2nd International Conference of
the European Society for the History of Science

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The Global and the Local:

The History of Science and the Cultural Integration of Europe

Cracow, Poland, September 6-9, 2006

 
Last modification: 31 August 2006

Conference Schedule




SATURDAY, September 9, 2006


Session slot M-5
Location: Aula / Assembly Hall, Collegium Novum (1st floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME ACTIVITY / SPEAKER
09.00-10.00 Symposium E-1.
"History of science in education and training in Europe: what new prospects?"

Round-Table Discussion D-0 chaired by Prof. Claude Debru
10.00-11.00
Symposium R-1.
"The role of national and international societies in the history of science"

Round-Table Discussion D-1:

"Working Together: History of Science Societies around the World" chaired by Prof. Ronald L. NUMBERS (President of the IUHPS/DHST and Prof. Eberhard KNOBLOCH (Incoming President of the ESHS and President of the Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences).
"Introduction" - Prof. Robert FOX (Outgoing President of the ESHS).

The Societies and other bodies represented include:

the British Society for the History of Science (Prof. Frank JAMES, President),

the Committee for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Prof. Roman DUDA, Vice-chairman),

the Danish Society for the History of Science (Dr. Anja Skaar JACOBSEN, President),

the French Society for History of Science and Technology (Prof. Bernard JOLY, President),

Gewina: The Dutch Society for the History of Medicine, Science, Mathematics and Technology (Prof. Bert THEUNISSEN, President),

the History of Science Society (Prof. Joan CADDEN, President),

the Israel Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (Prof. Noah EFRON, President),

the National Hellenic Research Foundation (Prof. Efthymios NICOLAIDIS, Director of Research),

the Société d'Histoire et d'Epistémologie des Sciences de la Vie (Prof. Claude DEBRU).



Location: Corridors of the 2nd floor, Collegium Novum, Jagiellonian University
TIME ACTIVITY
11.00-11.30 Cofee Break



PARALLEL SYMPOSIA


Session slot 7.A
Chair: Claude DEBRU (Paris, France)

Symposium E-1: "History of science in education and training in Europe: what new prospects?"

Location: Room 7, Collegium Olszewskiego (ground floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
11.30-11.55 "Some reflections on recent developments and possible initiatives to foster the role of the history of science in education and training in Europe" by Claude DEBRU (Paris, France)
11.55-12.20 "History of sciences in the French teacher education" by Muriel GUEDJ (Montpellier, FRANCE), Sylvain LAUBÉ (Bretagne, France)
12.20-12.45 -------------


Session slot 7.B
Chair: Andrzej Pelczar (Krakow, Poland)

Symposium E-2: "Varia"

Location: Senate Room, Collegium Novum (1st floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
11.30-11.55 "Bridging the gap between secondary school and The History of Science: an educational experience" by C. ZARAGOZA, J.M. FERNANDEZ-NOVELL (Barcelona, Spain)
11.55-12.20 "Teaching Mathematics through history: some trigonometric concepts" by Maria ROSA MASSA, Fatima ROMERO VALLHONESTA, Iolanda GUEVARA CASANOVA (Barcelona, Spain)
12.20-12.45 "Historical Case Studies as Teaching Tools: A Case from Erythrocyte Aging Research" by Maria STRECHT ALMEIDA (Porto, Portugal)


Session slot 7.C
Chair: Martin COUNIHAN (Southampton, The Great Britain)

Symposium RE: "History and the Public Understanding of Science"

Location: Room 30, Collegium Novum (1st floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
11.30-11.55 "History and the public understanding of science: problems, practices, and perspectives" by Robert FOX (Oxford, The Great Britain)
11.55-12.20 "The Public Understanding of the History of Science" by Martin COUNIHAN (Southampton, The Great Britain)
12.20-12.45 -------------


Session slot 7.D
Chair: W. Gerhard POHL (Linz, Austria)

SYMPOSIUM R-varia III (CHEMISTRY)

Location: Room 56, Collegium Novum (2nd floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
11.30-11.55 "The Philosophy of Computational Chemistry II (*)" and (POSTER): "The Philosophy of Computational Chemistry" by M. C. BURGUETE (Rio Maior, Portugal)
11.55-12.20 "The USA And EU - Two Perspectives on Phthalates" by Maria Elvira CALLAPEZ (Lisbon, Portugal; Berkeley, USA)
12.20-12.45 -------------


Session slot 7.E
Chair: Geert SOMSEN (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

SYMPOSIUM R-varia IV (SCIENTISTS AND POLITICS)

Location: Room 6, Collegium Olszewskiego (ground floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
11.30-11.55 "1848: Gregor Mendel, the monk who wanted to be a citizen" by Christiane NIVET (Paris, France)
11.55-12.20 "Edmond Rothe (1873-1942), as an early figure of committed intellectual at Strasbourg University" by Françoise OLIVIER-UTARD (Strasbourg, France)
12.20-12.45 "Attitudes of French and Austrian scientific Institutions (1938-1945)" by Sylvain LAUBÉ (Rennes-Nantes, France)
12.45-13.10 "George Orwell and the Radical Scientific Left in Britain, 1945-1950" by Ralph J. DESMARAIS (London, Great Britain)


Location: Corridors of the 2nd floor, Collegium Novum, Jagiellonian University
TIME ACTIVITY
12.45 -14.15 Lunch



Session slot 8.A
Chair: Claude DEBRU (Paris, France)

Symposium E-1: "History of science in education and training in Europe: what new prospects?"

