dbilakpraxis – Donna Bilak PhD
As a historian, I direct Active Matter, a materials research group that applies expertise in past knowledge systems and artisanal practices to develop and support regenerative artisanal projects.
Project Leads: Donna Bilak and Tara Nummedal. Funds to support project development and publication of Furnace and Fugue: A Digital Edition of Michael Maier’s Atalanta fugiens (1618) with Scholarly Commentary at Brown University for transcription, translation, customized
Donna Bilak - pratt.edu
Donna’s approach to material and visual culture combines the philosophy and practice of early modern alchemy with present-day materials science research to produce new knowledge, new research and teaching methods, and skillsets that can nimbly adapt to current social-environmental needs.
Donna Bilak | The Italian Academy
Donna Bilak is an historian of early modern science, specializing in material culture: her research encompasses the history of alchemy in British North America, England, and the Continent; the study of emblematics; and jewelry history and craft technology.
Donna Bilak - Lecturer - Rhode Island School of Design - LinkedIn
“Donna is an exceptional writer, teacher, and multidisciplinary scholar. I had the pleasure of working with her to launch Proofread Hero, an academic editing service focused on humanities and ...
- Title: Historian, Goldsmith, Materials …
- Location: Rhode Island School of Design
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Donna Bilak | RISD
In addition to teaching at RISD, Donna Bilak teaches jewelry studies at Pratt and history of early modern science and technology to humanities and STEM students at NYU and Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.
Donna Bilak at New York University | Rate My Professors
Donna Bilak is a professor in the Interdisciplinary Studies department at New York University - see what their students are saying about them or leave a rating yourself.
Donna Bilak | Pratt Institute - Academia.edu
Research interests: early modern science, emblematics, alchemical laboratory technology, jewelry studies. See dbilakpraxis.com. Gold and Mercury: Amalgamated Histories in Chemistry, …
The Making and Knowing Project – dbilakpraxis
Donna with M&K Project Manager Naomi Rosenkranz, Rare Books and Manuscript Library, Columbia University One of the most significant take-aways from my experience on the M&K project is a healthy respect for the utility of failure.
Presentations – dbilakpraxis
Presented by HMS Librarian Jennifer D. Miglus and historian of early modern alchemy Donna Bilak (Columbia-CHF Scholar), “Chymistry in the Archives” explores Bulkeley’s working practices and participation in seventeenth century trans-Atlantic exchanges of medico-alchemical knowledge through the lens of his extant writings, and considers ...