Observing Nature, Interpreting Signs: Scientific Knowledge Production in the Ancient World
30th September-1st October 2024
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
About the Project
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Aims and Concept
Scientific Papyri from Ancient Egypt (SciPap) is pleased to announce its 5th international conference which will be held at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Ancient scientific texts concerned with medicine, magic, astronomy, and divination survive in great numbers from ancient Egypt. Written in multiple languages and scripts including Hieratic, Demotic, Coptic, and Greek, these texts facilitated interpretation of omens, treatment of illnesses, and communication with divine beings in order to maintain the well-being of nations and individuals alike.
This year’s conference, Observing Nature, Interpreting Signs: Scientific Knowledge Production in the Ancient World, intends to broaden access to the vast number of unpublished scientific evidence from cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Further, by creating an opportunity for scholars of different disciplinary backgrounds to engage, we hope to encourage increased interdisciplinary discussion that will produce new insights into the cross-cultural exchange of scientific knowledge and practice in the ancient world.
The conference is open to the public. We anticipate that all speakers will be presenting in-person, but attendance is hybrid.
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Registration
To register as an attendee for the conference Observing Nature, Interpreting Signs: Scientific Knowledge Production in the Ancient World, please click on the link below and fill out the Google form
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If you have any questions about the conference, please contact the SciPap Collaboration directly at scipapcollaboration@gmail.com
Sponsors
We’d like to thank our generous sponsors for making this event possible:
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
- Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU
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