Programme
The programme will be provisional and subject to change
Location: Theatre of Historical Costume 'El Merosi'
Address: Alisher Navoi St., 27
Language: English/Russian
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER
Session 1
09.00 - 10.00
Registration for the conference
10.00 - 10.15
Conference opening:
Dr. Nicholas Campion (Sophia Centre,
University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
10.15 - 10.45
Guest speaker:
Prof. Ashraf Akhmedov (Institute of Oriental Studies Academy of
Sciences, Uzbekistan):
Ulugbek and his Astronomical Zij
Ulugbek and his Astronomical Zij
10.45 - 11.30
Guest speaker:
Prof. Yusuf Abdullaev (Samarkand International
University of Technology)
C.P.S. Aleksey Arapov (SMI-Asia publishing house)
Presentation of the new edition of Ulugbek's "Zij" in four languages
C.P.S. Aleksey Arapov (SMI-Asia publishing house)
Presentation of the new edition of Ulugbek's "Zij" in four languages
11.30 - 11.45
Coffee break
11.45 - 12.30
Guest speaker:
Prof. Ruben Nazaryan (Samarkand State University,
Uzbekistan)
Along the Trails of the Legendary Timurid Library
Along the Trails of the Legendary Timurid Library
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
Session 2
13.30 - 14.15
Online presentation:
Prof. H Darrel Rutkin (Ca’ Foscari University of
Venice, Italy)
Astrology and the Age of Aquarius: Great Conjunctions (Then and Now), Divine Providence and the Unfolding Transformations of Human History
Astrology and the Age of Aquarius: Great Conjunctions (Then and Now), Divine Providence and the Unfolding Transformations of Human History
14.15 - 15.00
Dr. Ulla Koch (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Jupiter and the Assyrian King
Jupiter and the Assyrian King
15.00 - 15.45
Prof. Vladimir V. Emelianov (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia)
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Cultic Calendar
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Cultic Calendar
15.45 - 16.15
Discussion
Evening Programme
18.00 - 19.00
Performance by the Historical Costume Theater
'El Merosi'
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER
Session 1
09.00 - 09.45
Online presentation:
Prof. Micah Ross (USA)
Persian Skies over China
Persian Skies over China
09.45 - 10.30
Dr. Liana Saif (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica's Astrological Cycles: Sources and Influences
The Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica's Astrological Cycles: Sources and Influences
10.30 - 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 - 11.30
Prof. Oleg Lushnikov (Perm State Humanitarian
Pedagogical University, Russia)
The contribution of Eastern scholars of the VIII-XV centuries to the development of the science of the stars
The contribution of Eastern scholars of the VIII-XV centuries to the development of the science of the stars
11.30 - 12.15
Prof. Eugeny Pchelov (Russian State University for
Humanities, Russia)
Heraldic astronomy: dedications to monarchs on maps of the stellar sky
Heraldic astronomy: dedications to monarchs on maps of the stellar sky
12.15 - 13.00
Prof. Darin Hayton (Haverford College, USA)
Conrad Tockler’s Astrological Aphorisms
Conrad Tockler’s Astrological Aphorisms
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 14.40
C.P.S. Aleksey Arapov
Cosmos and Architecture – Mithat Bulatov and reconstruction of Ulugbek Observatory
Cosmos and Architecture – Mithat Bulatov and reconstruction of Ulugbek Observatory
14.40 - 15.00
Discussion
15.00 - 18.00
Bus excursion to the Ulugbek
observatory museum
Location: Starting point will be announced later
Languages: English/Russian
Location: Starting point will be announced later
Languages: English/Russian
SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER
Session 1
09.00 - 09.45
Online presentation:
Prof. David Pankenier (USA)
Medieval Chinese Planetary Astrology
Medieval Chinese Planetary Astrology
09.45 - 10.30
Dr. Nicholas Campion (Sophia Centre, University of Wales
Trinity Saint David, UK)
Harmony, Horoscopes and History
Harmony, Horoscopes and History
10.30 - 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 - 11.30
Dr. Steven Vanden Broecke (Ghent University, Belgium)
Historicizing agency and politics in astrology. The cases of Conrad Heingarter and Girolamo Cardano
Historicizing agency and politics in astrology. The cases of Conrad Heingarter and Girolamo Cardano
11.30 - 12.15
Karine Dilanian, MA (Institute for the Study of Cosmology
and Astronomy in History, Philosophy and Culture, Russia)
Great conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, eschatology of Moscow as the Third Rome and Ivan the Terrible political propaganda
Great conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, eschatology of Moscow as the Third Rome and Ivan the Terrible political propaganda
12.15 - 13.00
Online presentation:
R. Hakan Kırkoğlu, MA (Boğaziçi University in Istanbul,
Turkey)
The Sultan and his astrologer: The practice of astrology in the Ottoman court during the eighteenth century
The Sultan and his astrologer: The practice of astrology in the Ottoman court during the eighteenth century
13.00 - 13.30
Discussion
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch
Session 2
14.30 - 15.15
Online presentation:
Giangiacomo Gandolfi (Osservatorio Astronomico di
Roma, Italy)
Legitimized by the Stars: Astrological Secrets of the Medici from Cosimo the Elder to Ferdinando I
Legitimized by the Stars: Astrological Secrets of the Medici from Cosimo the Elder to Ferdinando I
15.15 - 16.00
Online presentation:
Octavia Sheepshanks, MA (Sophia Centre, University of
Wales Trinity Saint David, UK)
Calling for a contemporary understanding of 'Political Skies'
Calling for a contemporary understanding of 'Political Skies'
16.00 - 16.30
Conference closing, group photo, final cup
of coffee
Evening programme
19.00
Conference dinner
