The Chairs of Ancient History, Contemporary History and Stellar Astrophysics at the University of Potsdam, Germany, organize in the winter term 2023-2024 a cycle of lectures dedicated to the topic “Finding Our Ways in Space and Time – Perceptions of the Universe”. All lectures will take place both in presence in Potsdam (Campus am Neuen Palais) and online via Zoom. In order to participate online, please register by sending an email to sekretariat-altertum@uni-potsdam.de.

The entire programme is available here: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin/projects/hi-altertum/Restliche_Dateien_f%C3%BCr_die_HP/KolloquiumWiSe23-Flyer.pdf

These are the lectures of particular relevance to the field of Classics and Classical Studies:

November 7th, 2023: Clive Ruggles (Leicester), Sighting the Sun (and Moon) at Stonehenge
November 14th, 2023: Giulio Magli (Milan), The Light in the Temples: Archaeoastronomy in the Greek and Roman World
November 21st, 2023: Mathieu Ossendrijver (Berlin), Babylonian Predictive Science and Conceptions of the Universe
November 28th, 2023: Elisa Coda (Pisa), Ancient Cosmos Becomes Medieval: Aristotle Transformed
December 19th, 2023: Pouyan Rezvani (Munich), The Transmission of Astral Sciences in the Middle Ages: Medieval Arabic Translations of Ptolemy’s Almagest
January 30th, 2024: Nicola Barbagli (Trier), Egyptian Skies: Astronomical Studies and Astrological Practice in Roman Egypt

All lectures will take place on Tuesdays, at 4.15 pm CET.
If you wish to participate or have any questions or queries about the cycle, please write to sekretariat-altertum@uni-potsdam.de.