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Lecture | The Science and Art of Manuscripts

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Hosted by the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies Professor Amir Zekrgoo | A 17th century Illustrated Manuscript of Shahnameh: An Analytical Study Shahnameh, “The Book of Kings”, is the Iranian national epic that was composed in the late 10th century CE by the Iranian poet Abu al-Qasim Ferdowsi. This lecture presents analytical research on an outstanding historical illustrated manuscript of Shahnameh, dated 1021 AH (1612-1613 CE), preserved in the collection of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Professor…

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Symposium | A Body of Knowledge, Melbourne University

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Ruth Hutchinson, Sympathetic ear 2005, graphite, Collection of John and Irene Sutton

A Body of Knowledge Symposium The University of Melbourne Medical Science is much more than a single discipline, it intersects with art, technology philosophy and history. This symposium will consider the medical body from a number of perspectives. The morning sessions explore forensic and scientific innovations as well as considering the social and cultural history of the Melbourne Medical School. The afternoon sessions probe what happens when artists investigate the boundaries of anatomy, historically through models and images, and in the future, where technological evolution challenges our ideas of what…

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Call for Papers: ‘Science and the Arts in the Long Eighteenth Century’

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Annual SEASECS Meeting – ‘Science and the Arts in the Long Eighteenth Century’ Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 3-5 March 2011 Proposals due by 1 November 2020 The 37th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS) will be held 3-5 March 2011 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. The theme for the conference will be “Science and the Arts in the Long Eighteenth Century.” The deadline for submission of paper proposals and full panels is 1 November 2010. The eighteenth century has sometimes been seen…

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