Christoph Lüthy (born Zürich, 1964) is a Swiss-born historian of philosophy and science and professor at

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, , formerly ) is a public university, public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students. Established in 1923, Radboud University has consistentl ...

. His areas of research are the history of early-modern science, the interrelation between philosophy and science, and the development of scientific images and diagrams.

Career

The eldest son of historian

Herbert Lüthy Herbert Lüthy (January 15, 1918 - November 16, 2002) was a Swiss historian and journalist. His book ''France Against Herself'', published in the mid-1950s, criticized French traditionalism. Life Born in Basel, Herbert Lüthy attended school in ...

, Christoph Lüthy was raised in Basel. He obtained a first-class B.A. hon. with distinction in Philosophy and Modern Languages at

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(1987) as well as a MA and a PhD in the History of Science from

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(1989 and 1995). After postdoctoral postings at the Swiss Institute in Rome and at the

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in Berlin, he moved in 1997 to

, where he co-founded the Center for the History of Philosophy and Science. Since 1999, he has been editor both of the journal '' Early Science and Medicine'' and of the book series ''Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science''. Between 2016 and 2021, he served his university as faculty dean. In 2013, he was elected to the Netherland Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the same year, he received the Radboud Science Award for his book on David van Goorle. In 2024, he was elected to the

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*https://www.ru.nl/english/people/luthy-c/ *https://www.knaw.nl/nl/leden/leden/14313 {{DEFAULTSORT:Luthy, Christoph 1964 births Living people Swiss historians Historians of science Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Harvard University alumni Max Planck Institutes researchers Radboud University Nijmegen Academic journal editors Academia Europaea Historians of philosophy