Scientiae 2025: Istanbul, 16-19 September, Annual Conference

Session

P.3.4. Ways of Knowing Water in Early Modern Europe

18 Sept 2025, 14:30

ROOM 1 (Amfi 8) (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

P.3.4. Ways of Knowing Water in Early Modern Europe

• David Gentilcore (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
• Samuel Barney Blanco (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
• Oscar Schiavone (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

Description

Chair: Andre Araujo

58. Ways of Knowing Water in Early Modern Europe

Prof. David Gentilcore (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Dr Oscar Schiavone (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Mr Samuel Barney Blanco (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

18/09/2025, 14:30

Organised panels

This panel seeks to shed light on the ways in which early modern Europeans acquired, interpreted and applied knowledge about water – in particular fresh water – in a range of different contexts. In the process, we shall examine some of the tensions that played out between established authority and empirical observation, received wisdom and practical expertise. To do this we look at three very...