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History of Science in Practice Program

Download the final conference program (pdf file). The file contains the merged program of the International Conference with the Panhellenic Conference.
See also this file with a list of places for snacks and lunch. Details about the Conference Dinner.

Wednesday 05 May
Schedule Title Speaker(s) Venue
16:30 - 17:30 Registration
17:30 - 17:40 Opening Ceremony
17:40 - 18:20 Science, Worldviews and Education Michael R. Matthews Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
18:20 - 19:00 Can we create a non-Eurocentric textbook of history of science? A perspective from East Asia Catherine Jami Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
19:40 - 21:00 Reception
Thursday 06 May
Schedule Title Speaker(s) Venue
09:00 - 09:20 Beyond Narrative: interpreting history of science in public contexts without selling out to comforting expectations Joseph N. Tatarewicz Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
09:20 - 09:40 Temporary exhibitions and their consequences: On Growth and Form 1951 and the beginnings of the "public understanding of science" at the Festival of Britain
Assimina Kaniari
Maria Rentetzi
Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
09:40 - 10:00 What a history of science museum can offer to the public? Examining the field through examples and initiatives Flora Paparou Lecture Room
10:00 - 10:20 Why teach History of Early Modern Chemistry? Remi Franckowiak Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
10:20 - 10:40 The History of Ancient Greek Mathematics as a guide of mathematical research Christina Fili Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:40 Can a "wretched subject" like divination be seen as part of the history of science? The example of ancient Chinese planetary astronomy. Christopher Cullen Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
13:00 - 16:30 Break
16:50 - 17:10 About the Urania theatre and Kövesligethy’s “The Harmony of the Spheres”
Magda Vargha
Zoltán Kolláth
 Lecture Room
17:10 - 17:30 Considering the History of Classical Scholarship in the Epistemological Genre: The Reference Model of the Dutch Scholars of the 18th century Nicholas A. E. Kalospyros Lecture Room
17:30 - 17:50 Pythagorean Philolaus’ pyrocentric universe: its significance and contribution to astronomy and astrophysics Yiorgo N. Maniatis Lecture Room
17:50 - 18:10 Coffee Break
18:10 - 18:50 History of Climate Change in the Age of Climate Change: Issues in Teaching Vladimir Jankovic Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
18:50 - 19:30 History of Science and Contemporary Problems: the case of Greenhouse Aleksandar Petrovic Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
Friday 07 May
Schedule Title Speaker(s) Venue
09:00 - 09:20 Exploring the creation of a common European textbook of the history of science. Challenges and Promises Michal Kokowski Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
09:20 - 09:40 A common European textbook for the History of Science and the Eurocentric perception of Science Konstantinos Nikolantonakis Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
09:40 - 10:00 Learning from the History of Mathematics Eduard Glas Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
10:00 - 10:20 Can we determine the exact time of declination of science in Islamic Period? Amir Mohammad Gamini Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
10:20 - 10:40 The byzantine sciences in the first modern Greek History of Science textbook Gianna Katsiampoura Amphitheatre "Leonidas Zervas"
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break


Dr. Radut