Sponsored by:
The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales, Lampeter
Programme
Sunday 24 October |
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| 15:00 | Poster and art setup Registration and coffee |
| 18:00 | Wine Reception at Herschel House, the Bath home of William Herschel |
Monday 25 October |
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| 8:30 | REGISTRATION AND TEA/COFFEE |
| 9:15 | Introductions |
| 9:25 | Chris Impey - INSAP Review Paper |
| The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena | |
| 10:00-10:25 | |
| Stars are Symbols: reading and Gallery Show: Insights, Questions | |
| 10:25-10:50 | |
| Presentation of Playing the Stars | |
| 10:50-11:20 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 11:20-11:50 | Art and Poster Presentations Session 1 |
| Sheelagh Broderick, Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts, Merja Markkula | |
| 11:50-12:15 | |
| Howard Russell Butler: Painter Extraordinary of Solar Eclipses | |
| 12:15-12:40 | |
| For ‘the present and future happiness of my dear Pupils’: the Astronomical and Educational Legacy of Margaret Bryan | |
| 12:40-14:20 | CONFERENCE LUNCH – FRANCIS HOTEL |
| 14:20-14:50 | Art and Poster Presentations Session 2 |
| Gisela Weimann, Courtney Wrenn, Andrea Martocchia | |
| 14:50-15:15 | |
The Comets of Caroline Herschel, Sleuth of the Skies at Slough |
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| 15:15-15:40 | Kelly Swain |
| Caroline: readings from an historical novel-in-progress | |
| 15:40-16:10 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 16:10-17:10 | Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Keynote Lecture |
| Astronomy and Poetry | |
| 17:20-19:00 | DINNER – OWN ARRANGEMENTS |
| 19:00-19:25 | Faya Causey |
Thinking in Circles: cosmic schemata from antiquity to the present |
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| 19:25-19:50 | Walter Murch |
| TitIus-Bode and the Music of the Spheres | |
| 19:50-20:15 | |
| Extending vision: sky situated knowledge and the artist’s eye | |
Tuesday 26 October |
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| 8:30-9:00 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 9:00-10:00 | Michel Rowan-Robinson - Keynote Lecture |
| The Invisible Universe | |
| 10:00-10:25 | Berco Wilsenach |
| Project for the Blind Astronomer | |
| 10:25-10:50 | Bernadette Brady |
| Star Phases: Mortal Gods and Angels | |
| 10:50-11:20 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 11:20-11:50 | Art and Poster Presentations Session 3 |
| Aidan Foster, Lynda Harris, Jim Cogswell | |
| 11:50-12:15 | Nicholas Campion - INSAP Review Paper |
| Astrology: A Cultural History | |
| 12:15-12:40 | David Pankenier |
| Astrology for an Empire: The Treatise on the Celestial Offices | |
| 12:40-13:05 | Stephen Renshaw |
The Inspiration of Subaru as a Symbol of Values and Traditions in Japan |
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| 13:05-14:15 | CONFERENCE LUNCH AT VENUE |
| 14:15-14:45 | Art and Poster Presentations Session 4 |
| Lynn Crichton-Lyon, Ulisses Barres de Almeida, Christian Etheridge | |
| 14:45-15:10 | Paul Murdin |
| Artilleryman to Head of State: how Astronomy Inspired Francois Arago | |
| 15:10-15:35 | John David Mooney |
| Sun Dance: A Solar Garden | |
| 15:35-16:05 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 16:06-16:30 | Art and Poster Presentations Session 5 |
| Clive Davenhall, Kamira Baron, Govinda Sah | |
| 16:30-16:55 | Beatriz Garcia |
| Inspiration of Astronomy in the Movies: a history of a close encounter | |
| 16:55-17:20 | |
| The Astronomical Sky in American Experimental Cinema | |
| 17:20-19:00 | DINNER - OWN ARRANGEMENTS |
| 19:00-19:25 | |
| Solargraphy: Sunpath Pinhole Recording | |
| 19:25-19:50 | Matthew Whitehouse |
| Astronomical Organ Music | |
| 19:50-20:15 | Jose Francisco Salgado and Tom Bailey |
| Time-Lapse Photography of the Night Sky | |
Wednesday 27 October |
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| 8:30-9:00 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 9:00-10:00 | Arnold Wolfendale - Keynote Lecture |
The Inter-Relation of the Visual Arts and Science in General and Astronomy in Particular |
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| 10:00-10:25 | Michael Mendillo |
The Artistic Portrayal of the Medicean Moons in Early Astronomical Charts, Books and Paintings |
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| 10:25-10:50 | Patricia Aakhus |
| Astral Magic and Adelard of Bath's Liber Prestigiorum: or Why Werewolves Change at the Full Moon | |
| 10:50-11:20 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 11:20-11:40 | Art and Poster Presentation Session 6 |
| Thomas Gough, Martha Noyes, Robert Tarquinio | |
| 11:40-12:15 | Sharada Srinivasan |
Cosmic inspiration & art in relation to the dancing ShivaNatareja bronze |
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| 12:15-12:40 | Vanessa Stanley |
Surveillance-Surveillance-Surveillance |
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| 12:40-12:55 | Ronald Olowin - INSAP Review Paper |
| Cosmology | |
| Afternoon | Free Time or Optional Trip to Wells |
Free Time in Bath Bath Tourist Office organises free walking tours of Bath with the Mayor of Bath Honorary Guides. For details visit the VisitBath website. |
