About the Thomas Browne Seminar

Thomas Browne was a significant figure in the scholarly and scientific community of the seventeenth century, who nevertheless defies categorisation and whose blend of humanism, scholasticism and natural philosophy is testament to the intellectual flux of the period. The seminar will explore the relations between these apparently incompatable areas and the social and political contexts in which they arose.

The Thomas Browne Seminar examines aspects of royalist society and the intellectual culture in the mid-seventeenth century.  Papers are invited on aspects of mid-century culture, the history of science and scholarship, religious and antiquarian thought, natural history and the history of trivia, in particular, but not restricted to, those related to Browne.  As the seminar will involve an ongoing series of meetings, ideas for future seminars are also invited. The Thomas Browne Seminar will consider publications of its proceedings and the website will continue to grow.  In particular, the bibliography of scholarly work will be expanded.