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A Book on al-Khazini’s Book on the Balance of Wisdom
This project studies the book ’Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini’s Kitab Mizan al-hikma (The Book of the Balance of Wisdom). This project aims to produce a tra
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A draft English translation of Khazini’s book has been prepared. It is superior to the complete Russian and partial English, French, and German transl
Experience in Translation: Making Sense of Nature in the Premodern World
This working group presents a global palette of historical and philosophical studies on the ways in which experience—as a tool and object of science—t
The Scholarly Experience: Wisdom in the Syriac World (Fourth–Twelfth Century)
In Syriac scholarship, knowledge was intimately tied to the scholar as a person who possessed it. It was firmly embedded in the web of customs, morals
Thinking in Many Tongues
This working group and reading seminar, running over two years in 2016–17, brought together around a dozen historians and philologists with diverse ki
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Reading Seminar, 5 October 2016 Etymology , Participants, Wolfgang Behr
Lorraine Daston in an interview in Die Zeit on rules and gender in language
Go To Article (German, Paywall)Lorraine Daston im Interview in der Zeitung Die Zeit über gendergerechte Sprache
Zum Artikel (deutsch, paywall)Kaitlin Sager
Kaitlin Sager studies medieval literature at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is...
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Scientific Questions Then and Now
This group examines questions related to experience that seem to recur in the history of science and philosophy. We invite practicing scientists, hist
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David M. Robinson
Professor of History and Asian Studies at Colgate University (NY, USA), David Robinson explores ...
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The Prints and Printing Culture of the Old Uyghurs on the Northern Silk Road
This research project systematically investigates over 1500 thirteenth- to fourteenth-century Old Uyghur prints and closely compares them in terms of