Silent Languages
Characters, Notes and Symbols in the Early Modern Period
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April 2002
CONFERENCE VENUE: 30 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WCl
The idea of this conference is to explore the diverse uses and functions of symbolic notation in the early modern period. Beginning with the question of the emergence of algebraic notation against a background of apparently 'unscientific' uses made of various kinds of symbolic notations in the 15th and 16th centuries, the conference organisers hope that this conference will stimulate a debate about the nature of the 'sign' and the 'symbol' in the Renaissance. Bringing together papers on algebra, Lullism, cryptography, universal languages, shorthand, the cabala, emblems, musical notation and magical characters we will explore the complex milieux in which symbolic notation emerged in the Renaissance through a wide range of interdisciplinary papers.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE: .Michael Bath. Thomas Leinkauf . J V Field. Hakan Hakansson . Thomas Ernst . Alan Stewart. Sue Wiseman
FEE: £30
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