Cosmology, Astrology and Globalization in Early Modern Navigation”

Online workshop, by the RUTTER project, organized by Luís Ribeiro and Henrique Leitão.

Information 

luisribeiro@me.com

Abstract

This international workshop explores the role of astrological practices in the global navigations of the early modern period, their adaptation to the new world and the southern hemisphere, the related matters of cosmology, natural philosophy, as well as timekeeping and calendars aboard ships.

PROGRAM

(on-line edition, all times are GMT/WET)

14:00–14:15 · Welcome and introduction

14:15–14:45
Navigating by the stars: the other side
Luís Ribeiro (Universidade de Lisboa)

14:45–15:15
"Stars about which neither astrologers nor sailors have written”. Stellar influences in early modern Chronicles on South American lands.
Tayra Lanuza Navarro (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)

15:15—15:30 · Tea Break 15:30–16:00
What astrology might have looked like in early colonial Brazil? Some conjectures from and about archival absences
Thomás Haddad (Universidade de São Paulo)

16:00–16:30
Stoeffler in Spain: Cosmology and Astrology in Mapping the New World
Josefina Rodriguez Arribas (Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität)

16:30–17:00
Time on board: preliminary remarks on calendars, motion of the moon, and tides in sixteenth century navigation.
Henrique Leitão and José Madruga (Universidade de Lisboa)

17:00-17:15 · Closing remarks and discussion