Joint Seminar with the Maison Française d’Oxford and the Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology: AFHOPOS Michaelmas 2020 - The Early Modern Comet
Convenor: Dr Mogens Lærke (CNRS, Maison Française d’Oxford/Wolfson College)

The Anglo-French Seminar in the History of Philosophy of Science (AFHOPOS) takes place once per term and each time brings together English and French historians of philosophy of science to discuss common area of enquiry. AFHOPOS is organized in collaboration between the Maison Française d’Oxford (MFO) and the Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (OCHSMT).

The topic of the 2020 Michaelmas ATHOPOS seminar is ‘The Early Modern Comet’ and features two presentations

Professor Robert Iliffe (Linacre College, Oxford), ‘The role of cometary theory in the development of Newton’s cosmology’

Professor Sophie Roux (ENS Paris, and Fowler Hamilton Visiting Research Fellow, Christ Church, Oxford): ‘The Two Comets of 1664-1665: A Dispersive Prism for French Natural Philosophy Principles’

To obtain a link to the event, please send mail to mogens.laerke@cnrs.fr with “AFHOPOS MICHAELMAS 2020” in the heading.
Date: 18 November 2020, 16:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue: Online with Microsoft Teams
Speakers: Professor Robert Iliffe (Linacre College, Oxford), Professor Sophie Roux (ENS Paris, and Fowler Hamilton Visiting Research Fellow, Christ Church, Oxford)
Part of: Maison Française d'Oxford Events
Booking required?: Required
Booking email: mogens.laerke@cnrs.fr
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Spence