Biennial History of Astronomy Workshops
OverviewIn 1993 the first Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop took place at the University of Notre Dame and launched what has become a stimulating forum for scholars of all levels and interests in the history of astronomy. Notable has been the workshop's attention to the teaching of the history of astronomy as well as the warm welcome given to graduate students and independent scholars. A workshop typically attracts 60-65 scholars who take part in a thematic program of talks, panel discussions, and, in some years, hands-on demonstrations. All aspects of the history of astronomy receive attention and across all time periods. Furthermore, the workshop's residential format ensures ample time outside of the scheduled meetings for participants to converse. When the weather allows, a visit to the Notre Dame Observatory is usually planned. An evening banquet with a well-known speaker tops off the workshop and helps to make this biennial gathering much anticipated among historians of astronomy. |
2025 NDXVI In-Person WorkshopThe Sixteenth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop will be held June 11-14, 2025, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and will include a one-day trip to the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. The call for session and individual paper proposals has opened with proposals due by 1 February 2025. Please →click here← for further details. We are pleased to announce our invited speaker is Prof. Dr. Matteo Valleriani. He is Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin, Honorary Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin, Professor by Special Appointment at Tel Aviv University, and Principal Investigator at the Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD). In his research, he investigates processes of emergence, transformation, circulation, homogenization, and oblivion of scientific knowledge in relation to its practical, social, and institutional dimensions. His current research takes place in the framework of computational history (The Sphere). A further focus of his research is on the epistemic function of visual material in scientific research. Within this context he co-develops and applies machine learning technologies. Among his major publications: Publishing Sacrobosco’s «De sphaera» in Early Modern Europe. Modes of Material and Scientific Exchange (with A. Ottone), Springer Nature, 2022, De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period: The Authors of the Commentaries, Springer Nature, 2020, The Structures of Practical Knowledge, Springer Nature, 2017, Metallurgy, Ballistics and Epistemic Instruments: The “Nova Scientia” of Nicolò Tartaglia. A New Edition, Edition Open Access, 2013, Galileo Engineer, Springer, 2010. |
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Acknowledgments: Generous support for the workshop is provided by the Graduate Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA), the College of Science’s Nieuwland Lecture Series, the College of Arts and Letters, the Department of Physics of the University of Notre Dame, and the Program of Liberal Studies of the University of Notre Dame, and the Adler Planetarium. |
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