History of Astronomy : Meetings


History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2004


The following conferences and meetings of interest for historians of astronomy have also been announced in Electronic Newsletters for the History of Astronomy.

January 4-5, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sessions of the Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) at the 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Session 1 - HAD I: Transit of Venus
Sessions 28/35 - HAD II/III
Session 29 - Doggett Prize Lecture: The REAL Caroline Herschel (M. A. Hoskin)
Contacts: American Astronomical Society, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009-1231, USA, phone 202-328-2010, fax 202-234-2560, e-mail aas@aas.org e-mail:
URL: http://www.aas.org/meetings/aas203/

January 13, Seattle, Washington, USA
Presidential History Symposium on "predictions" of the American Meteorological Society
Contacts: Dr. Kristine Harper, 946 NW Circle Blvd., #306, Corvallis, OR 97330-1410, USA, E-mail: kharper@proaxis.com
URL: http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 54, Item 1.

March 10-11, Cambridge, UK
Arthur Stanley Eddington - Interdisciplinary Perspectives: A workshop
Contacts: Dr Kate Price, Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PH, UK, Telephone: +44 (0)1223 507189, Fax: +44 (0)1223 507120, e-mail: kep26@cam.ac.uk
URL: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/events2004/eddington.html
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 55, Item 6.

March 31 - April 3, Litomysl, Czech Republic
International Conference "Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy"
Contacts: Miloslav Zejda, N. Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium, Kravi hora 2, 61600 Brno, CZ, phone 420 541321287, fax 420 541233389, e-mail: zejda@hvezdarna.cz
URL: http://var.astro.cz/kopal
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 53, Item 3.

April 13-17, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Titan - From Discovery to Encounter
International Conference to commemorate the 375th birthday of Christiaan Huygens, born 14 April 1629
Contacts: ESA Conference Bureau, e-mail: esa.conference.bureau@esa.int
URL: http://sci2.esa.int/huygens/conference/
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 52, Item 4.

April 16-18, Oxford, UK
International Conference of the British Sundial Society
Contacts: Douglas Bateman, Secretary, British Sundial Society, 4 New Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 7NR, United Kingdom, tel: +44 1344 772303, e-mail: douglas.bateman@btinternet.com
For further information, see the BSS Home Page.

June 7-11, Preston, Lancashire, England
IAU Colloquium 196, "Transits of Venus: New Views of the Solar System and Galaxy"
Contacts: Don Kurtz, Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE, UK, phone (44)(1772)893735, fax (44)(1772)892996, e-mail: tov@uclan.ac.uk
URL: http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/conference/
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 52, Item 5.

June 20-27, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Seventh Oxford Conference on Archaeoastronomy
Contacts: Jeffrey Hall, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA, e-mail: Oxford7@earthlink.net
URL: http://www.lowell.edu/Public/ox7/index.html
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 52, Item 6.

June 23-27, Prague, Czech Rep.
Science in contact at the beginning of the scientific revolution
Mainly on history of astronomy (Copernicus, Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, Newton and people around them).
Contacts: Jaroslav Folta, e-mail: jaroslav.folta@ntm.cz
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 56, Item 3, or as PDF document.

June 24-27, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
International Symposium "Mundi subterranei - Scientific Instrument Collections in the University"
Location: Dartmouth College
Contacts: e-mail: SICU@mac.dartmouth.edu
URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sicu/
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 54, Item 3.

July 26-28, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Conference "Horoscopes and History"
Contacts: Kocku von Stuckrad, University of Amsterdam, History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, Oude Turfmarkt 147, NL - 1012 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: c.k.m.vonstuckrad@uva.nl
For further information, see the GFH Home Page or the announcement in ENHA 54, Item 4.

August 8-14, Odessa, Ukraine
Astrophysics and Cosmology after Gamow - Theory and Observations
International Gamow Memorial Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of George Gamow
Contacts: O.D. Toropina, e-mail: toropina@mx.iki.rssi.ru
URL: http://www.iki.rssi.ru/gmic100/
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 54, Item 5.

August 20-22, Milton Keynes, England
Solar Eclipse Conference 2004 (SEC2004)
The programme will include also several lectures on historic topics.
Contacts: Patrick Poitevin, e-mail: solareclipsewebpages@btopenworld.com
URL: http://solareclipsewebpages.users.btopenworld.com/SEC_files/SEC2004.html
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 56, Item 4.

September 6-11, Dresden, Germany
XXIII Scientific Instrument Symposium
Contacts: SIS 2004, Dresden State Art Collections, Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Zwinger, D-01067 Dresden, Germany, Tel. +49 (0) 351 4914-661, Fax +49 (0) 351 4914-666, e-mail: info@sis2004-dresden.de
URL: http://www.sis2004-dresden.de
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 53, Item 4.

September 15-17, Budapest, Hungary
The European Scientist
Symposium on the era and work of Franz Xaver von Zach (1754-1832)
Prof. L. G. Balazs, Konkoly Observatory, P. O. Box 67, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary, Fax: (36)(1)275-4668, e-mail: balazs@konkoly.hu
URL: http://www.konkoly.hu/zach2004/
For further information, see also the announcement in ENHA 56, Item 5.

For general history of science meetings and conferences see also: History of science: Meetings.

For general astronomical meetings and conferences see also: International Astronomy Conferences and Meetings.


Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 26 Nov 2003. Latest update: 13 Feb 2004