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Important August 2013 Update: The Kircher Correspondence is once again available as before, via the Luna Insight browser. See the Correspondence page for more details.
MAPPING THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS CONFERENCE, Giorgio Cini Foundation, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy, March 16- 18, 2011:
Suzanne Sutherland Duchacek and Iva Lelkova will be presenting a paper entitled, “Princes, Courtiers, and Scholars: Athanasius Kircher’s Correspondence Network, 1632-1680.”
This paper explores new insights into Kircher’s network of correspondents through the use of digital visualizations.