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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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Café Ciências with Henrique Leitão
Café Ciências with Henrique Leitão Voltam os encontros com café e ciência na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa! As sessões de “Café Ciências” terão lugar às quartas-feiras, pelas 17h30, na Galeria Ciências, lugar da exposição “A Porta do Pacífico: Uma viagem cartográfica pelo Estreito de Magalhães”. A primeira sessão, no dia 22 de…
Marie Curie Alumni Association Annual Conference
Marie Curie Alumni Association Annual Conference February 24-25, 2023, Córdoba, Spain Silvana Munzi presented the lightening talk and the poster presentation "The Many Languages of Oceanic Navigation in the Early Modern Period” (S. Munzi, J. Acevedo, L. Giurgevich).
Nautical astrology: a forgotten early modern tradition
Nautical astrology: a forgotten early modern tradition Annals of Science Luís Campos Ribeiro "Nautical astrology: a forgotten early modern tradition" While the link between navigation and astronomy is quite evident and its history has been extensively explored, the prognosticatory element included in astronomical knowledge has been almost completely left out. In the early modern world,…
The long life of manuscripts: from material to immaterial texts
The long life of manuscripts: from material to immaterial texts RUTTER TRAINING SCHOOL: The long life of manuscripts: from material to immaterial texts This course provides a thorough overview of multidisciplinary approaches to early modern scientific writing practices. The course consists of three parts. The first is a theoretical part with lectures providing knowledge on…
I Seminario Internacional “Corte y Diplomacia”
Fracasos diplomáticos: errores, divergencias y rivalidades en la corte de la Monarquía Hispánica (siglos XVI-XVIII) March 23-24, 2023, Sala de Conferencias, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid I Seminario Internacional “Corte y Diplomacia” Nuno Vila-Santa will present the talk "Power,espionage and intrigues in the Franco-Iberian diplomatic relations: King Philip II’s court and…
Hi-Phi seminar
Hi-Phi seminar "Cosmological Diagrams between Sense and Reason" Juan Acevedo and Samuel Gessner present the Hi-Phi seminar "Cosmological Diagrams between Sense and Reason". 9 March, 18:00, room 2.2.12 Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.
Science & Astrology in China and Japan: Techniques and the Reading of Horoscopes in the Medieval Period
On 6 of February in Lisbon, Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk will offer a workshop on Science and Astrology in China and Japan. It will address the history and transmission of Indo-Iranian astrology to East Asia. Free participation but registration required. Email: theastraproject@gmail.com. February 6, 2023, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Science &…
Interview with David Salomoni
Rai Storia interviews David Salomoni Interview with David Salomoni on Rai Storia about his book "Magellano. Il primo viaggio intorno al mondo." 7 January, streaming available for Italy only.
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.