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EVENTS
We will announce any lectures, courses or events on the history of
astrology or astronomy, here on the site.
Please E mail details to culture@caol.demon.co.uk
8-11 May
2002: Ethnoastronomy in the West African Sub-Region, conference
organized by the Centre for Advanced Humanities and Social
Research, Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
The Organising Committee of the International Conference on
Ethno-Astronomy in the West African Sub-region (Africa_ethnoastro
2002) invites you to participate at the Conference. The aims of
the Conference include the following:
* To unearth the body of traditional knowledge of astronomy by
peoples of the West African sub-region.
* To re-interpret this body of knowledge in the light of
modern/western astronomy.
* To understand the ways and degrees through which this
knowledge and beliefs shaped the lived realities of the people
of this region.
* Sub-Themes:
- Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the study of
Ethno-Astronomy - Cosmogonies and Creation Myths - Indigenous
Lore of Celestial Bodies - Ethno-Astronomy and indigenous
calendars, cycles, seasons, and festivals. - Cultural
Representations of Ethno-Astronomy - Comparative Studies on
Ethno-Astronomy - Ethno-Astronomy and the Environment
Registration/Participation fee: US $100.00. Payment for local
participants shall be made in cash or certified bank draft
payable to: Damian Opata, Director,
Centre for Advanced Humanities & Social Research,
Faculty of Arts,
University of Nigeria,
Nsukka.
Foreign participants should pay on arrival. Registrations by
mail to Johnson Urama, Secretary, LOC Africa_ethnoastro 2002
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
E-mail:
johnson@hartrao.ac.za
or
johnsonurama@yahoo.com
http:// www.hartrao.ac.za/conferences/ethno2002/ethno2002.html |
24-25 May
2002
Figures de l'antinewtonianisme/Faces of anti-Newtonianism,
1672-1832.
Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Department of
Philosophy, University of Paris-X (Nanterre), France
Call for Papers: Historians have often regarded the opposition
encountered by Newtonianism during its triumphal progress in the
18th and 19th centuries as little more than conservative
reaction or temporary misunderstanding. Yet from Leibniz and
Berkeley to Goethe and the Naturphilosophen, powerful critics
manifested profound dissatisfaction with both the scientific
content and the philosophical foundations of Newtonianism. The
aim of the colloquium is to engage in a critical reexamination
of anti-Newtonianism by exploring its diverse origins, the
content of its arguments and practices, and its scientific and
philosophical consequences. The colloquium will be organized
around four major themes (subthemes listed are indicative, not
exhaustive):
1. The principals of Newtonian mechanics. Cartesian reactions to
the publication of the Principia Mathematica; critiques of
Leibniz, Huygens, Fontenelle, and others of central Newtonian
concepts (attraction, force, relative and absolute motion, space
and time.)
2. Theories of matter. Reception of and resistance to the
research program of the Queries in Newton's Opticks; the
encounter of Newtonianism with established research traditions
in chemistry.
3. Hypothesis and experiment. The 18th century epistemological
debate regarding the legitimacy of the experimental method and
inductive generalization, the proscription of hypotheses, the
relation of mathematics to experience, and the validity of the
method of fluxions; competing forms of experimental practice in
the work of Rizetti, Mariotte, Goethe, and others.
4. Scientific knowledge and human culture. The evolving
(post-Principia) image of the cultural role of natural science;
philosophical (Berkeley) and poetical (Swift, Coleridge, Blake,
Goethe) critiques of the Newtonian conception of nature;
theological objections to Newtonianism.
To propose a paper (30 minutes, either in French or English),
please send a short abstract and a curriculum vitae to either:
Philippe Hamou
Universite de Paris X - Nanterre, Departement de Philosophie
200, avenue de la Republique, 92001 Nanterre, France. tel/fax :
(+33)-1-40-97-75-17 or (+33)-1-42-23-38-32, e-mail: PhilippeHamou@aol.com
or
Neil Ribe , Institut de Physique du Globe, 4 Place Jussieu,
75252 Parix cedex 05, France, tel (+33)-1-44-27-24-79, fax
(+33)-1-44-27-24-81.
e-mail:
ribe@ipgp.jussieu.fr |
2-5 July 2002
Astronomical Instruments and Archives from the Asia Pacific
Region
Call for Papers.An international conference on “Astronomical
Instruments and archives from the Asia-Pacific Region” will be
held in Cheongju, Korea, between 2-5 July 2002 to commemorate
the inauguration of the Nha Il-Seong Museum of Astronomy.
This Conference is organised by IAU Commission 41 and the
newly-formed Inter-Union Commission for History of Astronomy (ICHA),
and will constitute the first formal conference and meeting of
the ICHA. In Korea, the Conference will be sponsored by the City
of Cheongju, the Korea Astronomy Observatory and the Ministry of
Science and Technology. Meanwhile, the following Scientific
Organising Committee has been set up:
Professor Il-Seong Nha (Korea: Chairman)Professor Richard
Stephenson (UK: Deputy-Chairman)
Dr Wayne Orchiston (Australia: Secretary)
Dr Christine Allen (Mexico)
Dr Suzanne Débarbat (France)Dr Kwan-yu Chen (USA)
Dr Steven Dick (USA)
Professor Alexander Gurshtein (Russia)
Dr Bambang Hidayat (Indonesia)
Professor Rajesh Kochhar (India)
Dr Lui Ciyuan (China)
Dr Tsuko Nakamura (Japan)
Professor Boonraksar Soonthornthum (Thailand)
The program will include paper sessions, C41/ICHA business
meetings, a city tour and a visit to the Korea Astronomy
Observatory, one or two dinners and a banquet. For the paper
sessions we are seeking papers about individual or small groups
of related archives or historic astronomical instruments that
are either from, or relate to, the Asian region, any of the
Pacific nations, or American countries that have Pacific Ocean
coastlines. Most of those selected by the SOC to deliver papers
will be assigned 20-30 minutes (including question time); other
titles offered will be accepted as poster papers. If you would
like to offer a paper, please forward your title and abstract to
all three under-signed by 2002 April 30, or to either Il-Seong
Nha (The Nha Il-Seong Museum of Astronomy, San-133 Gamcheon-myon,
Yechon-gun, Kyungbuk 757-910, Korea) or Wayne Orchiston
(Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121,
Australia) if using ordinary airmail.The plan is to publish all
papers in a conference proceedings, and Professor Nha and Drs
Debarbat and Orchiston have agreed to serve as co-editors.
