Conference Photos
All photos by Douglas A. Lockard Photography
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The Baltimore-based group Arcanum performed "The Philosophers' Tone: Music of Transformation," a selection of 17th- and 18th-century period pieces, on the opening night of the conference. |
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Conference attendees pose for a group photo. For the first time in 17 years, historians and others interested in early chymistry gathered to share the latest research in their field. Scholars from 16 countries attended. The last such conference was held in the Netherlands in 1989. |
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Allen Debus, Morris Fishbein Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago, examines a book from the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library during the conference. Debus has been a pioneer in alchemical and early chemistry studies. |
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Lawrence Principe, conference chair and history of science professor at The Johns Hopkins University, discusses CHF’s new exhibit, The Whole of Nature and the Mirror of Art: Images of Alchemy from the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library, with a conference attendee. |
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A Round Table Discussion debates directions and critical issues in the study of alchemy and chymistry. |
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Margaret Garber, professor of the history of science at California State University, Fullerton, and a former CHF fellow, takes part in the Round Table Discussion. |
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Allison Kavey of the City University of New York, John Jay College, and a past CHF fellow, studies a rare book from the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library during a free afternoon at the conference. |
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William Newman, a professor of the history and philosophy of science at Indiana University, spoke about "New Light on a Black Hole: Current Research on Newton"s Alchemy." |
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Lawrence Principe and conference attendees listen to Bruce Moran, professor of philosophy at the University of Nevada, give his talk, "The Libavius Nobody Knows: Magisteries, Astral Virtues, and Occult Qualities in the Philosophy of an Aristotelian and Hermetic Alchemist." |
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Scholars browse conference attendees' recent publications in the Jacobs Reading Room of the Othmer Library. |
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Tony Boutté of Arcanum performs an air from Les Souffleurs, a 1694 play about alchemists. This concert was probably the first time the songs from this play have been heard in 300 years. |
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