Both coeval with and perhaps essential to the development of modern science, the history of print culture offers a significant humanist perspective on the history of scientific practices and provides an important context for examining the historical relations between C.P. Snow's 'two cultures'. This workshop will pursue related themes in the area of science and print culture from the early to the middle modern era, with an emphasis on exploring practices of producing and reading scientific texts in print, as well as on kinds of scientific publication, especially the scientific periodical and other forms of serialized publication. As a forum for promoting interdisciplinary conversation among graduate students, faculty, and other scholars of literature, history, history of science, history of medicine,communications, and information access, our monthly meetings will include guest lecturers and discussion of pre-circulated readings.
During the fall semester we will generally meet once a month on Thursdays at 3:00pm (please see the events page for details). The first meeting is Thursday, September 24.
