Third Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop
University of Notre Dame
June 19­22, 1997

 

Thursday, June 19


8 pm to 10:00 pm Welcoming Reception ND Center for Continuing Education
Note: A new 25 minute video on Daniel Kirkwood will be shown at 9 pm for anyone interested.

Note: All sessions, except for the poster session, take place in the Auditorium of the Center for Continuing Education.

 

Friday, June 20


8:30 am Greetings and Introduction of Participants: Mike Crowe (Notre Dame) and Steve Dick (U. S. Naval Observatory), Co-chairs of the Workshop

9:00­11:30 am On the Uses of Biography in the History of Astronomy
Organizer and Chair: David DeVorkin (Smithsonian Institution)
Five historians who have approached biography from different and complementary perspectives will outline their views on the role of biography in the history of astronomy. Each has explored either gender or class issues, institutional or regional contexts, or changing modes of practice in the framework of biography, and will provide insight into how these efforts enhance understanding of the ever-changing discipline of astronomy. Participating will be:

11:35 Group Photograph (weather permitting)

Lunch

1:00­3:30 pm Survey Presentations
Chair: Steven J. Dick (U. S. Naval Observatory)

3:30­4:00 pm Poster Presentations (Room 112 in CCE)

4:00­5:15 pm: Historical Studies on Astronomy I
Chair: Marvin Bolt (Adler Planetarium)

8:00­10:00 pm: Gathering at the Home of Mike Crowe (see map in conference packet)
Note: The new 25 minute video on Daniel Kirkwood will be available for viewing.

 

Saturday, June 21

 

9­11:30 am Teaching History of Astronomy and Sharing of Syllabi
Organizer: Owen Gingerich (Harvard Univ.)
Chair: Dana Densmore (Green Lion Press)
Note: Those who teach courses in history of astronomy are asked to bring about 50 copies of their syllabus to this session.

Lunch

1­3:30 pm Recent Themes in Archaeoastronomy: Sacred Spaces and Sacred Times
Organizer: Stephen McCluskey (West Virginia Univ.)
Chair: James Lattis (Univ. of Wisconsin)

3:45­5:30 pm: Historical Studies on Astronomy II
Chair: William Donahue (Green Lion Press)

6:30 pm Conference Banquet: Morris Inn on the Notre Dame Campus
Welcoming Remarks: Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame

8:30­10:30 pm: Optional Open Session at the Notre Dame Observatory (Nieuwland Science Hall)-group will depart directly from the banquet.

 

Sunday, June 22

 

9:00­11:15 am: Historical Studies on Astronomy III
Chair: John Briggs (Univ. of Chicago)

11:30­12:00 Business meeting


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