
Luis Ribeiro
@luisribeiro
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26-01-2009 21:04:37
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Today, Nuno Vila-Santa's book āKnowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe: Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th centuries)ā was presented by Henrique LeitĆ£o at the Academia de Marinha. More picture at: rutter-project.org/gallery/



At #ESHS2024, our collegue Alessandra Giliberto from Brill History met LuĆs Campos Ribeiro, author of "Jesuit Astrology". His work uncovers the surprising role of astrology in Jesuit science. Learn more: brill.ws/trc13 #JesuitAstrology #EarlyModernScience



Next Thursday and Friday, Neil Tarrant Cornelis J. Schilt and I will be hosting a conference on "Science and Christianity: A Global History, 1500ā1800" at the Portuguese National Library. Looking forward to it. #Histsci #Science #Religion


It was wonderful to participate last week in the conference on "Science and Christianity: A Global History, 1500ā1800" at the Portuguese National Library. Organised by Francisco Malta Romeiras Neil Tarrant Cornelis J. Schilt. Great discussions with colleagues and friends.



The ISCSD Book Talk October 24, 2024, at 15:00 CEST. Luis Ribeiro will discuss Jesuit Astrology: Prognostication and Science in Early Modern Culture,Ā published by Brill in 2023. criticaldivination.org/2024/09/18/iscā¦


š PATHS events are back for 2024/2025! Join us for two upcoming initiatives: 1ļøā£ La Philologie des Sciences Astrales: irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/semi⦠2ļøā£ Astronomus e<s>t Philologus: irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/jour⦠š¢ Call for contributions for event #1 is open until Nov 25! #HistoryofScience


Recently, I was invited to The ISCSD Book Talk ISCSD to discuss my book, āJesuit Astrology.ā I thank Dr Gang Li and Professor Michael Lackner for the invitation, as well as Jeffrey Kotyk and Francisco Malta Romeiras for their comments: youtu.be/GPB9RcJaEOo


On Friday I had the pleasure of attending Professor Burnettās retirement lecture and concert The Warburg Institute . A fantastic lecture, various lovely musical performances and a good time to reconnect with friends and colleagues.




My latest paper āIs astrology universal? Early modern globalization and the disruption of traditional knowledgeā was just published on the BJHS Editor from research made for RUTTER ERC Project It explores the impact of Early Modern globalization on astrology: doi.org/10.1017/S00070ā¦

Luis Ribeiro, Elisa Frei and I just published a lengthy paper titled Physiognomy, Complexion, and Ingenuity: The Management of Talent in the Society of Jesus, 1540-1773. It took us 5 y. of researching, discussing, and writing. tinyurl.com/sudxpe6p #twitterstorians #histsci



Comming soon from the RUTTER ERC Project an excelent collection of new studies on nautical rutters: aup.nl/en/book/978904ā¦

New book in the series now available to pre-order Amsterdam Univ Press Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600, editors Luis Ribeiro, David Salomoni & Henrique Leitão aup.nl/en/book/978904⦠Publication date: 30/7/2025

