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Dressed: The History of FashionThe First Book of Fashion: 16th Century Fashion Blogging with Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward (Dressed Classic)From 1520 to 1560, the style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad immortalized their adventures in dressing in a series of stunning, hand-painted portraits that provide a window into the period within which they lived. In this 2023 episode, historians Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward join us to discuss this extraordinary primary source which was published in full color in the The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg.
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2025-12-3151 min
Otulina o sztuceAlbrecht Dürer Autoportret 1500 s04 e23Rok kończymy z jednym z najsławniejszych wizerunków artysty - Autoportretem Albrechta Dürera z 1500 r. ze Starej Pinakoteki w Monachium.Opowiadam o tym, jak można czytać ten obraz, jak i o tym, że badacze nie są zgodni co do ostatecznej interpretacji. Jak i o tym jaki był status malarza w Niemczech na przełomie wieków.W styczniu 2026 w środy będę opowiadała o dziełach renesansowych w cyklu „Czy renesans rzeczywiście przyniósł odrodzenie?” w ramach „Podróży przez Sztukę” dla Fundacji Art Transfer.Karnet możecie zakupić tutaj...
2025-12-2729 min
New Books in German StudiesUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
New Books in Early Modern HistoryUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
New Books in ArtUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
New Books in Western European StudiesUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
New Books in SociologyUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
CEU Press PodcastUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
New Books NetworkUlinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and tast...
2025-12-1537 min
That Shakespeare LifeGallant Fellows and Their Feathered HatsIn All’s Well That Ends Well, a character is described as “That with the plume: ’tis a most gallant fellow” (III.5), and in Love’s Labour’s Lost, the Princess of France mockingly asks, “What plume of feathers is he that indited this letter?” (IV.1), revealing how feathers could both elevate and satirize their wearer. Feathers might seem like a simple decoration today, but in the 16th and early 17th centuries, feathered clothing—especially feathered hats—spoke volumes about a person’s status, identity, and even their participation in the expanding global economy. To better understand t...
2025-11-1019 min
Teologia para Vivir PodcastLa Reforma y el uso de imágenes en la adoraciónPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/editorialtpv
El día de hoy hablaremos sobre el capítulo 29 del libro The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations: Bridget Heal, “Visual and Material Culture,” en The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations, ed. Ulinka Rublack (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), 622–641. Ver aquí: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-protestant-reformations-9780199646920?cc=gb&lang=en& .
¿La Reforma “mató” las imágenes? Este episodio muestra por qué la respuesta es más compleja. Hubo martillos y hogueras: oleadas de iconoclasia en ciudades suizas y alemanas (1520s–30s), el Beeldenstorm neerlandés (1566) y una purga inglesa más...
2025-10-1730 min
Religion und OrientierungVom Zauber der Zeltlager75 Jahre Kultort Königsdorf - vom HJ-Lager zur Bildungsstätte für DemokratieAntje Dechert Aus Rom an die Zugspitze - Interview mit einem Austauschpfarrer in OberbayernMatthias Morgenroth Der Fall Katharina Kepler - Interview mit der Historikerin Ulinka Rublack zum Tag gegen HexenwahnFriederike Weede
2025-08-1022 min
The Daily DoseFeathers in European HistoryCambridge 16 (General Training) | Test 3 | Section 3Feathers as Decoration in European History Today, we do not generally associate feathers with the militaryin Europe, yet history shows that in fact feathers have played an intriguing role in European military clothing. The Bersaglieri of the Italian Army, for example, still wear a bunch of long black feathers in their hats hanging down to one side, while British fusiliers have a clipped feather plume whose color varies according to their regiment. The Royalists in the English Civil War adorned their headgear with ostrich feathers. “His...
2025-02-1602 min
WDR 2 Jörg Thadeusz - Der TalkUlinka Rublack, KulturhistorikerinDie preisgekrönte Kulturhistorikerin Ulinka Rublack erzählt in "Dürer im Zeitalter der Wunder" vom entscheidenden Wendepunkt in der Karriere Albrecht Dürers. Im Jahr 1511 hört er nach einem Streit um einen Auftrag auf, Altarbilder zu malen, wendet sich anderen Werken zu - und wurde zum bedeutendsten Renaissance-Künstler Deutschlands. Beim Nachzeichnen von Geschichte geht es Ulinka Rublack um Details, um das Normale und auch das alltägliche Leben bedeutender Künstler und Wissenschaftler. Von Ulinka Rublack.
2024-05-1532 min
Das BüchermagazinIlko-Sascha Kowalczuk: Walter Ulbricht. Der kommunistische DiktatorGeorge Saunders: Tag der Befreiung. Stories / Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk: Walter Ulbricht. Der kommunistische Diktator / Ulinka Rublack: Dürer im Zeitalter der Wunder. Kunst und Gesellschaft an der Schwelle zur globalen Welt / Mirrianne Maan: Issa / Der Hörbuch-Tipp: Alia Trabucco Zerán: Mein Name ist Estela / Das literarische Rätsel
2024-03-1559 min
The Space WitchThe Space Witch Podcast Hosted by Layla MartinThe intriguing and totally, 100% true connection between outer space and a woman accused of witchcraft, the arbitrary nature of human time keeping systems, the transition from Julian to Gregorian calendars back in the day and a lot of other rad stuff. Cool list: The Astronomer & the Witch by Ulinka RublackNew York Fashion Week Needs a Mom by Christina BinkleyAgnes Finnie: the Witch of the Potterrow Port by Mary W. CraigWitches of Scotland podcast (Claire and Zoe rule!!!)Borders Bletherings"Join Mary and her friend Doug as they chat and natter about the chequered history of the Borders region and reveal...
2024-03-071h 01
Not Just the TudorsScience vs. Witchcraft: The Kepler TrialAstronomer Johannes Kepler was an important and admired figure in the scientific revolution of the early 17th century. But when his widowed mother was accused of witchcraft, the scientist remarkably defended her, in a trial that lasted six years.In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to author Ulinka Rublack who has pieced together this extraordinary true story.This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get...
2024-02-2636 minDressed: The History of FashionThe First Book of Fashion: 16th Century Fashion Blogging with Ulinka Rublack and Maria HaywardFrom 1520 to 1560, the style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad immortalized their adventures in dressing in a series of stunning, hand-painted portraits that provide a window into the period within which they lived. Historians Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward join us to discuss this extraordinary primary source which was published in full color as The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthäus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
2023-09-1252 min
Kunst und GesellschaftKunst und Gesellschaft, Dorothée Siegelin, Folge 11: Ist Luxus überflüssig ?Selbstinszenierung und Luxuskult in der frühen Neuzeit.
Im 14.Jahrhundert, an der Wende vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit, begann weltweit die Produktion und der Konsum einer nie gekannten Vielfalt und Menge von Luxusgütern. Es ist der Beginn der Globalisierung und des „Konsumismus“. In Europa dienten Mode und Luxusgüter reichen Bürgern der Selbstdarstellung und der Entwicklung einer eigenen Identität; ebenso entstehen im 15.Jahrhundert neue Konzept dessen, was man unter „höfisch“ verstand. Der Augsburger Matthäus Schwarz (1497-1574) gab ein „Kleidungsbüchlein“ in Auftrag, in dem er sich zwischen 1520 und 1560 in unterschiedlichen Aufmachungen darstellen ließ.
Literatur: Ulin...
2022-10-3137 min
Justitias Töchter. Der Podcast zu feministischer RechtspolitikSexualisierte und reproduktive Kriegsgewalt - mit Dr. Tanja Altunjan
++ Triggerwarnung: Diese Folge thematisiert sexualisierte und reproduktive Gewalt ++
In der 26. Folge von Justitias Töchter sprechen die Moderatorinnen Dr. Dana-Sophia Valentiner und Dr. Leonie Steinl mit der Expertin für sexualisierte und reproduktive Kriegsgewalt Dr. Tanja Altunjan. Sexualisierte und reproduktive Gewalt in bewaffneten Konflikten ist überall auf der Welt und durch die Geschichte hindurch konstant vorhanden und dokumentiert. Die Podcasterinnen sprechen über die Funktion sexualisierter Gewalt im Krieg und den rechtlichen Rahmen der Verfolgung, über Strafbarkeitslücken im Völkerstrafrecht und darüber, welche rechtspolitischen Forderungen an ein geschlechtergerechtes Völkerstrafgesetzbuch zu stellen sind.
