History of Knowledge

Readings, questions and assignments, week by week. Readings on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Week 3 28 September – 4 October This week

Fri 2 Oct

2016 Hands-on history

Hjalmar Fors, Lawrence M. Principe & H. Otto Sibum · Week 3, Friday 2 October

Ambix 63, pp. 85–97

Workshop: reconstructing an ink recipe (Nieuw-Gildestein, zaal 3.87).

Wed 7 Oct

2025 Hands-on history Images & copying

Jiayi Chen · Week 4, Wednesday 7 October

In S.A. Bendall & S. Dyer (eds.), Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe (Amsterdam University Press), pp. 163–184

Choose 2 of the 4 readings for this session; the others are optional. In class: draw a plant and keep the drawing for Friday’s workshop.