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CULTURE
AND COSMOS Volume 6 Number 2. Autumn/Winter 2002.CONTENTS Editorial
pp. 1-2 Archaeoastronomy Two
volumes of Archaeoastronomy: the Journal of Astronomy in Culture have
appeared since the University of Texas Press agreed to undertake the publication
of the journal, and a third volume (Volume 16) was mailed out in the autumn of
2002. The principal reason for the delay is the lack of quality
articles submitted to the editors. To bring the publication schedule up to date
the editors would like to forward another issue (of up to 200 typeset pages) to
the publisher as soon as possible (Volume 17), so that it can be printed as
promptly as possible during 2003. In the past year or two several articles have
been submitted for publication, but few were truly professional. If the
publishing schedule is to be met, the editors need to receive new scholarly
manuscripts of publishable quality, both for Volume 17 and for future issues. Will you please contact your colleagues and students to see
if they have any papers ready to be published that would fit into the broad
disciplinary scope of the journal. As a reminder, this is not restricted to
those archaeologically or ethnographically based studies traditionally
associated with archaeoastronomy. It also encompasses studies that examine any
astronomy or world view in its cultural context, or provide insights or tools
relevant to the study of astronomies in culture. If papers are not ready now but may be forthcoming, they may
still be reviewed by the editors. Please contact: John
B. Carlson, jcarlson@pop.deans.umd.edu David
S. Dearborn, ddearborn@llnl.gov Stephen
C. McCluskey, scmcc@wvu.edu Clive
Ruggles, rug@le.ac.uk The Warburg Institute Sophia Fellowship The Sophia Trust has generously agreed to fund a Research Fellowship of
two, three or four months in the history of astrology. This is taken in a wide
sense to include the theory of astrology in historical times, the history of the
practice of astrology, astrological iconography, the history of astrology in
relation to other arts and sciences, and astrology in both Western and
non-Western societies. This year's Sophia Fellow is Dr Joanna Komorowska. She
will be at the Institute for 3 months from May 2003 working on Vettius Valens's Anthologiae.
Further details are available from: http://www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/Fellowships/Shortt.htm#Sophia%20Fellowship GermannCommission for History of Geophysics and Cosmical
Physics A commission for the history of geophysics and cosmical physics has been
founded under the leadership of the internationally well-known physicist
Professor Dr. Hans-Jürgen Treder, formerly director of the Einstein Laboratory
for theoretical physics of the Academy of Sciences. The commission published a
journal entitled Contributions for the history of geophysics and cosmical
physics, which is open to all authors. It is a discussion forum for the
interdisciplinary discussion of problems in history and philosophy of
geosciences and its sub-disciplines, including solar-terrestrial physics and its
special problems in development and history, and space physics. The commission
welcomes comments and suggestions from all colleagues. Contact by E-Mail: Geomoppel@t-online.de.
Website: http://huhu.franken.de/history-geophysics/english.htlm. Nick
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