Call for Papers: AQUA Final Conference
09 September 2022 · 23h45
The AQUA final conference is the concluding event of the Horto Aquam Salutarem research project, financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PTDC/HAR-HIS/28627/2017). It will be held in Lisbon, on 26th and 27th of September 2022. The main objective is to present achievements and actively discuss, within an interdisciplinary context, the topic of water from a historical-scientific and historical-technological perspective.
More information is available at the link: https://aqua.ciuhct.org/final-conference-2022.
The conference committee invites researchers to propose an abstract indicating the theme of their 20-minute talk.
Following the research line of the AQUA project, topics are welcomed that lie within the general framework of the history of water in different declinations. In particular, this includes the theme of water from a historical-scientific and historical-technological point of view: topics such as the management of water resources, gardens' irrigation, water devices, water reuse, consumption of water, hydraulic treatises and water literature, fountains' design, and the heterogeneous group of actors enrolled in these activities between the early modern period and 1900.
The submission should indicate:
- Name, affiliation, email address
- An abstract of maximum 300 words
- A short biographical indication of the author (150 words)
Submissions should be sent to the following email address aqua@ciuhct.org
Submission deadline: September 9th, 2022