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| Wells Trip Schedule 14.00 Leave Bath by coach. 15.00 Arrive Wells 15.15 Lecture on the Inside and Outside Clocks 16.15 Independent visits to the Cathedral and Chapter House and time to walk around Wells 18.00 Leave Wells for Bath 19.00 Arrive Bath |
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Thursday 28 October |
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| 8:30-9:00 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 9:00-10:00 | Jim Bennett - Keynote Lecture |
| The Cosmographical Role of Renaissance and Early-Modern Sundials | |
| 10:00-10:25 | Euan MacKie |
| A New Look at the Astronomy and Geometry of Stonehenge | |
| 10:25-10:50 | John Hammond |
Gold Cups and Ring Ditches: Cosmology, Astronomy and Sacred Geometry at the Time of Stonehenge |
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| 10:50-11:20 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 11:20-11:50 | Leonid Marsadolov |
| Archaeoastronomical Aspects of the Archaeological Monuments of Siberia | |
11:50-12:15 |
Peter Hingley |
| The Observatory as Architectural Object | |
| 12:15-12:40 | Richard Poss |
| Journey to Other Planets?: Reflections on the Lagrange Points | |
| 12:40-14:15 | LUNCH – OWN ARRANGEMENTS |
| 14:15-14:40 | Frank Keim |
| Giorgione's Discovery of Jupiter's Satellites 105 Years Before Galileo | |
| 14:40-15:05 | Inga Elmqvist Söderlund |
| Inspiration from antique heroic deeds: Hercules as an astronomer | |
| 15:05-15:30 | Darrelyn Gunzburg |
| Sky-Horizon-Earth: the Tripartite Division of Space Reflected in Art | |
| 15:30-16:00 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 16:00-16:25 | Francis Ring |
The Bath Philosophical Society and its Influence on William Herschel’s Career |
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| 16:25-16:50 | Daniel Armstrong |
Citing the Saucers: Astronomy, UFOs and a Persistence of Vision |
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| 16:50-17:15 | Giles Davison |
Responses in Habsburg Austria in the 17th century to the Vatican’s Decisions Regarding the Index of Forbidden Books. |
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| 19:30 | CONFERENCE DINNER AT THE BATH ASSEMBLY ROOMS |
Friday 29 October |
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| 8:30 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 9:00-10:00 | Michael Hoskin - Keynote Lecture |
| William Herschel’s Wonderful Decade, 1781-1790 | |
| 10:00-10:25 | Lucya Ayala |
| The Universe in Images: Iconography of the Plurality of Worlds | |
| 10:25-10:50 | Gary Wells |
| The Moon in the Landscape: Interpreting a Theme of 19th Century Art | |
| 10:50-11:20 | TEA AND COFFEE |
| 11:20-11:45 | Tayra M. Carmen Lanuza-Navarro |
Astrological Culture Before Its Public |
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| 11:45-12:10 | |
| Depicting the Heavens: the Use of Astrology in the Frescoes of Rome | |
| 12:10-12:35 | Marv Bolt |
| The Magi and the Star of Bethlehem | |
| 12:35-14:00 | CONFERENCE LUNCH AT BRLSI |
| 14:00-14:25 | David Southwood |
| The Herschel Space Observatory | |
| 14:25-14:50 | Alberto Cappi |
The Concept of Gravity before Newton |
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| 14:50-15:15 | Paolo Molaro |
| Edgar Allan Poe’s Cosmology in Eureka | |
| 15:15-15:40 | AJ Epstein and Richard Lorig |
| Sky White Tiger - Realizing a Rock & Roll Sky Mythology | |
| 15:40 | Nick Campion and David Pankenier - Closing Session |
Astronomy in Culture and INSAP in Beijing |
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| 16:00 | Take down posters and art |
| 18:30 | FINAL DINNER OPA RESTAURANT: DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED |
Posters |
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| Ulisses Barres de Almeida | What are these sparks of infinite clarity? And what am I? So I pry. |
| Marea Atkinson | The Starlight Project |
| Kamira Barron | Kukaniloko – A Living Legend |
| Jim Cogswell | Molecular Delirium |
| Lynn Crighton-Lyon | Music and Astronomy: A Secret Melody |
| Clive Davenhall | Dr Katterfelto and the Prehistory of Astronomical Ballooning |
| Christian Etheridge | A systematic re-evaluation of the sources of Old Norse astronomy |
| Aidan Foster | Hierophanies in the Vinland Sagas: Images of a New World |
| Thomas Gough | Precise Lunar Alignments: Real or Chance? New Data from Argyll |
| Lynda Harris | Changing Images of the Milky Way during the Greco-Roman and Medieval Periods |
| Andrea Martocchia | Guidelines for a social history of Astronomy |
| Martha Noyes | Astronomy in the Oral Literature of Hawaii |
| Robert Tarquinio | On the use of archeoastronometric chronometric chronometry to determine the beginning of the Sothic year. |
| Evelyn Urama | The Significance Of The Sun In Traditional African Burial Rites As Rep |
Art Presentations |
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| Sheelagh Broderick | A Cosmopolitan Cosmology |
| Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts | A Durable Tale: a graphic novel of myth and seasonal star almanac |
| Merja Markkula | The Way I See the Stars: fibre art inspired by astrobiology |
| Govinda Sah | Beyond the Notion |
| Gisela Weimann | Above all the stars |
| Courtney Wrenn | Nebulae (emission / absorption) |
Saturday 30 October - Depart |
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