Location: Room 7, Collegium Olszewskiego (ground floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
14.15-14.40 "Historical Experiments as an Access to Epistemological Aspects in Physics Teacher Training" by Peter HEERING (Oldenburg, Germany)
14.40-15.05 "History of science master's program - transfer and adaptation: the Lithuanian case" by Juozas Al. KRIKSTOPAITIS (Vilnius, Lithuania), Romualdas SVIEDRYS (Brooklyn, N.Y., USA)
15.05-15.30 (Poster E1 / RE): "Young students turn the history of science into an educational theatre" by C. ZARAGOZA, J.M. FERNANDEZ-NOVELL (Barcelona, Spain)


Session slot 8.B
Chair: Robert FOX (Oxford, Great Britain)

Symposium R-1: "The role of national and international societies in the history of science"

Location: Senate Room, Collegium Novum (1st floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
14.15-14.40 "The Lisbon Academy of Sciences and the development of Mathematics in Portugal in the 19th century" by Luis SARAIVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
14.40-15.05 "Mathematicians of Polish origin in Ukraine: scientific and pedagogical activities of A.P. Psheborskiy in Kharkov Mathematics Society (1898-1922)" by Nadezhda KUSHLAKOVA (Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
15.05-15.30 "A Hole in the Iron Curtain - The International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) as a Bridge between East and West, 1968 - 1990" by Hans-Joachim BRAUN (Hamburg, Germany)


Session slot 8.C
Chair: Martin COUNIHAN (Southampton, The Great Britain)

Symposium RE: "History and the Public Understanding of Science"

Location: Room 30, Collegium Novum (1st floor), Jagiellonian University
TIME CONTRIBUTED PAPER / SPEAKER
14.15-14.40 -------------
14.40-15.05 "Public understanding of science: The example of astronomy at the Observatoire de Paris" by Suzanne DÉBARBAT (Paris, France)
15.05-15.30 (POSTER): "Galileo at the cinema" by Giacomo MANZOLI (Bologna, Italy), Cristina OLIVOTTO (Milano, Italy), Antonella TESTA (Milano, Italy)


Location: Corridors of the 2nd floor, Collegium Novum, Jagiellonian University
TIME ACTIVITY
15.30-16.15 Tee Break



Session slot M-6

Location: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (Assembly Hall)
TIME ACTIVITY / SPEAKER
16.15-17.50 "The History of Science and the Cultural Integration of Europe: Barriers and Opportunities"

Round-Table Discussion D-2 chaired by:

Robert FOX (Oxford, The Great Britain), Chairman of the Programme Committee of the 2nd ICESHS

and Michal KOKOWSKI (Krakow, Poland), Vice-Chairman of the Programme Committee of the 2nd ICESHS.

The scholars participated include:

Fabio BEVILACQUA (Pavia, Italy), Vice-President of the DHST / IUHPS

Hans-Joachim BRAUN (Hamburg, Germany), President of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC)

Claude DEBRU (Paris, France), Vice-Chairman of the Programme Committee of the 2nd ICESHS, Co-Chairman of Symposium E1: "History of science in education and training in Europe: what new prospects?"

Eberhard KNOBLOCH (Berlin, Germany), President of the ESHS,

Helge KRAGH (Aarhus, Denmark), Chairman of Symposium Co-Chairman of Symposium R-9: "Global Physics and Local Research in the 20th Century"

Víctor NAVARRO BROTÓNS (Valencia, Spain), Chairman of Symposium R-16: "The Iberian World and the modern Science: a comparative perspective"

Efthymios NICOLAIDIS (Athens, Greece), Secretary General of the DHST / IUHPS

Boleslaw ORLOWSKI (Warsaw, Poland), Co-Chairman of Symposium R-varia

Geert SOMSEN (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Co-Chairman of Symposium R-17: "Politically active Scientists in the 20th Century"

Geert VANPAEMEL (Leuven, Belgium), Co-Chairman of Symposium R-18: "Circulating Knowledge: A European perspective on communication of science"

Éva Katalin VÁMOS (Budapest, Hungary), Chairperson of the Local Organising Committee of the 23rd International Congress of the History of Science (26 - 31 July 2009, Budapest, Hungary)

Annette VOGT (Berlin, Germany), President of the Commission "Women in Science" of the DHS/IUHPS, Co-Chairman Symposium R-10: "From Maria Sklodowska-Curie to the 21st Century: Working on Women and Science in History of Science"

Andrzej K. WRÓBLEWSKI (Warsaw, Poland), Plenary Lecturer of the 2nd ICESHS

17.50-18.00 Farewell by Prof. Eberhard Knobloch, Incoming President of the ESHS

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