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-> Renaissance science in Tempe 4/11-13/02
     by "Carol Colatrella" 

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Date: 27 Mar 2001 02:39:02 -0800
From: "Carol Colatrella" 
Subject: Renaissance science in Tempe 4/11-13/02

**APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING**

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                     Renaissance Society of America
                       Tempe, AZ, April 11-13 2002

                  Ancient Science in the Renaissance

Convinced that it would be worth to organize a panel on the assimilation
of
ancient science during the Renaissance, I would like to get in contact
with
colleagues interested in this topic.

I am thinking of questions like the collections of manuscripts on
determined
topics, the critical editions of scientific texts, their Latin
translations
and/or commentaries, the market of books, their diffusion and
circulation,
and, hence, the dissemination of ideas, the introduction of works into
the
university curriculum (or, on the contrary, the disappearance of some
from
the curriculum), the effect of the availability of new texts on methods
of
teaching, their impact on the discipline they deal with (including the
polemic they provoked in certain cases), or on the profession they are
related with, including the possible effect on society of the
phenomenon,
or, and among others, the possible re-evaluation of medieval and Arabic
culture at the light of the newly discovered works. Of course, all
scientific fields are considered, from natural and physical sciences to
mathematics and astronomy, for example, including medicine and pharmacy,
as
well as astrology and alchemy.

Deadline for the submission is May 1, 2001.

I invite the interested colleagues to contact me, in order to determine
if
it will be possible to organize such a panel. Proposals should include
title
of the proposed paper, abstract (no longer than 150 words), full name
and
affiliation, audio-visual requirements (if any). Of course, suggestions,
reactions and comments are most than welcome.

Please send email to atouwaide@hotmail.com

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