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

Session

P.4.2. Inside/Outside the ‘Box’: Boundaries, Materiality and Affect in the Early Modern Home

19 Sept 2025, 14:30

Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Lecture Hall (Amfi 9) (Istanbul)

Conveners

P.4.2. Inside/Outside the ‘Box’: Boundaries, Materiality and Affect in the Early Modern Home

• Christine Quach (University of Maryland)
• Nur'ain Taha (Utrecht University)

Description

Chair: Matthijs Jonker

93. Inside/Outside the ‘Box’: Boundaries, Materiality and Affect in the Early Modern Home

Christine Quach (University of Maryland), Nur'ain Taha (Utrecht University)

19/09/2025, 14:30

Organised panels

Panel Description:

Boxes are often thought of as containers to enclose, conceal or protect items. This panel brings together three case studies of objects located within the interior spaces, found in the early modern Dutch Republic, across the Indian Ocean, and in Sri Lanka, all of which constitute personal objects with which their owners and makers maintain an intimate connection....