BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Rome BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RDATE:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 RDATE:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 RDATE:20270328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T020000 RDATE:20280326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281029T020000 RDATE:20290325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291028T020000 RDATE:20300331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301027T020000 RDATE:20310330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311026T020000 RDATE:20320328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240526T163000 RDATE:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 RDATE:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 RDATE:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000 RDATE:20271031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280326T030000 RDATE:20281029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290325T030000 RDATE:20291028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300331T030000 RDATE:20301027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310330T030000 RDATE:20311026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dd19d8875a1efc56d7a3a937be26b7f0 CATEGORIES:Seminari CREATED:20250312T152848 SUMMARY:From Tunis to Florence: Materiality, Everyday Encounters, and the Limits of Knowledge by Duygu Yıldırım (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA) DESCRIPTION:“SISS meets early careers”\nA seminar series organized by the Italian Socie ty for the History of Science\n2nd series 2025\n4.30pm CET\n27th May 2025\n Dr Duygu Yıldırım (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)\nTitle: From Tu nis to Florence: Materiality, Everyday Encounters, and the Limits of Knowle dge\nThis paper examines the dynamics of knowledge exchange between Italy a nd the Ottoman world in the seventeenth century. Focusing on two case studi es—Giovanni Pagni, an Italian physician working in a pasha’s household, and Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, an Italian naturalist who was captured and ensl aved in an Ottoman pasha’s service—it highlights the collaborative and dyna mic nature of early modern knowledge production. However, not all interacti ons led to the creation of knowledge, even when intended. Efforts to gain h ands-on expertise from enslaved individuals often relied on intermediaries, whose involvement could either enable or hinder these exchanges. This pape r explores the complexities and limitations of early modern knowledge excha nges, revealing how materiality and everyday encounters both facilitated an d constrained the flow of knowledge at the crossroads.\nDuygu Yildirim is a ssistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Sh e received her PhD in History from Stanford University in 2021. She is the co-editor of Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds (Routledge, 2023) and he r articles have appeared in Journal of Early Modern History, British Journa l for the History of Science, History of Science, History of Religions, amo ng others. She is currently completing her first monograph, Uncertain Knowl edge: The Making of Slow Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Moder n Europe.\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“SISS meets early careers”
A seminar se ries organized by the Italian Society for the History of Science
2nd s eries 2025
4.30pm CET

27th May 2025

Dr Duygu Yıldırım (Uni versity of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)

Title: From Tunis to Florence: Materiality, Everyday Encounters, and the Limits of Knowledge

This pa per examines the dynamics of knowledge exchange between Italy and the Ottom an world in the seventeenth century. Focusing on two case studies—Giovanni Pagni, an Italian physician working in a pasha’s household, and Luigi Ferdi nando Marsigli, an Italian naturalist who was captured and enslaved in an O ttoman pasha’s service—it highlights the collaborative and dynamic nature o f early modern knowledge production. However, not all interactions led to t he creation of knowledge, even when intended. Efforts to gain hands-on expe rtise from enslaved individuals often relied on intermediaries, whose invol vement could either enable or hinder these exchanges. This paper explores t he complexities and limitations of early modern knowledge exchanges, reveal ing how materiality and everyday encounters both facilitated and constraine d the flow of knowledge at the crossroads.

Duygu Yildirim is assistan t professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She recei ved her PhD in History from Stanford University in 2021. She is the co-edit or of Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds (Routledge, 2023) and her artic les have appeared in Journal of Early Modern History, British Journal for t he History of Science, History of Science, History of Religions, among othe rs. She is currently completing her first monograph, Uncertain Knowledge: T he Making of Slow Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europ e.

Screenshot 2025 03 12 151822

DTSTAMP:20260311T183423 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250527T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR