CFP: Leisure and the Making of Knowledge in 18th-century Europe (Germany) (2/28/07; 10/31/07-11/2/07)
Call for Papers:
“Leisure and the making of knowledge in 18th-century Europeâ€
31 October â€" 2 November 2007, University of Hamburg, Germany
http://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/berichte03_06/AGWL.html
“Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.â€
Samuel Johnson “Rambler†177 (November 26, 1751)