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SUMMARY:Merchants of Enlightenment: making knowledge move between England 
 and Sweden\, 1700–72 - Jacob Orrje (Uppsala University)
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CONTACT:Silvia M. Marchiori
DESCRIPTION:What connected the correspondence networks of eighteenth-centu
 ry scholars? Earlier studies of early modern scholarly exchange have provi
 ded detailed maps of correspondents\, yet we know surprisingly little abou
 t the merchants and sailors who ensured the flow of things – such as let
 ters\, books\, and instruments – between scholarly communities. The proj
 ect 'Merchants of Enlightenment' examines such logistical infrastructure i
 n Anglo-Swedish scholarly circulation of knowledge\, through the case of a
  group of London merchants engaged in the Anglo-Swedish metal trade. In th
 is presentation\, Jacob Orrje will relate this group to the Northern-Europ
 ean cultures of useful knowledge in which they acted. Furthermore\, Jacob 
 will analyse how they became vital in securing the flow of information and
  things for regional scholarly networks not only of Linnaean naturalists b
 ut also\, e.g.\, of philology\, metallurgy\, and astronomy.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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