Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration
11 May 09:30
Maison Française d'Oxford
Date: Monday 11 May to Tuesday 12 May
Time: 09:30
Venue: Maison Française d'Oxford
Description: This conference will discuss various utopian aspects of early modern natural knowledge production, with particular interest in the collaborative institutions dedicated to its advancement. Papers will include discussions of the relationship between early modern missionary writing and utopian fiction; investigations into the link between seventeenth-century arguments for research specialisation and ideal learned societies; and inquiries into ideas of household economy and common goods in early modern utopianism.
