Scientiae 2025: Istanbul, 16-19 September, Annual Conference

Session

P.3.1. Together, with, against: Building and Reassembling Astronomical Traditions in Three Different Contexts

18 Sept 2025, 09:15

MAIN HALL (Kurul Odası) (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

P.3.1. Together, with, against: Building and Reassembling Astronomical Traditions in Three Different Contexts

• Florence Somer (Observatoire de Paris)
• Sophie Serra (Lund University - Department of philosophy)
• Divna Manolova (Department of Literary Studies – Greek Section, Ghent University)

Description

Chair: Matthieu Husson

Together, with, against: Building and Reassembling Astronomical Traditions in Three Different Contexts

Ms Divna Manolova (Department of Literary Studies – Greek Section, Ghent University), Florence Somer (Observatoire de Paris), Ms Sophie Serra (Lund University - Department of philosophy)

18/09/2025, 09:15

Organised panels

All written astronomical cultures attest to the great creativity of astronomers in producing different sorts of manuscripts, printed books and instruments. Embodying the very tools of their practices, these records simultaneously housed and organized the memory that underpinned those practices. These canons and curricula consist of various types of texts, tables and diagrams and they are...