The following conferences and meetings of interest for historians of astronomy have also been listed in Electronic Newsletters for the History of Astronomy.
January 5-9, Austin, TX, USA
193rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Wednesday, 6 January, 10:00-11:30am:
Tools and Techniques of Data Collection and Reduction in
Archaeoastronomy.
There will also be a poster session.
Organized by David G. Iadevaia, Ph.D.,
A P I Airbourne Precision Imaging,
2968 W. Ina Rd. Ste 275, Tucson, AZ 85741, USA,
phone: 520-544-7896, e-mail: api@api-az.com
URLs:
http://www.aas.org/meetings/aas193/program/
http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v30n4/aas193/S230.htm
January 7-14, Malta
Second International Conference on "The Inspiration of Astronomical
Phenomena" ("INSAP II")
The conference will discuss the impacts astronomical phenomena have had on
mankind.
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Raymond E. White, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
(Chair) (rwhite@as.arizona.edu),
Rev. George V. Coyne, S. J., The Vatican Observatory
(gcoyne@as.arizona.edu),
Dr. Rolf M. Sinclair, National Science Foundation, Arlington VA
(rsinclai@nsf.gov),
Prof. Frank Ventura, Malta (fven@cis.um.edu.mt)
URL:
http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap.htm
See in addition the announcement in
ENHA 29, Item 3.
January 15-17, Vinius-Kaunas, Lithuania
19th Baltic Conference on the History of Science
Among the subjects: History of mathematics and astronomy
Language: English, other languages in special cases (in workshops if
motivated by the subject matter)
Deadline: May 1, 1998
Contacts: Prof. J.A. Krikstopaitis, Saltoniskiu 58, 2600 Vilnius,
Lithania, Fax: 370-2-751898, 370-2-749719, e-mail:
lfsi@ktl.mii.lt
URL:
http://www.ktl.mii.lt/LFSI/conference/balticXIXconference.htm
February 22-26, Mumbai, In