2021-02-17 at 09:15:14
Ciutacu Sorin from West University of Timișoara (Romania)
will present The Royal Society in the Dutch Connection
Abstract
The paper focuses on two Dutch scholars, Isaac Vossius and Christiaan Huygens, who became members of the Royal Society in the 17th century. The author sets out to bring to light vivid philosophical and scientific ideas exchanged in their bulky correspondence with English members of the Royal Society like Henry Oldenburg and Isaac Newton and during the Dutch scholars' visits in London. The author concludes that this exchange laid the foundations for a brisk and rich intellectual network of co-operation in Europe.
In section
Cultural Studies