Daoist Studies Sessions at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (Denver, Colorado, November 19–22)
Dear Friends of the Daoist Studies Unit,
We look forward to seeing you in Denver at the AAR. Here is the information on the four sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by the Daoist Studies Unit or with a strong Daoist Studies presence.
The co-chairs of the DSU
Jessey Choo (Rutgers University)
Jonathan Pettit, University of Hawai’i
A19-106
Chinese Religions Unit
Theme: Building and Sharing Open-Access Online Resources for the Study of Chinese Religions
Saturday, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Mary Jaharis Center Lectures: April 7 & April 12, 2022
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce two upcoming lectures:
Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 5:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom
Disentangling Alchemy
Alexandre Roberts, University of Southern California
Alexandre Roberts considers alchemy within the intellectual and artisanal activity of western Afro-Eurasia in the premodern period.
Mary Jaharis Center Lectures: April 7 & April 12, 2022
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce two upcoming lectures:
Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 5:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom
Disentangling Alchemy
Alexandre Roberts, University of Southern California
Alexandre Roberts considers alchemy within the intellectual and artisanal activity of western Afro-Eurasia in the premodern period.
Deadline Approaching (Jan 25): Beckman Center Fellowships at the Science History Institute
Beckman Center Fellowships – Call for Applications
UC Davis Early Science Workshop: Tara Nummedal, "Singing Nature’s Secrets: Michael Maier’s Atalanta fugiens (1618) and Furnace and Fugue (2020)."
Prof. Tara Nummedal (Brown University) will talk at the UC Davis Early Science Workshop about the new, digital edition of poet-alchemist Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens (1618), with scholarly commentary, which she co-edited with Donna Bialik. Combining word, image, and music in a beautifully realized, interactive format, Furnace and Fugue is a model for the creative potential of a digital edition of an early modern book. The talk will take place January 13th on Zoom from 4:30–6 PM Pacific Standard Time.
CfP: Applied Arts of Alchemy Virtual Symposium
Call for Papers
“The Applied Arts of Alchemy”
A Conference Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Abdisho bar Brikha
Syriac Christianity at the Crossroads of Culture: A Conference Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Abdisho of Nisibis
Pontificio Istitito Orientale, Rome
8-9 November 2018
Gotha manuscript workshop: Alchemy in the Islamicate world”, 28-29 September 2018
Dear Colleagues
I should like to draw your attention to a workshop to be held at the Research Library in Gotha, Germany,
Best, Regula
