Technische Universität Wien
Ignaz-Lieben-Workshop 2018
Historiography of Sciences in Central Europe:
State of the Art
Date: Thursday, November 22nd – Friday, November 23rd, 2018
Location: Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics
Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Schrödinger Lecture Hal
| Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 | |
Morning Session 9:00 - 12:35, Chair: Mitchell G.Ash | |
| 09:00 - 9:30 | Opening |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Wolfgang Goederle (Regensburg) The current state of research on statistics and 'Staatswissenschaften' in the 19th Century Abstract (pdf) |
| 10:30 - 11:20 | Karl Hall (Budapest) 'Today's specialist was previously a polyhistor': Post-Habsburg historians of science as aspiring disciplinary mediators Abstract (pdf) |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Coffee |
| 11:45 – 12:35 | Jaroslaw Wlodarczyk (Warsaw) History of science and technology in Poland at the beginning of the 21st century: An overview of research issues Abstract (pdf) |
| 12:35 – 14:00 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 – 14:50 | Jan Surman (Moscow) Polish historiography of science and the search for (its) identity: From Copernicus to Kopernik (and back) Abstract (pdf) |
| 14:50 – 15:40 | H. Durnová (Prague) Let’s fill in the gaps: History of mathematics in Czechia past, present and future Abstract (pdf) |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | Coffee |
| 16:20 - 17:10 | Doubravka Olšáková (Prague) So different, so close: History of science and environmental history in the Czech Republic and Poland (Research, People, Projects) Abstract (pdf) |
Friday, November 23rd, 2018 | |
Morning Session 9:30 - 12:30, Chair: Juliane Mikoletzky | |
| 9:30 – 10:20 | Mitchell Ash (Vienna) Toward a history of Austrian universities as research institutions: A survey of recent literature Abstract (pdf) |
| 10:20 - 11:20 | Johannes Feichtinger (Vienna) The history of the Academy of Sciences and extra-university research in Austria and beyond up to ca. 1970: A research report Abstract (pdf) |
| 11:10 - 11:40 | Coffee |
| 11:40 - 12:30 | Gábor Zemplén (Budapest) Historiography of sciences in Hungary: Stewardship and audience in a period of institutional and political change Abstract (pdf) |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon session 14:00 - 17:10, Chair: Wolfgang L. Reiter | |
| 14:00 – 14:50 | Vedran Duancic (Zagreb) Together or separate? The issues of scale, research foci, and 'common ground' in the history and philosophy of science in Croatia Abstract (pdf) |
| 14:50 – 15:40 | Brigitte van Tiggelen (Brussels) Recent trends in the historiography of chemistry Abstract (pdf) |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | Coffee |
| 16:20 – 17:00 | General Discussion |
| 17:00 – 17:10 | Closing |
Organizing Committee: Mitchell G. Ash, Juliane Mikoletzky, R. Werner Soukup, Wolfgang L. Reiter
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Mikoletzky, Archive of Vienna University of Technology