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2022-06-3044 min
taz vorgelesen CommunityBuchkritik: Mode in der Renaissancetaz, 21.06.2022; kultur; „Die Dreadlocks des Albrecht Dürer. In ihrer schön und inspirierend erzählten Kulturgeschichte der Mode in der Renaissance zeigt Ulinka Rublack, wie Kleider Geschichte schreiben und wie die Mode begann, unser Leben zu prägen.“ Von Brigitte Werneburg
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2022-06-2210 min
Das Blaue SofaLange Nacht des Blauen Sofas (1) - Mit Nino Haratischwili, Marica Bodrožić und Ulinka RublackPerkovic, Vivian; Schmidt, Eva www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Das Blaue Sofa
2022-03-2052 minThe Astronomer and the Witch: Kepler's MotherIn 1615 Katharina Kepler, illiterate mother of the astronomer Johannes Kepler, was accused of being a witch.
At that time in Germany, there was a witch ‘craze’. Over half of the c.50,000 executions in Europe for witchcraft between 1500 and 1700 took place in Germany. During the next 6 years Katharina fought her accusation.
The astronomer took over her legal defence in 1620. This lecture explores this astonishing story, and asks how the witch craze affected people’s lives.
A lecture by Ulinka Rublack FBA
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectur...
2021-06-1659 min
Gresham College LecturesThe Astronomer and the Witch: Kepler’s MotherIn 1615 Katharina Kepler, illiterate mother of the astronomer Johannes Kepler, was accused of being a witch. At that time in Germany, there was a witch ‘craze’. Over half of the c.50,000 executions in Europe for witchcraft between 1500 and 1700 took place in Germany. During the next 6 years Katharina fought her accusation. The astronomer took over her legal defence in 1620. This lecture explores this astonishing story, and asks how the witch craze affected people’s lives.A lecture by Ulinka Rublack FBAThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresha...
2021-06-0159 min
The ForumFamous hats in historyThere have been so many, probably hundreds, different styles and types of hat in history that a question inevitably arises: why? Why did something that began as a simple protection against inclement weather take on such varied forms and social meanings? Bridget Kendall and guests explore not just how hats were made, and by whom, but also how their function has evolved over centuries and across cultures. By focusing on just five distinct hat types, they sketch out a brief social history of headwear. Bridget is joined by Dr. Drake Stutesman, an adjunct professor at New York...
2020-12-3139 min
RSDS RADIO SOCIETÀ DEI SOGNIAlbrecht DürerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) who achieved fame throughout Europe for the power of his images. These range from his woodcut of a rhinoceros, to his watercolour of a young hare, to his drawing of praying hands and his stunning self-portraits such as that above (albeit here in a later monochrome reproduction) with his distinctive A D monogram. He was expected to follow his father and become a goldsmith, but found his own way to be a great artist, taking public commissions that built his reputation but did not pay, while creating a...
2020-11-1254 min
In Our TimeAlbrecht DürerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) who achieved fame throughout Europe for the power of his images. These range from his woodcut of a rhinoceros, to his watercolour of a young hare, to his drawing of praying hands and his stunning self-portraits such as that above (albeit here in a later monochrome reproduction) with his distinctive A D monogram. He was expected to follow his father and become a goldsmith, but found his own way to be a great artist, taking public commissions that built his reputation but did not pay, while c...
2020-11-1254 min
In Our Time: CultureAlbrecht DürerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) who achieved fame throughout Europe for the power of his images. These range from his woodcut of a rhinoceros, to his watercolour of a young hare, to his drawing of praying hands and his stunning self-portraits such as that above (albeit here in a later monochrome reproduction) with his distinctive A D monogram. He was expected to follow his father and become a goldsmith, but found his own way to be a great artist, taking public commissions that built his reputation but did not pay, while c...
