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C41/ICHA Activities at the IAU General Assembly in Beijing, August 2012
The Commission and its Working Groups plan a number of business and science meetings at the 2012 IAU General Assembly.
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Session 3 (14:00 – 15.30)
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C41/ICHA Business Meeting
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Session 4 (16:00 – 18.00)
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Invited keynote lecture:
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When the Chinese met the West: A Review of the Dissemination and Influence of Indian, Arabic and European Astronomy and Astrology in the Imperial China by Prof. Shi Yunli, Department of the History of Science, University of Science and Technology of China More detailsfollowed by …
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C41/ICHA Science Meeting 1: Field Expeditions (organised by Rajesh Kochhar, Sara Schechner and Jay Pasachoff) Programme for this session |
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Session 1 (09:00 – 10.30)
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C41/ICHA Science Meeting 1 (ctd)
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Session 2 (11:00 – 12.30)
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C41/ICHA Science Meeting 1 (ctd)
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Session 3 (14:00 – 15.30)
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C41/ICHA Science Meeting 2: Discovery and Classification in Astronomy (organised by Steven Dick and Ken Kellerman) Programme for this session |
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Session 4 (16:00 – 18.00)
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C41/ICHA Science Meeting 2 (ctd)
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Session 1 (09:00 – 10.30)
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Astronomy and World Heritage Working Group Business Meeting, followed by …
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Presentation and public launch of the “Portal for the Heritage of Astronomy”
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Session 2 (11:00 – 12.30)
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Presentation and discussion of the Extended Case Studies of key astronomical heritage sites Details and programme |
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Session 3 (14:00 – 15.30)
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Astronomy and World Heritage Working Group and Historical Instruments Working Group Joint Science Meeting: Conservation and protection of different categories of astronomical heritage -- common issues Details and programme |
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Session 4 (16:00 – 18.00)
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Astronomy and World Heritage Working Group and Historical Instruments Working Group Joint Science Meeting (ctd)
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Session 2 (11:00 – 12.30)
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Historic Radio Astronomy Working Group: Business Meeting and contributed papers Programme for this session |
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Session 3 (14:00 – 15.30)
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Historic Radio Astronomy Working Group: Session in memory of recently deceased radio astronomers Programme for this session |
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Session 4 (16:00 – 18.00)
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Historic Radio Astronomy Working Group Science Meeting: Radio source counts and the discovery of cosmic evolution Programme for this session |
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Session 2 (11:00 – 12.30)
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Historical Instruments Working Group Business Meeting
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Session 3 (14:00 – 15.30)
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Historical Instruments Working Group Science Meeting: Historical astronomical instruments, observatories and sites Programme for this session
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Session 4 (16:00 – 18.00)
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Historical Instruments Working Group Science Meeting (ctd)
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