History of sciences and ideas

Essays

English February 2025

In reviewing Balzan Prizewinners’ contributions to the history of science, Ranci highlights Lorraine Daston’s (2024 Balzan Prize, History of Modern and Contemporary Science) call for a collective effort to create and maintain “a new way to talk about science”.

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Events

English December 2024

Ceka explains why researchers should be concerned with matters outside their immediate field of interest, and why the IinteR-La+B provides an important opportunity for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary dialogue.

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Essays

English August 2024

In presenting the work of Jean-Jacques Hublin, 2023 Balzan Prize for the Evolution of Humankind: Paleoanthropology, Francesco Ranci traces a ‘genealogy’ of Balzan Prizewinners who have done research in or related to the field.

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Essays

Italian July 2024

In discussing the work of the historian of science, with “La scienza e la sua storia” Paolo Rossi Monti provides an interesting overview of long-forgotten objects, theories, methodologies, formulations of problems, career paths. The essay comes with a profile of Paolo Rossi Monti where Nicolette Mout outlines his contribution to the history of science as […]

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Events

Italian April 2024

Maiani commemorates former Balzan President Enrico Decleva, specialist in contemporary history and Milanese culture. Together they worked intensely to extend the impact of the Balzan beyond academic circles to emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration.   

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Events

Italian February 2024

Balzan Foundation President Alberto Quadrio Curzio remembers former President Enrico Decleva, recalling their joint efforts to make the Balzan Prize a «system for science and culture» advocating for interdisciplinarity and internationality.

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