2020-11-1254 min
The Terrible But Great Podcast hosted by Sarah GoldsmithAstro History Ep.2 Johannes KeplerIn this episode we discuss the life and discoveries of 16th Century Astronomer Johannes Kepler. The pre-discussion includes a 12-minute overview of the present astrology which is SUPER important so take a listen!Kepler had some key discoveries in the scientific revolution and is one of the most prominent historical figures in astrology. I speak about my understanding of his life and the importance of remembering his perspectives as we remember the past and relate it to modern-day astrology and spiritualism. Books on Kepler: Kepler's Philosophy and the New Astronomy, Rhonda Martens The...
2020-05-2000 min
The Terrible But Great Podcast hosted by Sarah GoldsmithAstro History Ep.2 Johannes KeplerIn this episode we discuss the life and discoveries of 16th Century Astronomer Johannes Kepler. The pre-discussion includes a 12-minute overview of the present astrology which is SUPER important so take a listen!Kepler had some key discoveries in the scientific revolution and is one of the most prominent historical figures in astrology. I speak about my understanding of his life and the importance of remembering his perspectives as we remember the past and relate it to modern-day astrology and spiritualism. Books on Kepler: Kepler's Philosophy and the New Astronomy, Rhonda Martens The...
2020-05-1100 min
90 Second NarrativesMartin Luther Goes Undercover“You know Martin Luther, as the German monk who challenged the teaching of the Roman Church and sparked the Protestant Reformation. In late 1521, however, Luther was hiding for his life…”So begins today’s story from Dr. Sky Michael Johnston. For further reading:Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer by Scott H. Hendrix (Yale University Press, 2015)Reformation Europe, 2nd ed. by Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
2020-04-1302 min
Arts & IdeasAdvertising & ArtemisiaNew Generation Thinker Catherine Fletcher and Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones join Rana Mitter to discuss how women's stories have shaped art and advertising from the baroque painter Artemesia Gentileschi to the suffragettes promoting boot polish in 20th-century England. And against the backdrop of the Me Too movement, Rana hears how the best-selling novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 became a rallying cry for young women in south Korea.Catherine Fletcher's new book about the Italian Renaissance peels back the glittering art of the period to discover the political and military turmoil beneath while Jonathan Jones tells the story...
2020-03-1144 minIn Our TimeThe Thirty Years WarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war in Europe which begain in 1618 and continued on such a scale and with such devastation that its like was not seen for another three hundred years. It pitched Catholics against Protestants, Lutherans against Calvinists and Catholics against Catholics across the Holy Roman Empire, drawing in their neighbours and it lasted for thirty gruelling years, from the Defenestration of Prague to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Many more civilians died than soldiers, and famine was so great that even cannibalism was excused. This topic was chosen from several hundred suggested by listeners this...
2018-12-0650 min
In Our Time: ReligionThe Thirty Years WarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war in Europe which begain in 1618 and continued on such a scale and with such devastation that its like was not seen for another three hundred years. It pitched Catholics against Protestants, Lutherans against Calvinists and Catholics against Catholics across the Holy Roman Empire, drawing in their neighbours and it lasted for thirty gruelling years, from the Defenestration of Prague to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Many more civilians died than soldiers, and famine was so great that even cannibalism was excused. This topic was chosen from several hundred suggested by listeners this...
2018-12-0650 minRSDS RADIO SOCIETÀ DEI SOGNIThe Thirty Years WarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war in Europe which begain in 1618 and continued on such a scale and with such devastation that its like was not seen for another three hundred years. It pitched Catholics against Protestants, Lutherans against Calvinists and Catholics against Catholics across the Holy Roman Empire, drawing in their neighbours and it lasted for thirty gruelling years, from the Defenestration of Prague to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Many more civilians died than soldiers, and famine was so great that even cannibalism was excused. This topic was chosen from several hundred suggested by listeners this autumn.
2018-12-0650 min
In Our Time: HistoryThe Thirty Years WarMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war in Europe which begain in 1618 and continued on such a scale and with such devastation that its like was not seen for another three hundred years. It pitched Catholics against Protestants, Lutherans against Calvinists and Catholics against Catholics across the Holy Roman Empire, drawing in their neighbours and it lasted for thirty gruelling years, from the Defenestration of Prague to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Many more civilians died than soldiers, and famine was so great that even cannibalism was excused. This topic was chosen from several hundred suggested by listeners this...
