Patten Lecturer to explore role of magic in Renaissance EuropeFaustus, Agrippa, Grafton | |
 Grafton
| Anthony Grafton, director of the Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University, is scheduled as IU's Patten Lecturer later this month on the Bloomington campus.
As one of the most distinguished scholars of Renaissance humanism, Grafton's interests in early modern European culture has ranged from the history of art and literature to the technical details of chronology and science. His study of a 16th-century Italian physician and astrologer in Cardano's Cosmos (Harvard University Press, 1999) demonstrated the centrality of astrological modes of explanation to Renaissance thought. Closely related to his work in the cultural history of astrology is his current research on the role of magic in Renaissance Europe, which will form the basis for his two Patten Lectures.
"Faustus and Friends: The Renaissance Magus in Context"
"Henry Cornelius Agrippa: Renaissance Magic as a Discipline"
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