Helena Avelar Seminar on Ancient Astronomy and Astrology
This seminar, organized by CIUHCT and the Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences (FCUL) since 2018, is dedicated to the history of ancient astronomy, extending the concept to the historical aspects of the discipline, or others that were related to it, until the 20th century XIX.
With a monthly periodicity, it intends to be a space for the discussion of essentially technical topics, that is, without fear of approaching mathematics, calculations or the most difficult languages.
Topics are covered that could range from the essential mathematical techniques of the Almagest, to calculating calendars and astrological practices, to models of the Cosmos, astronomical navigation and instruments.
The name changed in September 2021 in honor of Helena Avelar de Carvalho.
- Abraão Zacuto & o Tratado Breue en las Ynfluencias del Cielo
22 June 2023 · 14h00
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Building C8, Room 8.2.38 - Putting Astronomy into Practice: Alfonsine Canons in Late Medieval Italy
25 May 2023 · 18h00
[Online] - De Hamburgo para Lisboa – O círculo meridiano do ROAL
21 April 2023 · 14h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, sala 8.2.17 - On the Geoheliocentric World System of Nicolaus Raimarus Ursus (1551–1600) and its Mechanical Execution
23 March 2023 · 17h00
[Online] - O curso da Lua e os Dias Críticos
16 February 2023 · 14h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, sala 8.2.03 - Quem precisa de cronómetros? Astronomia, longitude e ambições imperiais (1494–1524)
12 January 2023 · 14h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, Sala 8.2.19 - Sobre as observações solares de Tycho Brahe
15 December 2022 · 14h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, Sala 8.2.17 - A teoria dos aspectos e a sua importância no corpus e prática astrológica pré-moderna
24 November 2022 · 14h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, Sala 8.2.17 - The Doctrine of Lots in Medieval Chinese Astrology
26 May 2022 · 06h00
[Online] - As estrelas nos tratados de navegação de Ibn Mājid e Sulaymān al-Mahrī
28 April 2022 · 18h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, sala 8.2.02. - Heinrich Rantzau and the Power of the Stars
24 March 2022 · 18h00
[Online] - Heavens Within the Sky: Celestial Forms in Greek and Arabic
24 February 2022 · 18h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, 8.2.02. - Back to the Future: ‘Converse Directions’ in the History of Astrology
27 January 2022 · 18h00
[Online] - Tabelas astronómicas e a invenção do computador
17 December 2021 · 18h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, 8.2.02. - Explorando diagramas astronómicos: o caso do movimento da oitava esfera
25 November 2021 · 18h00
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C8, 8.2.02. - The Doctrine of Lots in Astrology
21 October 2021 · 18h00
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