2018-12-0650 min
Globalizing the Protestant ReformationsGlobalizing the Protestant Reformations: Opening Remarks with Ulinka Rublack
2017-12-1000 minThe ForumThe Reformation: A World DividedFive-hundred years ago, in a remote part of Germany, a little known friar called Martin Luther set in train a series of events that led to the permanent splintering of Western Christianity. It changed the political and social landscape in a way that still resonates today all over the world. The Forum comes from Trinity Hall, part of Cambridge University in the UK, with historian professor Ulinka Rublack, professor of English Literature Brian Cummings, professor of Theology Alec Ryrie and the Reverend Daniel Jeyaraj. The British actor Simon Russell Beale reads from Luther's writings and members of the Cambridge...
2017-10-3048 minJohannes KeplerListen to Kepler on BBC Radio 4Listen to BBC Radio 4 ‘in our time’ broadcaster Melvyn Bragg discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler with David Wootton (Professor of History at the University of York), Ulinka Rublack (Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John’s College) and Adam Mosley (Associate Professor in the Department […]
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2017-06-2900 minIn Our TimeJohannes KeplerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630). Although he is overshadowed today by Isaac Newton and Galileo, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest scientists in history. The three laws of planetary motion Kepler developed transformed people's understanding of the Solar System and laid the foundations for the revolutionary ideas Isaac Newton produced later. Kepler is also thought to have written one of the first works of science fiction. However, he faced a number of challenges. He had to defend his mother from charges of witchcraft, he had few financial resources...
2016-12-2948 minRSDS RADIO SOCIETÀ DEI SOGNIJohannes KeplerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630). Although he is overshadowed today by Isaac Newton and Galileo, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest scientists in history. The three laws of planetary motion Kepler developed transformed people's understanding of the Solar System and laid the foundations for the revolutionary ideas Isaac Newton produced later. Kepler is also thought to have written one of the first works of science fiction. However, he faced a number of challenges. He had to defend his mother from charges of witchcraft, he had few financial resources and...
2016-12-2948 minIn Our Time: HistoryJohannes KeplerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630). Although he is overshadowed today by Isaac Newton and Galileo, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest scientists in history. The three laws of planetary motion Kepler developed transformed people's understanding of the Solar System and laid the foundations for the revolutionary ideas Isaac Newton produced later. Kepler is also thought to have written one of the first works of science fiction. However, he faced a number of challenges. He had to defend his mother from charges of witchcraft, he had few financial resources...
2016-12-2948 min
In Our Time: ScienceJohannes KeplerMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630). Although he is overshadowed today by Isaac Newton and Galileo, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest scientists in history. The three laws of planetary motion Kepler developed transformed people's understanding of the Solar System and laid the foundations for the revolutionary ideas Isaac Newton produced later. Kepler is also thought to have written one of the first works of science fiction. However, he faced a number of challenges. He had to defend his mother from charges of witchcraft, he had few financial resources...
2016-12-2948 min
Festival of Ideas 2015The Astronomer and the WitchA 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. The witch craze did not just affect women but families. Siblings fought deeply with their own mixed feelings about mothers on trial. In conversation with Juliet Mitchell, the author explored historical resistance to women as well as ways in which families have been implicated in mechanisms of power.
2015-12-0452 min
ForschergeistFG017 Forschen und Lehren in Cambridge
Ein Blick auf das akademische System in England
Ulinka Rublack
Das akademische System in Deutschland unterscheidet sich in Anspruch und Umfang teilweise deutlich von der universitären Realität in Großbritannien. An den Eliteuniversitäten in Cambridge und Oxford herrschen deutlich andere Kulturen. Doch was lässt sich aus einem Vergleich lernen? Während das auf ein breites Bildungsangebot ausgelegte deutsche System auch Empfehlungen für Großbritannien bereithält, lassen sich auch einige interessante Aspekte aus Cambridge auf Deutschland übertragen.
Wir sprechen mit Ulinka Rublack, Professorin für frühneuzeitliche Geschichte E...
2015-08-311h 17