Émilie Du Châtelet's clandestine philosophy

Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin will be giving a talk on Émilie Du Châtelet's clandestine philosophy for the Turin Postgraduate Workshop in the History of Thought.

On January 15, 2024 5pm-7pm University of Turin and Zoom: Join the meeting!

Turin Postgraduate Workshop in the History of Thought

Thematic workshop on the history of thought hosted by the University of Turin. The workshop brings together early-stage researchers and established scholars from different fields of historical inquiry. Activities focus mainly on the (Early- and Late-) Modern and Contemporary periods. The working languages are English, French and Italian.
The workshop is organized by the students (38th cycle) in History of Philosophical and Scientific Thought of the Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium (FINO) doctoral program. The scientific coordinators of the initiative are Giuseppe Cospito (University of Pavia), Paola Rumore (University of Turin) and Paolo Tripodi (University of Turin).

Non-standard sources in the history of thought

What is a non-standard source in the history of thought? Focusing on different kinds of historical documents (e.g., translations, poems, diaries and travel reports, clandestine literature and replications of chymical experiments), the talks will highlight some nuances of this quality of 'being non-standard' for a historical source. What does the history of modern philology tell us about the history of ordinary language philosophy in the U.S.? And how does reproducing the experiments performed by sixteenth-century alchemists help us understand how mineral resources were studied (and exploited) in pre-industrialized Europe? A non-standard quality in historical sources also surfaces whenever they do not meet the gold standard of knowledge production in a given historical period. Why Early-Modern philosophy was cast in verses from time to time and circulated in clandestine trajectories? And what is the relationship between the production of natural histories in Early-Modern Europe and the development of natural knowledge in more remote areas of the globe at that time?

What is twist!?

twist! is a thematic workshop on the history of thought hosted by the University of Turin. The workshop brings together early-stage researchers and established scholars from different fields of historical inquiry. Activities focus mainly on the (Early- and Late-) Modern and Contemporary periods. The working languages are English, French and Italian.