[AAA] Fwd: CFP for 16th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop @ Notre Dame

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Asunto: Fwd: CFP for 16th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop @ Notre 
Dame
Fecha: 2025-01-06 09:49
Remitente: Beatriz Garcia <beatrizgarciautn en gmail.com>
Destinatario: beatriz.garcia en docentes.frm.utn.edu.ar

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De: Sarah J. Reynolds <sjoryn en gmail.com>
Date: vie, 22 nov 2024 a las 16:03
Subject: CFP for 16th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop @ Notre
Dame
To: <HASTRO-L en listserv.wvu.edu>

Dear HASTRO-rians,

We have just released the Call for Proposals for NDXVI, the 16th
Biennial
History of Astronomy Workshop, to be held June 11-14, 2025, at the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, with a one-day trip to the Adler
Planetarium in Chicago.  Many of you have attended in the past and we
hope
you'll be able to join us again!

This year's theme is "Visual Practices in the Production and
Transmission
of Astronomical Knowledge," and we are looking forward to having Matteo
Valleriani, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the
History of Science, Honorary Professor at the Technische Universität
Berlin, Professor by Special Appointment at Tel Aviv University, and
Principal Investigator at the Berlin Institute for the Foundations of
Learning and Data (BIFOLD) as our keynote speaker.  Prof. Dr.
Valleriani's
research richly engages with this theme and also integrates machine
learning and other innovative digital technologies into the study of
historical texts such as Sacrobosco's *De Sphaera*.

The full CFP text is included below, but may also be found on our
website
at https://www.nd.edu/~histast/ and it and a poster for the workshop are
available at the following links: CFP
<https://www3.nd.edu/~histast/workshops/2025ndxvi/NDXVI%20Workshop%20CFP.pdf>
and
Poster
<https://www3.nd.edu/~histast/workshops/2025ndxvi/NDXVI%20Workshop%20Flyer.pdf>.
Submissions for individual presentations or organized sessions are due
February 1, 2025 and may be submitted at the website
https://bit.ly/ndxvi-submit.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch me via this
address (sjoryn en gmail.com) or via my institutional address (
reynoldssj en uindy.edu).  Please also help us spread the word to others
you
might know with interests in the history of astronomy.

Hoping we'll get to see many of you at Notre Dame this next summer,
--Sarah Reynolds, on behalf of the NDXVI organizing committee.

NDXVI

16th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop

June 11-14, 2025

at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and Adler Planetarium

The Sixteenth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop will be held June
11–14, 2025, in-person at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, with
a
planned one-day trip to the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. This CFP and
further details on the workshop are available at
http://www.nd.edu/~histast.

Workshop Theme: Visual Practices in the Production and Transmission of
Astronomical Knowledge

Visual practices are deeply intertwined with the production and
transmission of astronomical knowledge. Visual features of texts and
other
materials take multiple forms, such as systems of numerical notation,
hand-drawn geometric figures and illustrations, printed tables and
charts
of data, schematics of tools and instruments, high-resolution
photographs
and video, dynamic computer simulations, and even augmented-reality.
Such
material is often associated with the transmission of knowledge, but
just
as important was the epistemic role of visual reasoning and
representations
as historical actors collected information, raised questions, and
developed
theories to understand and explain astronomical phenomena. How were
texts,
images, and tables co-produced, and how did they interact to produce and
transmit knowledge? What aspects of the visual layout and structure of a
document were contingent upon the medium in which it was produced, or
derived from the techniques and tools used to create it? What aims or
functions were assigned to diagrams and other images, and what mental
and
material mechanisms allowed them to fulfill these purposes? How have
visual
elements translated into non-visual communities or technologies? How did
certain visual practices or representations transform over time, and
what
was their relationship with changing practices of observation,
experimentation, teaching, or computing? We welcome explorations of this
theme and related topics within and across different time periods,
geographic regions, and cultural contexts.

Call for Proposals

We will accept proposals for both single talks/papers and sessions. All
proposals should be submitted by February 1, 2025, to
https://bit.ly/ndxvi-submit. Individual presentations are usually
15–20
minutes in length, depending upon the number of submissions. Organized
sessions, with multiple talks addressing a particular question or topic,
can contain talks of longer length, but must incorporate significant
time
for discussion. Other formats, including posters for display and
discussion, may also be proposed. Proposal submissions for single papers
should include a title and a one-paragraph abstract. Organized session
submissions should include a thematic session title and session
abstract,
along with the session organizer's info and a list of other committed
speakers, and be prepared to provide individual talk titles and
abstracts
within the session as follow-up. Proposals are welcome from a range of
disciplinary backgrounds and education/career stages, especially
graduate
students and recent PhDs. Proposals that directly address the workshop
theme will receive preferential treatment. After submission review by
the
organizing committee, final decisions on acceptance will be announced
around March 1. All presenters will be expected to register for the
workshop and pay the registration fee. Questions regarding the workshop
may
be addressed to Sarah J. Reynolds at reynoldssj en uindy.edu or local
organizer Matthew Dowd at mdowd1 en nd.edu.

The Adler Planetarium will bestow the Adler-Mansfield Prize on the
author
of an outstanding presentation given during the 2025 History of
Astronomy
Workshop. The award includes a modest stipend and travel expenses to the
Adler Planetarium if the awardee wishes to carry out onsite research in
the
Adler’s collections.

Keynote Speaker

Our keynote speaker Matteo Valleriani is Research Group Leader at the
Max
Planck Institute for the History of Science, Honorary Professor at the
Technische Universität Berlin, Professor by Special Appointment at Tel
Aviv
University, and Principal Investigator at the Berlin Institute for the
Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD). In his research, he
investigates
processes of emergence, transformation, circulation, homogenization, and
oblivion of scientific knowledge in relation to its practical, social,
and
institutional dimensions. His current research
(sphaera.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de [1])
takes place in the framework of computational history, with a further
focus
on the epistemic function of visual material in scientific research.
Within
this context he co-develops and applies machine learning technologies.
His
major publications include Publishing Sacrobosco’s «De sphaera» in
Early
Modern Europe: Modes of Material and Scientific Exchange, with A.
Ottone,
(Springer Nature, 2022), De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the
Early
Modern Period: The Authors of the Commentaries (Springer Nature, 2020),
The
Structures of Practical Knowledge (Springer Nature, 2017), Metallurgy,
Ballistics and Epistemic Instruments: The “Nova Scientia” of Nicolò
Tartaglia, A New Edition (Edition Open Access, 2013), and Galileo
Engineer
(Springer, 2010).

-- 

_Beatriz García_

CONICET
UTN-FRM

Miembro de la Red PLACTS
IAU-Division C - WG Key Initiatives [2]

Phone Movil:   +54 9 261  5070816

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"Si puedes recoger
estrellas al caer
verás que es imposible perder"

_Charly  García, La lógica del escorpión_

Links:
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[1] http://sphaera.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
[2] https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/334/