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