In English
In person at Istanbul University
The registration link will be shared later
16 Septembre: 11:00am-05:30pm
17-18-19 Septembre: 09:30am-05:30pm
Website: https://bit.ly/Scientiae2025
Partners: SCIENTIAE, the Department of the History of Science at Istanbul University.
With the support of the Institut français d’études anatoliennes (IFEA), the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII), TÜBİTAK, TBTK.
Speakers:
• Prof. Feza Günergun (Professeur emerita of History of Science, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Allegorists, Alchemists and Iatrochemists in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
• Prof. Harun Küçük (University of Pennsylvania)
Is It Time to Abandon ‘Islamic Science’? Genres, Languages, Centers and the Problem of Periodization in Light of Recent Scholarship
The 2025 Scientiae annual meeting will take place in Istanbul from 16–19 September 2025, hosted by the Department of the History of Science at Istanbul University. The conference will explore global connections in early modern science, literature, and scholarship. Emphasizing interdisciplinarity, it will highlight the interplay of regions, cultures, and intellectual traditions at this historical crossroads of Europe and Asia.