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

Session

P.3.2. Prognostication, Fortune, and Risk: How Early Modern People Navigated Material Fortunes through Almanacs and Astrological Consultations

18 Sept 2025, 11:00

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

Conveners

P.3.2. Prognostication, Fortune, and Risk: How Early Modern People Navigated Material Fortunes through Almanacs and Astrological Consultations

• Jakub Ochocinski (European University Institute)
• Luís Campos Ribeiro (University of Lisbon)
• Tunahan Durmaz (European University Institute)

Description

Chair: Florence Somer

Prognostication, Fortune, and Risk: How Early Modern People Navigated Material Fortunes Through Almanacs and Astrological Consultations

Jakub Ochocinski (European University Institute), Dr Luís Campos Ribeiro (University of Lisbon), Mr Tunahan Durmaz (European University Institute)

18/09/2025, 11:00

Organised panels

This panel challenges conventional approaches to risk studies by examining how early modern communities and individuals navigated uncertainty in their daily lives. Moving beyond the quantitative methods often deployed in assessing historical risk, we investigate how early modern people used astrological knowledge and almanacs to make critical decisions about health, commerce, travel, and...