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THE RUTTER PROJECT
Early modern nautical rutters (sailing directions) are the earliest Western documents that testify to the stable and regular lived experience of traversing the earth’s oceans on a global, planetary scale.
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Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers
Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers On the occasion of the anniversary of the “Juntas de Badajoz-Elvas”, we propose a workshop to reflect on the novel partitions of power and notions of space that the Iberian kingdoms adopted in the early modern period. More specifically, we expect to discuss how such novel partitions of power and…
Seminário Ásia-Europa, 1500-1800: Literatura marítima do Índico: problemas, encontros, métodos
Seminário Ásia-Europa, 1500-1800: Literatura marítima do Índico: problemas, encontros, métodos "Seminário Ásia-Europa, 1500-1800: Literatura marítima do Índico: problemas, encontros, métodos" com Juan Acevedo e Inês Bénard da Costa. Este seminário representa uma colaboração institucional entre o Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) e o Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (CIUHCT). Faculdade de…
Science & World Philologies: A Match Made in the Nine Heavens
Science & World Philologies: A Match Made in the Nine Heavens Juan Acevedo "Science & World Philologies: A Match Made in the Nine Heavens" This talk will elaborate on the relation between philology and theoretical and applied science. That is, we will consider a timeless critical approach to the world classics, through an exacting training…
A Global Earth in the Classroom
A Global Earth in the Classroom Just published: David Salomoni (Editor) "A Global Earth in the Classroom". Leiden, Brill Publishers, 2024, 158 pp. More info about the book here.
Marie Curie Alumni Association 2024 annual conference
Silvana Munzi presented "From the past to the future: how modern technologies aid the study of early-modern manuscripts" (S. Munzi, J. Acevedo, M. Cataldo, L. Giurgevich) at the 2024 annual conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association. From the past to the future: how modern technologies aid the study of early-modern manuscripts "From the past…
The Word and the Sword – Early Modern Spanish Pacific Studies and its Challenges, Opportunities, and Outlook
David Salomoni will participate in the roundtable "Situating the Philippines in Early Modern Iberian Studies" at the workshop "The Word and the Sword - Early Modern Spanish Pacific Studies and its Challenges, Opportunities, and Outlook". Situating the Philippines in Early Modern Iberian Studies David Salomoni will participate in the roundtable "Situating the Philippines in Early…
O princípio da Primavera e o alinhamento dos planetas
O princípio da Primavera e o alinhamento dos planetas Inês Bénard "O princípio da Primavera e o alinhamento dos planetas" O equinócio da Primavera é recebido em todo o mundo com um conjunto de significados diversos, e teve implicações importantes na história da astronomia. Que implicações tiveram os movimentos dos astros nas áreas do conhecimento,…
Jan Huygen van Linschoten´s Itinerario: a decaying commercial portrait of Portuguese Asia?
Jan Huygen van Linschoten´s Itinerario: a decaying commercial portrait of Portuguese Asia? Just published: Nuno Vila-Santa, "Jan Huygen van Linschoten´s Itinerario: a decaying commercial portrait of Portuguese Asia?" in Espelhos de Mercúrio. A representação do comércio nas Monarquias Ibéricas, 1500-1800, edited by Pablo Sánchez León, Carla Vieira and Nina Vieira, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de…
The Rutter Logo
The Rutter Logo captures the notion of what a rutter is, with some poetic license. Oceanic Rutters are instructions to perform regular long-distance sea voyages. The voyage is represented by the blue line; its shape is somewhat akin to the India Run, with its famous contour around Africa; the two reflected R’s, signify the outbound and inbound voyages; the double tt can be assimilated to the “pillars of Hercules”. The Rutter Logo was designed by Luís Ribeiro.