The Astronomer and the Witch

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

• Speaker to be confirmed
• Wednesday 28 October 2015, 17:00-18:00
• Main Lecture Room, Divinity School, St John's College, All Saints' Passage St John's College, CB2 1TP.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Sohye Park.

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.

This talk is part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015 series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015
• Main Lecture Room, Divinity School, St John's College, All Saints' Passage St John's College, CB2 1TP

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.