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Thursday, September 12, 2019
09:00 – 11:30 | Registration of Participants
Venue: Foyer of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)
11:30 – 13:30 | Opening Plenary Session
Venue: NHRF Auditorium
Conference Opening
Sergei Demidov | President, International Academy of the History of Science
Kostas Gavroglu | Professor Emer. of History of Science, University of Athens, Greece
Plenary Paper
Robert Halleux |Histoire des sciences et histoire de l’Humanité. Le rêve de George Sarton / History of Science and the History of Humankind; the Dream of George Sarton.
13:30 – 15:30 | Welcome Buffet
15:30 – 17:30 | Afternoon Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 9 – Retrospect and prospect: History of Science and Technology in China
NHRF Seminar Room | Symposium 8 – The Migration of Scientists for Political or Economic Reasons
17:30 – 18:00 | Coffee Break
18:00 – 20:00 | Evening Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 9 – Retrospect and prospect: History of Science and Technology in China
NHRF Seminar Room | Symposium 8 – The Migration of Scientists for Political or Economic Reasons
Friday, September 13, 2019
09:00 – 11:30 | Morning Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 9 – Retrospect and prospect: History of Science and Technology in China
NHRF Seminar Room | Symposium 8 – The Migration of Scientists for Political or Economic Reasons
Marasleio Room 1 | Symposium 2 – Comparison and Connection in the Astral Sciences across Eurasia
Marasleio Room 2 | Symposium 11 – Studies on the History of Metrology Development in China and the West
Marasleio Room 3 | Symposium 17 – Usages et contre-usages culturels et mathématiques de l’infini
Marasleio Room 4 | Stand-Alone Papers – Methodological Approaches in the History of Science
Marasleio Room 5 | Stand-Alone Papers – Mathematics and Astronomy
Marasleio Room 6 | Symposium 1 – Above and below the Moon: Islamicate science across the Mediterranean
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30 | Noon Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 9 – Retrospect and prospect: History of Science and Technology in China
NHRF Seminar Room | Symposium 8 – The Migration of Scientists for Political or Economic Reasons
Marasleio Room 1 | Symposium 2 – Comparison and Connection in the Astral Sciences across Eurasia
Marasleio Room 2 | Symposium 11 – Studies on the History of Metrology Development in China and the West
Marasleio Room 3 | Stand-Alone Papers – Medicine and Biology
Marasleio Room 4 | Stand-Alone Papers – Methodological Approaches in the History of Science and Technology
Marasleio Room 5 | Stand-Alone Papers – Mathematics and Astronomy
Marasleio Room 6 | Symposium 1 – Above and below the Moon: Islamicate science across the Mediterranean
13:30 – 15:30 | Lunch Break
15:30 – 17:30 | Afternoon Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 9 – Retrospect and prospect: History of Science and Technology in China
NHRF Seminar Room | Symposium 8 – The Migration of Scientists for Political or Economic Reasons
Marasleio Room 1 | Symposium 2 – Comparison and Connection in the Astral Sciences across Eurasia
Marasleio Room 2 | Stand-Alone Papers – The Lives and Works of Scientists
Marasleio Room 3 | Stand-Alone Papers – Medicine and Biology
Marasleio Room 4 | Stand-Alone Papers – Physics
Marasleio Room 5 | Stand-Alone Papers – Mathematics and Astronomy
Marasleio Room 6 | Stand-Alone Papers – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the History of Science and Technology
17:30 – 18:00 | Coffee Break
18:00 – 20:00 | Evening Session
NHRF Seminar Room| Symposium 18 – The Continuity and Disruption of Medicine
Marasleio Room 2 | Stand-Alone Papers – The Lives and Works of Scientists
Marasleio Room 3 | Stand-Alone Papers – Medicine and Biology
Marasleio Room 4 | Stand-Alone Papers – Physics
Marasleio Room 6 | Stand-Alone Papers – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the History of Science and Technology
Saturday, September 14, 2019
09:00 – 11:00 | Morning Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 6 – Agricultural Diffusion Around the World
NHRF Seminar Room | Stand-Alone Papers – Local Aspects of the History of Science and Technology
Marasleio Room 2 | Symposium 10 – Science in Different Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Cultures and Context
Marasleio Room 3 | Symposium 12 – The Material Culture of Nuclear Diplomacy
Marasleio Room 4 | Symposium 5 – International Contacts of Soviet Science
Marasleio Room 5 | Symposium 15 – Tradition and Innovation in Mathematics in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30 | Noon Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 6 – Agricultural Diffusion Around the World
NHRF Seminar Room | Stand-Alone Papers – Local Aspects of the History of Science and Technology
Marasleio Room 1 | Symposium 7 – International journals with a wide coverage
Marasleio Room 2 | Symposium 10 – Science in Different Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Cultures and Context
Marasleio Room 3 | Symposium 12 – The Material Culture of Nuclear Diplomacy
Marasleio Room 4 | Symposium 5 – International Contacts of Soviet Science
Marasleio Room 5 | Symposium 15 – Tradition and Innovation in Mathematics in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
13:30 – 15:30 | Lunch Break
15:30 – 17:30 | Afternoon Session
NHRF Auditorium | Symposium 6 – Agricultural Diffusion Around the World
NHRF Seminar Room | Stand-Alone Papers – Local Aspects of the History of Science and Technology
Marasleio Room 1 | Symposium 13 – The Mathematical Astronomies’ Exchange and Cooperation between Medieval Islam and China on the Silk Road
Marasleio Room 2 | Symposium 10 – Science in Different Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Cultures and Context
Marasleio Room 3 | Symposium 14 – Theories and practices of measurement in ancient sciences
Marasleio Room 4 | Symposium 4 – Euclid’s Elements from the West to the East
Marasleio Room 5 | Symposium 16 – University science in Russia in XIX – XXI centuries: the regional dimension
17:30 – 18:00 | Coffee Break
18:00 – 20:00 | Evening Session
Marasleio Room 1 | Symposium 13 – The Mathematical Astronomies’ Exchange and Cooperation between Medieval Islam and China on the Silk Road
Marasleio Room 3 | Symposium 14 – Theories and practices of measurement in ancient sciences
Marasleio Room 4 | Symposium 4 – Euclid’s Elements from the West to the East
Marasleio Room 5 | Symposium 16 – University science in Russia in XIX – XXI centuries: the regional dimension
Sunday, September 15, 2019
09:00 – 11:00 | Morning Session
NHRF Auditorium | Stand-Alone Papers – Science and Religion
NHRF Seminar Room | Stand-Alone Papers – Science and Exploration
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30 | Closing Plenary Session
Venue: NHRF Auditorium
The ceremony of the Koyré Medal
Medalist: Professor Liu Dun
Laudatio by Catherine Jami
Liu Dun | From Timaeus to Gorintō: A transcultural study on the Buddhist five-ringed tower
The Ceremony of the Young Historians Prize
Presentation of the 2017 Prize to Corinna Guerra for her book Lavoisier e Parthenope. Contributo ad una storia della chimica del regno di Napoli
Presentation of the Prize to Orly Lewis for her book Praxagoras of Kos on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma
Presentation of their books by the laureates.
Closing of the Conference