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Detail from Alexandre-Isidore Leroy De Barde's Selection of Shells Arranged on Shelves, early 19th c.

Further Reading: CURIOSITY

Detail from Alexandre-Isidore Leroy De Barde’s Selection of Shells Arranged on Shelves, early 19th c.

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Treasures, Secrets, & Scandals of Rudolf II

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Curiosity Killed the Wives: Punishment and Reward in Myth and Folktales

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The Egyptian Hall: Performative Curiosities in London’s House of Mysteries

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Frederik Ruysch’s Anatomical Oddities and Human Dioramas

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Barbara von Beck: A Face To Be Seen

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How Do You Measure a Pachy-term? Ibn Al-Jazari’s Amazing Elephant Clock

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For each salon, we invite our speakers to share the resources and interesting reading they came across in researching their talk, so that we can all dig more deeply. This reading list was compiled by Odd Salon with: Reigh Robitaille, Andrey Tselikov, Amy Mains, Seth Rosenblatt, James Manion, and Casey Selden. Thank you!