International Conference on Early Chemistry, Summer 2006, Philadelphia.

项目简介：一个大型国际会议（ca。80名与会者）的炼金术和早期化学建议为2006年夏季。会议将持续三天，包括22-27篇论文，圆桌讨论，以及在会议现场研究相关收藏的时间。上一次这样的会议是在1989年举行的（格罗宁根），从那时起，该领域已经看到了爆炸性的增长，对该主题的基本假设的重大变化，并提高了许多领域学者的兴趣。 因此，现在是召开一次新的重要会议的时候了，这次会议将评估最近的研究及其知识影响，通过确定发展的关键主题来规划未来的研究，并促进国际，机构间和跨学科的合作。费城的化学遗产基金会将主办这次活动，管理所有当地安排，并提供ca。75%的资金（见支持信）。NSF的支持寻求旅行和住宿赠款的15名初级学者。 会议的一个关键方面是确定和邀请这些有前途的年轻学者，并帮助他们建立相互合作的桥梁，并与资深学者。会议的一个有形产品将是一卷对广大受众有价值的论文，涵盖该领域的现状，最近的研究和解决悬而未决的关键问题的方法。 CHF承诺出版该卷。 学术价值：在过去的25年里，炼金术已经从科学史上可疑的边缘走向了中心地位。它对现有科学的影响正在显现，它的内容现在正受到重视。 但是，为了充分理解炼金术/化学在早期现代科学和文化中的作用，还有相当多的工作要做。这次会议将是一个地方，基本上所有的突出和有前途的学者目前活跃在该领域分享思想，观点和人才，开始合作，并组织自己至少在未来十年内确定关键问题和方法。拟议的场地还拥有一些与炼金术直接相关的材料世界上最重要的收藏品，这些材料将提供给与会者。更广泛的影响：会议的主题已经成为一个真正的跨学科的奋进，并将涉及和影响学者不仅在科学和技术的历史，而且社会学，艺术史，文学和文化研究。 这次会议的一个关键方面是让来自世界各地的年轻学者参与和培训，让他们有机会表达自己的发现和观点，并在他们之间以及与资深学者建立国际联系。会议卷也将是年轻学者展示他们工作的场所，并打算成为未来十年或更长时间内培训，教育和该领域发展的基本文本。

Project Summary : A large international conference (ca. 80 attendees) on alchemy and early chemistry is proposed for Summer 2006. The conference will last three days, and include 22-27 presented papers, a roundtable discussion, and time for study in the related collections at the conference site. The last such conference was held in 1989 (Groningen) and since then the field has seen explosive growth, significant changes to fundamental assumptions about the subject, and heightened interest on the part of scholars in many fields. Thus the time is right for a major new conference, one that will the evaluate recent studies and their intellectual impact, map out future studies by identifying crucial topics for development, and foster international , inter-institutional, and interdisciplinary collaborations. The Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia will host the event, manage all local arrangements, and provide ca. 75%of the funding (see letter of support). NSF support is sought for travel and accommodation grants for fifteen junior scholars. A key aspect of the conference is to identify and invite such promising younger scholars and to help them build collaborative bridges with each other and with senior scholars. A tangible product of the conference will be a volume of papers valuable to a broad audience, and covering the current state of the field, recent studies, and approaches to outstanding critical issues. The CHF has committed to publishing the volume. .Intellectual merit: In the last 25 years, alchemy has moved from the questionable fringes of the history of science to a central position. its impact on the established sciences is being demonstrated, and its content is now being taken seriously. But there remains considerable work to complete in order fully to appreciate the role of alchemy/chymistry in early modern science and culture. This conference will be a place for essentially all of the prominent and promising scholars currently active in the field to share ideas, outlooks, and talents, begin collaborations, and organize themselves for at least the decade ahead in terms of identifying critical issues and approaches. The proposed venue also holds some of the most important collections in the world of materials directly relating to alchemy, which will be made available to attendees. Broader Impacts: The topic of the conference has become a truly interdisciplinary endeavor, and will involve and impact scholars in not only history of science and technology, but also sociology, history of art, literature, and cultural studies. A key aspect of this conference is to involve and train younger scholars from around the world, by giving them a place to express their findings and viewpoints, and to create international links both among themselves and with senior scholars. The conference volume as well will be a venue for younger scholars to present their work, and is intended to be a fundamental text for training, education, and the advancement of the field over the next decade or more.