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



At #ESHS2024, our collegue Alessandra Giliberto from Brill History met Luís 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, 1500–1800" 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, 1500–1800" 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, published by Brill in 2023. criticaldivination.org/2024/09/18/isc…



Recently, I was invited to The ISCSD Book Talk ISCSD to discuss my book, “Jesuit Astrology.” 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 Burnett’s 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 “Is astrology universal? Early modern globalization and the disruption of traditional knowledge” 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/S00070…

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/978904…

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

