Seminar Series “SISS Meets Early Careers” 3^rd edition

The Italian Society for the History of Science / Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza (SISS) is pleased to announce the 3rd series of the SISS Meets Early Careers, 2026. The series is conceived as an informal place for early career scholars to discuss their research, present, future and past. Each session focuses on broad themes in the history of science and knowledge, bringing together diverse approaches, methodologies and chronologies. The series is open to international scholars and broad collaboration between disciplinary fields. 

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

24th March 2026

Giacomo Simoncelli (Sapienza University of Rome) 

Influenza preparedness across the last century. From Spanish flu to Covid-19, the global governance of pandemic influenza

5th May 2026

Brenna McWhorter (University of Virginia)

Star Power: Astral Magic at the Gonzaga Court.

26th May 2026

Stephanie Reitzig (Columbia University) 

“So ingenious, so full of art”: Women’s Artistic Practices and the Early Modern Sciences

16th June 2026

José Miguel Ferreira (IHC NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST) 

Useful burnings or pernicious ignitions? Fire, agriculture and science in late-eighteenth and early nineteenth century Portugal

All seminars are held online on Zoom: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/86590524102. 

All seminars will start at 4.30pm (CET)

Link for more information:  https://societastoriadellascienza.it/index.php/it/notizie/archivio-news/186-seminar-series-siss-meets-early-careers-3rd-edition