From: J V Field [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wed 05/09/2007 20:58
Subject: Kepler conference, June 2008

Conference announcement - with apologies for lost Polish characters.


KEPLER 2008: FROM TÜBINGEN TO SAGAN
University of Zielona Góra & Institute for the History of Science, Warsaw
Zielona Góra - _aga_, 22-26 June 2008

An international conference & other events to mark
the 380th anniversary of the arrival of Johannes Kepler to _aga_ (Sagan)

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTE
Volker Bialas, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich
J. V. Field, Birkbeck, University of London, London
Nick Jardine, University of Cambridge
Czes_aw Os_kowski, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra
Alain Segonds, CNRS - Observatoire de Paris, Paris
Bruce Stephenson, Adler Planetarium, Chicago
Jaros_aw W_odarczyk, Institute for the History of Science,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

This major international conference will give
attention to all aspects of Kepler's life and
work. The main aim of the conference is to
provide some sense of the new winds blowing
through recent Kepler scholarship.


OUTLINE OF MAIN EVENTS

Sunday 22 June 2008
Registration & Reception at the University of Zielona Góra
Monday 23 June 2008
The conferment of honorary degree from the
University of Zielona Góra upon Professor Owen
Gingerich. The ceremony will be held in the
Wallenstein Palace, _aga_.
Tuesday 24 June 2008 - Thursday 26 June 2008
The main conference at the University of Zielona Góra

Keynote addresses will be given by:
Volker Bialas (Bayerische Akademie der
Wissenschaften, Munich) on Kepler's philosophy of
Nature
Patrick J. Boner (University of Cambridge) on
Kepler's early defence of astrology
A. E. L. Davis (Imperial College, London) on Kepler's mathematical astronomy
William H. Donahue (St. John's College, Santa Fe)
on chapter 59 of Astronomia Nova, which begins in
clarity and ends in obscurity - and in the middle
establishes the elliptical form of the orbit
J. V. Field (Birkbeck, University of London) on Kepler's Harmony of the World
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) on Kepler and historical chronology
Miguel A. Granada (University of Barcelona) on
the debate between Kepler and Roeslin devoted to
cosmology, chronology, and eschatology
Giora Hon (University of Haifa) - on Kepler's optical and astronomical studies
Nick Jardine (University of Cambridge) on
Kepler's jokes, serious and not-so-serious
Richard L. Kremer (Dartmouth College, Hanover) on Kepler's early almanacs
Antoni Malet (University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
on Kepler's mathematization of optics
Rhonda Martens (University of Manitoba) on Keplerian aesthetics
Sheila Rabin (St. Peter's College, Jersey City)
on Kepler's astrology and his idea of the
physical universe
Bruce Stephenson (Adler Planetarium, Chicago) on
Kepler's flirtation with astrological
interpretations of world history, in reaction to
the Stella Nova of 1604
Jaros_aw W_odarczyk (Institute for the History of
Science, Warsaw) on Kepler's Moon

COSTS and REGISTRATION

The registration fee will be 100 EURO (for Ph.D.
students and accompanying persons -
50 EURO). It includes welcome reception, the
conference dinner and coffee/tea during breaks).
The participants should arrange their
accommodation themselves.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers (in English) are cordially invited on the
conference theme. Proposals (title and brief
synopsis with author's affiliation and address,
in a Word e-mail attachment) should be send by 15
November 2007 to:

Jaros_aw W_odarczyk
Instytut Historii Nauki PAN
Nowy _wiat 72, pok. 9
00-330 Warszawa
Poland
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A decision on papers accepted for presentation
will be made by 15 December 2007.
The deadline for the full paper submission is 30
April 2008. Each paper will be allotted a total
of 30 minutes; it is expected that all papers
will be delivered in approximately 20 minutes.

Further detailed information will be made
available at the beginning of October 2007
on the Institute of Astronomy website at http://astro.ia.uz.zgora.pl <http://astro.ia.uz.zgora.pl/> 
For more information please contact Jaros_aw
W_odarczyk ([log in to unmask]).


--
J. V. Field
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow
School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media
Birkbeck, University of London
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London WC1H 0PD
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