Historiography of Science in Antiquity, Medieval Ages and Renaissance

18 Outubro 2021, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Continuação da aula anterior.

Historiography of Science in Antiquity, Medieval Ages and Renaissance

18 Outubro 2021, 16:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Continuação da aula anterior.

Historiography of Science in Antiquity, Medieval Ages and Renaissance

11 Outubro 2021, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

The history of science was born as the history of ancient science.

• The first works of history of science appeared in the 4th century BC. The case of Eudemus.

• The role of Plato's Akademus and Aristotle's Lyceum in the development of the history of ancient science.

• Heurematography and the 'Greek Miracle'.

• The appropriation of Greek science by the Arabs in the 8th-10th centuries.

• Polydore Vergil's De rerum inventoribus.

• Sacred biography

• The first history of Renaissance mathematicians and physicians.

Historiography of Science in Antiquity, Medieval Ages and Renaissance

11 Outubro 2021, 16:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

The history of science was born as the history of ancient science.

• The first works of history of science appeared in the 4th century BC. The case of Eudemus.

• The role of Plato's Akademus and Aristotle's Lyceum in the development of the history of ancient science.

• Heurematography and the 'Greek Miracle'.

• The appropriation of Greek science by the Arabs in the 8th-10th centuries.

• Polydore Vergil's De rerum inventoribus.

• Sacred biography

• The first history of Renaissance mathematicians and physicians.

Making history, from postcolonial studies to the “big history”

4 Outubro 2021, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Postcolonial Studies, Subaltern Studies, and Eurocentrism

• History and cultural studies

• Myriad “turns”, from cultural to animal

• Microstoria (Italian but not only)

• Histoire croisée and connected story

• World history and global history

• The present tense: the history manifesto and big history

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

Mandatory reading: Sarah Maza, “How is History Produced”, in id., Thinking about History (Chicago & Londres, 2017), cap. 4, pp. 118-156.