The 'History of astronomy' section

The conference "Copernicus and Astronomy: Continuity, Reform, and Dissemination" will be held in Toruń from 11 to 16 September 2023. It is organized as part of the World Copernican Congress celebrating the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, and hosted by Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, the Institute of History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the Polish Astronomical Society. The Congress will include a sequence of scientific conferences held in Kraków (May 24-26, 2023), Olsztyn (June 21-24, 2023), and Toruń (September 11-16, 2023).    

The conference, organized by the Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, aims to review the state of research on pre-Copernican astronomy, the Copernican astronomy and its early reception. It will consist of three panels: 1. The legacy of Ptolemy's astronomy and the Alphonsine Tables; 2. Copernican astronomy; and 3. The early reception of heliocentric astronomy. 50 scholars from around the world will attend the conference. 

Conference Programme (pdf, 865 KB)

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F. Jamil Ragep: Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Canada (Professor Emeritus)
Michael Shank: University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (Professor Emeritus)
Robert S. Westman: University of California San Diego, USA (Professor Emeritus)

Book of abstracts. Copernicus and Astronomy: Continuity, Reform, and Dissemination (pdf, 1.00 MB)

Massimo Bucciantini, Università di Siena, Włochy
Christián Carlos Carman, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentyna
Benno van Dalen, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Niemcy
Miguel Ángel Granada, Universitat de Barcelona, Hiszpania
Richard L. Kremer, Dartmouth College, USA
Robert G. Morrison, Bowdoin College, USA
Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Włochy
Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Polska
Jarosław Włodarczyk, Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Polska

Barbara Bienias, Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Warsaw
Dominika Gołaszewska-Rusinowska, Centre for Copernican Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Maciej Jasiński, Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Warsaw
Andrzej Niedzielski, Institute of Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Justyna Rogińska,Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Warsaw
Jacek Soszyński, Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Warsaw