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Speaker to be confirmed
Wednesday 28 October 2015, 17:00-18:00
The Astronomer and the Witch
- 👤 Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 28 October 2015, 17:00 - 18:00
- 📍 Venue: Main Lecture Room, Divinity School, St John's College, All Saints' Passage St John's College, CB2 1TP
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Sohye Park
Abstract
Join a discussion on Ulinka Rublack’s new book, The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler’s Defence of his Mother which tells the shocking story of how the mother of the famous scientist Kepler was accused of witchcraft. In conversation with Juliet Mitchell, the author explores historical resistance to women as well as ways in which families have been implicated in mechanisms of power.
Series This talk is part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015 series.
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- Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015
- Main Lecture Room, Divinity School, St John's College, All Saints' Passage St John's College, CB2 1TP
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