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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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XVIII Seminario Internacional “La Corte en Europa”
Aliados en Europa y rivales en el Globo? Diplomacia y espionaje marítimo entre Portugal y España en la época de Luís de Camões XVIII Seminario Internacional “La Corte en Europa” Nuno Vila-Santa (UAB - RUTTER project) will present “Aliados en Europa y rivales en el Globo? Diplomacia y espionaje marítimo entre Portugal y España…
Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers
Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers On the occasion of the anniversary of the “Juntas de Badajoz-Elvas”, this workshop aims to reflect on the novel partitions of power and notions of space that the Iberian kingdoms adopted in the early modern period. More specifically, to discuss how such novel partitions…
Cornelis Schilt
RUTTER seminar “Experimenting with the Past: Adventures in Maritime Archeology around the Indian Ocean" Cornelis Schilt "VERITRACE: Data-driven humanities". This talk presented the ERC project "VERITRACE - Traces de la Verité. The reappropriation of ancient wisdom in early modern natural philosophy". VERITRACE addresses the influence of ancient wisdom writings on the development of early modern…
11th European Society for the History of Science Conference
Inês Bénard participated in the 11th European Society for the History of Science conference. 4-7 September 2024, Barcelona (Spain) 11th European Society for the History of Science conference RUTTER member Inês Bénard participated in the 11th European Society for the History of Science conference and presented the talk "Travelling Through the Seasons: Sea Voyages in…
José Maria Moreno Madrid’s doctoral defense
José Maria Moreno Madrid has successfully completed his PhD and defended his doctoral thesis. José Maria Moreno Madrid's doctoral defense The RUTTER team is thrilled to announce that José Maria Moreno Madrid has successfully completed his PhD and defended his doctoral thesis! Congratulations for this incredible journey of hard work, dedication, and friendship.
Jornadas de Pós-graduação do Departamento de História e Filosofia da Ciência
Jornadas de Pós-graduação do Departamento de História e Filosofia da Ciência July 18, 2024, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Jornadas de Pós-graduação do Departamento de História e Filosofia da Ciência Inês Bénard "Práticas ibéricas e do Oceano Índico em contacto: uma dissertação em curso" 18th July 2024, Faculdade de Ciências da…
International Committee for the History of Technology 2024 conference
Carmo Lacerda participated in the 2024 conference of the International Committee for the History of Technology. 9-14 July 2024, online International Committee for the History of Technology 2024 conference RUTTER member Carmo Lacerda took part in the International Committee for the History of Technology 2024 annual meeting to present the paper "Who’s Guiding the Ship?…
Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies conference
Luana Giurgevich, Nuno Vila-Santa and Nuno Castel-Branco will participate to the 2024 conference of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. 8-12 July 2024, Lisbon, Portugal Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies conference RUTTER members will participate to the 2024 conference of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies: Luana Giurgevich “‘How–to–Navigate’…
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.