16.15h, I will give a talk at the KIIP seminar entitled "What kind of knowledge is the pursuit of meaning?". In this talk I will present a longue durée exploration of meaning-making from a global perspective. I argue that a total of 185 distinct meaning-making practices can be discerned that can be grouped into 30 themes. I discuss a number of general patterns and principles that can be found in meaning-making practices across the world and will go into the question as to what kind of knowledge meaning-making actually is. For more info, see https://events.vub.be/kiip-seminar-rens-bod

14-15 November 2023: Online Workshop "Epistemic Transfer in the Humanities"

On 14 November I will give a brief presentation to introduce the workshop on Epistemic Transfer in the History of the Humanities. Why and how do humanities disciplines borrow knowledge from one another? Under what conditions has knowledge transfer been (un)successful in the past? And what light, if at all, do historical examples shed on current forms of (inter)disciplinarity? If you're interested in these questions, join our online workshop. For more info, see https://www.historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-meetings/workshop-epistemic-transfer/

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vrijdag 23 december 2016

A New History of the Humanities among “Books of the Year”

donderdag 8 december 2016

Fellowships in History of Humanities