#  Discussion of “Conrad Gessner and Information Management: Three Case Studies” 

 



    ![ Illustration in a note book of Conrad Gesner showing the tulip he saw in the garden of Johann Heinrich Herwart, Augsburg, 1557](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-09/Screenshot%202025-09-12%20at%204.50.29%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=QEl385w9) 

 



 

####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **December 12, 2025** 

 10:15AM - 12:00PM EST 

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 **On Zoom**  



 

 



 

Host: [Global Information History Workshop](https://sites.harvard.edu/globinfohistworkshop)

Speaker: Mikhail Sergeev (The National Library of Russia, St Petersburg)

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(Work-in-progress paper)

Topic: Information Management & Humanism

Readings: Conrad Gessner, information management and the Renaissance (tba)

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### Global Information History Workshop

Co-organised by Yuval Givon (Jerusalem), Anja-Silvia Goeing (Harvard) and Philippe Bernhard Schmid (Basel). Co-hosted by the University of Basel, Harvard University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LMU Munich and the University of Zurich.

Each Zoom session takes place 10.15am–noon Eastern Time / 16.15–18.00 Central European Time. Zoom links and the readings for each session will be circulated in advance.

[More information](https://sites.harvard.edu/globinfohistworkshop)



 

 



 

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