"The making of early modern scientific knowledge: Objects, spaces, practices and epistemologies" to be held at the University of Warwick on 2-3 July 2010 (360G-Wellcome-091387_Z_10_Z)

This two-day symposium is the first UK-based attempt to bring together researchers working on knowledge production processes in Europe 1500-1800. The meeting has three main goals. Firstly, it will assess current 'state of play' in scholarship by fostering discussion amongst those working in varied aspects of the field. We aim to assemble an international group of scholars in various stages of their careers from a number of different disciplines including the history of medicine and science, global history and geography. Secondly, we will consider and assess a variety of early modern knowledge making processes, from informal experimentation to reading and writing natural philosophy, and the impact of these practices upon the development of medical and scientific knowledge. We will situate these processes within histories of early modern intellectual networks, histories of commerce, trade and consumption, histories of craft and artisanal skills and studies of experience and expertise. We will also focus upon broader issues such as the role played by gender, race and colonization upon knowledge production and dissemination. Finally, in terms of output, the meeting will generate a series of podcasts and a possible edited volume of essays.