'Secrets and Knowledge: Medicine, Science and Commerce, 1500-1800' symposium to be held at Cambridge University on 15-16 February 2008. (360G-Wellcome-084167_Z_07_Z)

£3,000

Secrets played a central role in transformations in medical and scientific knowledge in early modern Europe. As a new fascination with novelty began to take hold from the lat fifteenth century, Europeans thirsted for previously unknown details about the natural world: new plants, animals, and other objects from nature, new recipies for medical and alchemical procedures, new knowledge about the human body, and new facts about the way nature worked. These 'secrets' became popular items of commerce and trade, as the quest for new and exclusive bits of natural knowledge met the vibrant early modern marketplace. Whether disclosed widely in print or kept more circumspect in manuscripts, secrets helped drive an expanding interest in nature throughout early modern Europe. The conference will provide a much-needed forum to explore recent research on the circulation of secrets in medieval and early modern medicine and science. As the first conference in over two decades to focus exclusively on this crucial genre, it will assess the advances and transformations in our understanding of secrets' role in the development of natural knowledge across early modern Europe.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 3000
Applicant Surname Rankin
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2007-10-17T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2007/08
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 084167/Z/07/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Alisha Rankin
Partnership Value 3000
Planned Dates: End Date 2008-03-14T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2008-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region East of England