The Conference will be held in the city of Cheongju, which is
128km south-east of Seoul. Cheongju has an international
airport, and is also accessed from Incheon International Airport
(with a connecting shuttle bus). Accommodation will be in
tourist hotels, with a nightly room rate of between US$50 and
US$70 depending on the number of bookings. The Conference
registration fee is US$100 if paid by 2002 May 1 and US$120
thereafter. This fee includes a copy of the conference
proceedings, the welcome banquet and one or two dinners, the
city tour and the Observatory excursion. There is a registration
fee of US$70 for accompanying guests.
For further details please consult the Conference Web
site: http://www.nhamuseum.org/conference2002
This contains a registration form, plus travel
and accommodation details. Those seeking additional information
should contact Professor Nha. We look forward to seeing a good
turnout of C41/ICHA members at this Conference, our last before
the Sydney General Assembly in July 2003.
Il-Seong Nha (SLISNHA@chollian.net)
Richard Stephenson (f.r.stephenson@durham.ac.uk)
Wayne Orchiston (wo@aaoepp.aao.gov.au) |
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October 2002
Annual Astrological Lodge seminar on the history of astrology.
Details from The Astrological Lodge, history of astrology
seminar, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1, UK. |
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19-22
June 2003
The Sixth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop will be
held at the University of Notre Dame. A call for papers and
session proposals will be issued in summer 2002. Offers of help
should be made to Matthew.F.Dowd.11@nd.edu. |
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3-10
August 2003
The
fourth conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP
4),
http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap/insap4x.htm
The
Fourth International Conference on The Inspiration of
Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP IV) will be held at Magdalen
College, Oxford on August 3rd - 9th 2003. This meeting will
explore humanity's fascination with the sky by day and by night,
which has been a strong and often dominant element in human life
and culture. The conference will provide a meeting place for
artists and scholars from a variety of disciplines (including
archaeology and anthropology, art and art history, classics,
history and prehistory, the physical and social sciences,
mythology and folklore, philosophy, and religion) to present and
discuss their studies of the influences that astronomical
phenomena have had on humanity.
The
first three meetings (Castel Gandolfo, 1994; Malta, 1999;
Palermo, 2001) successfully brought together for the first time
people from just such a range of disciplines to address topics
of common interest. Papers from the first meeting were published
in Vistas in Astronomy (1995) and in Leonardo
(1996), those from the second will appear shortly in book form,
and those from the third will appear in 2002 in a special issue
of Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana. These
papers (described on our Website under each INSAP Conference)
give an idea of the range of subjects presented at these
meetings.
A
similar publication is planned for the fourth meeting, which
will be held in Magdalen College, Oxford (UK), starting Sunday
August 3, 2003. Attendance will be by invitation from among
those applying. All presentations and discussions will be in
English. This Conference is sponsored by the Vatican Observatory
and the Steward Observatory. Further information on INSAP IV and
on the earlier conferences, and an application form for the
upcoming meeting, can be found on our Website
(http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap)
or
obtained from the undersigned.
Dr.
Valerie Shrimplin, University of Luton: Co-Chair, Local
Organizing Committee, valerie.shrimplin@luton.ac.uk,
Mr.
Nick Campion, Bath Spa University College: Co-Chair, Local
Organizing Committee, ncampion@caol.demon.co.uk,
Professor
David W. Pankenier, Lehigh University: Coordinating Member,
International Executive Committee david.pankenier@lehigh.edu.
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28 October
2000
Astrological Lodge of London annual
seminar on the history of astrology
9.30 am - 5.30 pm.
50 Gloucester Place, London W1
Bookings from September, address as above, non-members £15.00
Speakers include: Nick Campion, Mike Edwards, Bernard
Eccles, Annabella Kitson, Nick Kollerstrom, Sophie Page and Simon
Posner.
Subjects include: Horoscopes for Byzantine military coups,
early modern electional astrology, Galileo, Kepler, John Dee, W.B.
Yeats. |
31 December
2000 to 6 January 2001
The third conference on the
Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP III)
This meeting will explore humanity’s
fascination with the sky by day and by night, which has been a
strong and often dominant element in human life and culture and
will provide a meeting place for artists and scholars from a
variety of disciplines (including archaeology and anthropology,
art and art history, classics, history and prehistory, the
physical and social sciences, mythology and folklore, philosophy,
and religion) to present and discuss their studies of the
influence that astronomical phenomena have had on humanity All presentations and discussions will be in English.
This Conference is sponsored by the Palermo Observatory, the
Vatican Observatory, and the Steward Observatory, and is hosted by
the Palermo Observatory as part of the bicentennial of the
discovery there of the first asteroid, Ceres, on the nights of
January 1-3, 1801.
Full information on INSAP III and on the earlier conferences, see http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap. |
5 to 8 July
2001
The Fifth Biennial History of
Astronomy Workshop
At the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana.
Please seehttp://www.nd.edu/~histast4 |
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