Distinguished Visiting Lecturers Series
2007-8 Theme: "Imagining the Human"
CURRENT LECTURE
Dr. Paula Findlen
Professor of Italian History and Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program, Stanford University
"After Leonardo: The Artist as Scientist in Seventeenth-Century Italy"
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30pm
Paula Findlen is Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Stanford. She specializes in the rise of modern science, medicine, and technology during the European Renaissance and especially in Italy. The author of Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy, she is currently at work on a project entitled "The Women Who Understood Newton: Laura Bassi and Her World."
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LOCATION: Avaya Auditorium (ACE 2.302). Free of charge.
Dr. Findlen's book will be made available for purchase before and after the event by Follett's Intellectual Property in their "Upcoming Events" section.
For more information, please contact the Institute at (512) 471-2654 or information@humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu.