2024 #5, com David Salomoni (Università Straniere Siena, ERC RUTTER Project), "The Teaching of Mathematics in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany: Between Religion, Politics, and New Scientific Paradigms"

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The Teaching of Mathematics in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany: Between Religion, Politics, and New Scientific Paradigms

Resumo (em inglês)

This talk delves into 17th-century Tuscany as a pivotal region for examining the dynamics and conflicts that underpinned the emergence of new paradigms of knowledge in the early modern time. Tuscany, renowned for hosting prominent scientists and mathematicians, served as a central hub for technological, artistic, and philosophical advancements. Its geographical position within Italy and the Mediterranean facilitated the exchange of ideas and people across Europe, attracting influential thinkers like John Milton, not far from the scrutiny of the Roman Inquisition's more rigid factions. In this intellectually fertile yet politically charged environment, various religious teaching orders found fertile ground to establish their educational programs, often influenced by the unorthodox and heretical tendencies of 16th-century humanist educators. This presentation will traverse multiple disciplinary fields—including the history of science, scientific communication, and religious, educational, and cultural history—to explore the entanglements and the issues of these historiographical fields.

Sobre o orador

David Salomoni is an Assistant Professor in History of Education at the University for Foreigners of Siena. In 2022 he was awarded a Bernard Berenson Fellowship at the Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti, and in 2019 he was an Andrew Mellon Fellow at the University of Oklahoma. He worked for years as a postdoc researcher at the University of Lisbon with a project on geographical literacy in Early modern Europe.

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