1st Edition
What if...? Dialogues between Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer
Introduction i. The Classroom Thursday, February 7th, 1641 ii. Amsterdam Municipal Hall Tuesday, October 22nd, 1652 iii. After the Delft Thunderclap Monday, October 19th, 1654 iv. On the ice Saturday, March 6th, 1660 v. The Astronomer Thursday, June 14th, 1668 v. Anatomy lesson Wednesday, February 25th, 1671 vii. Annus Horribilis Friday, July 8th, 1672 viii. Huygens’ Hofwijck Thursday, August 3rd, 1673 ix. Encounters with minute animalcules Tuesday, August 14th, 1674 x. The Deathbed Saturday, December 14th, 1675, Epilogue. Approach Leiden / Haarlem, August 2023, On the road to What if…? Haarlem, December 2023, Sources.
Biography
Prof. Dr. Dirk van Delft (1951), guest researcher at Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics of Leiden University, former director of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave (history of science and medicine). Recent publications: biographies of meteorologist Buys Ballot, particle physicist Martinus Veltman and microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.|Elisa Pesapane (1979), artist, curator and writer. Creates multidisciplinary art projects and publications, solo and with colleagues from other fields. Recent publications: Liefde na Auschwitz (Love after Auschwitz) with Arnon Grunberg (Uitgeverij Zoetzuur), Slow Reading and the Shock of Recognition, with Carlo Ginzburg, Piero Boitani, Andrea A. Robiglio et al. Abacus series, UCO Press (Córdoba University Press).
