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First Dutch International Summer School in the History of Science

First Dutch International Summer School in the History of Science
Utrecht, 3 - 16 July 2005

Aim

The summer school will be organized around the rich collection of
historical scientific instruments from the last 500 years kept at Utrecht,
and all sessions will employ actual instruments. The emphasis will be on
hands-on experience. Examination and testing of historical instruments
will be combined with an investigation of the historical records
surrounding their employment, the functions they fulfilled within the
evolution of scientific disciplines, the rituals of which they formed part,
and their wider societal significance.

Participants will be invited to carry out actual experiments with
historical tools and to consider both tools and experimental results from a
series of methodological angles. They will be exposed to the whole
range of instruments from serially fabricated scientific machinery to paper
tools. They will be shown the complex and often problematic role of a
given instrument within the formation, dissemination or refutation of a
scientific theory. They will also be introduced to new ways of
understanding instruments as agents of scientific change, as problematic
oracles of silent nature, and as icons of cultural identity.

Furthermore, they will hear about curatorial aspects of instrument
accessing and restoration. Finally, they will be involved in discussions
surrounding the functions of science museums and collections of
historical instruments.

The summer school, which is jointly organized by historians of science
and curators of scientific instruments, is intended for graduate
students and young scholars interested in historic scientific instruments.

Although the Summer School will take place in Utrecht it will include
sessions at the Museum Boerhaave, Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, Teylers
Museum, and Collection Peter Louwman.


Speakers will include:
William Andrewes, Paolo Brenni, Thomas Dohmen, Sven Dupré, Marian
Fournier, Albert van Helden, Anke te Heesen, Peter Heering, Jan Hogendijk,
Stephen Johnston, Christoph Lüthy, Frans van Lunteren, Bert Nederbragt,
Rob van Gent, Peter Louwman, Willem Mörzer Bruyns, Lodewijk Palm, Carla
Rita Palmerino, Jutta Schickore, Henning Schmidgen, Klaus Staubermann,
Diederick Wildeman, and others.


Organisation:
Utrecht Institute for the History and Foundations of Science
& University Museum Utrecht
& Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy, Radboud
University Nijmegen

Target group:
Graduate students and young academics and curators interested in the
history of scientific instruments

Number of participants:
Maximum 15

Fee:
895 Euro (includes tuition, accommodation, lunches, and excursions)

Accommodation:
Arranged through the University

Place:
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Period:
3--16 July 2005

Deadline for application:
15 March 2005

http://www.gewina.nl/summerschool2005/welkom.html

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