The Impact of Arabic Sources on Divination and the Practical Sciences in Europe and Asia
21th - 23th January 2014
Organisation Committee
Charles Burnett, The Warburg Institute, London
Klaus Herbers, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, stellvertr. Director IKGF Erlangen
Danielle Jacquart, École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea
Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Président honoraire de l’UAI, SISMEL
The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg invites to the international conference on “The Impact of Arabic Sources on Divination and the Practical Sciences in Europe and Asia”. The scientific organization has been assumed by Charles Burnett, Warburg Institute, London; Klaus Herbers, Director of the International Research Consortium; Danielle Jacquart, École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Paris and Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, President of the SISMEL, in collaboration with the Union Académique Internationale, Bruxelles.
The presentations and discussions focused on the impact on practical sciences like divination, astrology, medicine, algebra and mechanics (which are often distinguished from the Peripatetic tradition of the theoretical natural science). The aim of this conference is to examine the Arabic/Islamic influence on these branches – both eastwards and westwards, with a particular emphasis on the European Renaissance. Therefore, the transfer of cultural concepts and scientific knowledge will be studied by looking at a wide range of authors and sources (Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Greek) comparatively.
Programme
January 21
| 09:00 a.m. | Welcome Addresses Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Grüske (President, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner (Director, IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) Prof. Dr. Klaus Herbers (Deputy Director, IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) |
| 09:30 a.m. | Introduction Chair: Øivind Andersen (Président de l'Union Académique Internationale, UAI) Speakers: Charles Burnett (The Warburg Institute, London) Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea) Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (Président honoraire de l'UAI, SISMEL) |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
Chair: Øivind Andersen (Président de l’Union Académique Internationale) |
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| 10:30 a.m. | La confluence des sources grecques et arabes dans l'Occident latin Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Arabic and Latin Texts on Astrology and Divination Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute, London) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Chair: Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea) |
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| 14:00 p.m. | L'apport des traductions arabes dans le débat sur l'authenticité des traités galéniques Véronique Boudon-Millot (CNRS, Paris) |
| 14:45 p.m. | Why Razes? Michael McVaugh (University of North Carolina) |
| 15:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
Chair: Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (Président honoraire de l’UAI, SISMEL) |
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| 15:45 p.m. | Problèmes théoriques et pratiques autour des maladies chroniques: Sources arabes et lecteurs latin à la fin du Moyen Âge Joël Chandelier (Université Paris 8, Vincennes-Saint-Denis) |
| 16:30 - 17:15 p.m. | Medieval Pharmacy and the Arabic Heritage: The Salernitan Collection "Circa instans" Iolanda Ventura (Université d’Orléans) |
| 17:15 p.m. | End of first Conference Day |
January 22
Chair: Idris Khalil (Founding Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences) |
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| 09:00 a.m. | Kushyar ibn Labban’s Mathematical Approach in his Astronomical Handbook Mohammad Baghari (Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation, Tehran) |
| 09:45 a.m. | Foreign Fates: Tracing the Journey of and Influences on Horoscope Astrology in Japan Kristina Buhrman (Florida State University) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
Chair: Georges Tamer (Universität Erlangen - Nürnberg) |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Islamic Astronomical Tables in China and their Role in Astrological Predictions Benno Van Dalen (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) |
| 11:30 a.m. | Calculating the Fate of Chinese Dynasties with the Islamic Method: Chinese Appropriation of Islamic Astrology from the 14th to 19th Centuries Shi Yunli (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Chair: Charles Burnett (The Warburg Institute, London) |
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| 14:15 p.m. | The impact of Arabic sources on European astrology: facts and numbers David Juste (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) |
| 15:00 p.m. | Les comètes dans le Centiloquium et le De cometis attribués à Ptolémée Jean-Patrice Boudet (Université d’Orléans) |
| 15:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
Chair: Alexander Fidora (ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) |
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| 16:00 p.m. | L’art talismanique: les usages latins de sources arabes (XIIe-XVe siècle) Nicolas Weill-Parot (Université Paris Est Créteil) |
| 16:45 p.m. | The Greek-Arabic Antagonism in Renaissance Handbooks of Astrology Dag Nikolaus Hasse (Universität Würzburg) |
| 17:30 p.m. | End of second Conference Day |
January 23
Chair: Moneef Zou’bi (Directeur général de l’Académie des sciences du monde Islamique, Amman) |
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| 09:00 a.m. | La circulation de l’algèbre arabe en Europe et son impact Ahmed Djebbar (Alger et Université Lille I) |
| 09:45 a.m. | The Arabic Tradition in Mechanics Mohammed Abattouy (Mohammed Vth University in Rabat) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
Chair: Klaus Herbers (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, IKGF) |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Projecting Perfection. Alchemy as Practical Wisdom in Western Medieval and Early Modern Culture Michela Pereira (Università di Siena) |
| 11:30 a.m. | The use of al-Kindi’s De radiis in Peter of Zealand’s Lucidarius de rebus mirabilibus (end of the 15th century) Jean-Marc Mandosio (École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Chair: Klaus Herbers (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, IKGF) |
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| 14:15 p.m. | Summary of Eastern Perspective of the Conference Michio Yano (Kyoto Sangyo University) |
| 15:00 p.m. | Summary of Western Perspective of the Conference Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (Président honoraire de l’UAI, SISMEL) |
| 15:45 p.m. | End of Third Conference Day |
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