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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/

Four years ago, in August 2020, in the midst of lockdowns, we started the Ad Astra Podcast to keep the project active. Recorded a year ago, I’m glad to present the 60th episode with Professor Steven Vanden Broecke: youtu.be/u0w5bx76ukM

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

Just presented on the last panel of the “Visual Practices of Ancient and Mediaeval Astral Sciences” at the 11th ESHS conference in Barcelona. It was a great conference. Interesting talks and the opportunity to meet colleagues in person!

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.

Excited to have CHAMA sponsor the symposia ‘Visual Practices of Ancient and Mediaeval Astral Sciences,’ org. by Eleonora Andriani & Stefan Zieme at the 11th ESHS Conference in Barcelona! 🌟 Here's a snapshot of our brilliant speakers! ESHS #historyofastronomy

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…

🚀 PATHS events are back for 2024/2025! Join us for two upcoming initiatives: 1️⃣ La Philologie des Sciences Astrales: irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/semi… 2️⃣ Astronomus e<s>t Philologus: irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/jour… 📢 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, “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.

Today we are hosting the fourth edition of the Early Modern Knowledge workshop. CIUHCT CIÊNCIAS ULisboa

Is #astrology universal? Luís Ribeiro explores the relationship between #cosmology and #MaritimeExpansion in the #EarlyModern period in his paper published in The British Journal for the History of Science. doi.org/10.1017/S00070… #history #histsci #globalization #Ptolemy

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

My new paper on the astronomy-geographical discussion on the New World produced under the umbrella of the RUTTER ERC Project: estudiosamericanos.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estu… CIUHCT

The RUTTER project is approaching its conclusion. These have been intense years of work, research, and knowledge sharing. We’ll say goodbye with a final workshop on May 22–24 at the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, in Lisbon. Save the date, more details will be shared soon!

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

Just a few weeks remain until the official end of the RUTTER project. Over these years, we’ve grown together, learned from one another, and had a lot of fun. The journey isn’t quite over yet: several publications and other exciting outputs are still on the way.