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ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the conference "Current Research on Greek Tablets in the British Library", Collège de France, Paris

20.05.2025 | 10:15 - 10:45

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marina Escolano-Poveda, (in colaboration with Kim Ryholt), "Heavenly Bodies: Astrological Physiognomies in Egypt and Qumran"

21.05.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Reimund Leicht, "The dynamics of scientific decline in Late antiquity: Some tentative thoughts about models of interpretation for the history of science"

28.05.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tommaso Scarpelli, "The Weather in Mesopotamian Cultural History during the 2nd and 1st Millennium BC – Insights from a Recent Research"

11.06.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Hamid Bohloul, "Royal Horoscopes in Persian"

16.07.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Antonio Panaino, “Stars and Constellations of the Ancient Iranians”

30.04.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver an der Universität Tübingen, Internationales Kolloquium zum Ehren von Prof. Dr. Konrad Volk

24.04.2025 | 16:00 - 16:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marta Iommelli, "Trees and Shrubs in Mesopotamian Therapeutic and Cultural Contexts"

16.04.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Workshop"The Visual Scribe: Tables and Diagrams in Middle Eastern Manuscripts"

10.04.2025 - 11.04.2025

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the University of Miami, CAENO Foundation, Department of Religious Studies, Workshop "Cultural encounters in the Hellenistic era: Babylon, Greece, Egypt, and the Biblical World"

27.02.2025 | 14:00 - 15:00

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni, “Gazing at the Sky Above Babylonia”, SASA Winter 2025 Master Class

25.02.2025 | 17:00 - 19:00

4. Berliner Leseabend der toten Sprachen (LetoS)

14.02.2025 | 19:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tim Brandes, "The Concept of Time in Mesopotamia"

05.02.2025 | 18:00 c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society of Papyrologists

01.02.2025

ZODIAC talk: Vorträge für Studierende der Astrophysik, Universität Potsdam

24.01.2025 | 13:00 - 15:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Pouyan Rezvani, "Ptolemy's star catalogue in the medieval Islamic sources"

15.01.2025 | 18:00 c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer recognised as one of brightest stars across the humanities by the Australian Academy of Humanities

14.01.2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pillonia an der Universität Heidelberg, Studentische Vortragsreihe der Fachschaft Assyriologie

05.12.2024 | 18:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Robert Middeke-Conlin, "Another day at the office: Tracking epistemic change in the minutiae of daily work-life in ancient Mesopotamia"

04.12.2024 | 18:00 c.t.

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Levente László, "The Personification of the Planets in Ancient Astrology"

27.11.2024 | 18:00 c.t.

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Jeffrey Kotyk, "The zodiac signs in East Asian mandalas"

30.10.2024 | 18:00 c.t.

ZODIAC Workshop "The Ancient Zodiac in a Cross-Cultural Perspective”

02.10.2024 - 04.10.2024

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer auf der Konferenz "Medicine and the Senses in Ancient Egypt and Beyond", Università degli Studi di Udine

13.09.2024 | 10:00 - 10:30

IAA Prize 2024 for Best First Article for ZODIAC project member Alessia Pilloni

01.08.2024

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver und Marvin Schreiber, Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung Hinter dem Bauzaun – Schätze des Vorderasiatischen Museums neu entdeckt

16.07.2024 | 18:15 - 19:45

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni auf der 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki, Finnland

10.07.2024 | 09:30 - 10:00

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver und Caroline Waerzeggers auf der 69th Recontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki, Paris

10.07.2024 | 09:00 - 09:30

Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe auf der 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki, Finnland

09.07.2024 | 09:00 - 09:30

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer auf dem Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds

01.07.2024

Andreas Winkler, Mitarbeiter am Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums, hat eine Professur für Ägyptologie an der University of Toronto erhalten

01.07.2024

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver an der Maynooth University, Ireland, Memorial Meeting in honour of George Huxley

28.06.2024

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni auf der Konferenz "Egitto e Vicino Oriente Antichi", University of Turin

19.06.2024 | 10:00 - 10:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Stamatina Mastorakou (MPIWG Berlin) "Unveiling the Celestial Imagery at the 'Philosopher’s Tomb' at Pella”

12.06.2024 | 18:15 - 20:00

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver im Seminar "La Pratique des Sciences Astrales: Approaches Philologiques", CNRS Paris, Institute de recherche et d'histoire des texts

06.06.2024 | 14:00 - 16:00

ZODIAC talk: Fabio Spadini auf dem Workshop "Cosmic Magic: Astronomy, Astrology, and Graeco-Egyptian Cultural Interactions. Graeco-Aegyptiaca and Ourania Network joint workshop", The Palladion, University College, London

04.06.2024 | 11:00 - 12:10

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer und Andreas Winkler auf dem Workshop "Cosmic Magic: Astronomy, Astrology, and Graeco-Egyptian Cultural Interactions. Graeco-Aegyptiaca and Ourania Network joint workshop", The Palladion, University College, London

04.06.2024 | 09:30 - 10:40

ZODIAC talk: Fabio Spadini auf dem Festival d'Histoire de l'Art", Fontainebleau

31.05.2024 | 13:30 - 14:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Andreas Winkler (Freie Universität Berlin, ZODIAC Projekt) "A New Animal - the Development of the Egyptian Zodiac"

29.05.2024 | 16:00 c.t. - 18:00

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver auf dem Workshop "The Power of the Planets: The Social History of Astral Sciences Between East and West", Ravenna, Italien

20.05.2024

ZODIAC talk: Fabio Spadini auf der Konferenz "Die zodiacal Tabletten von Grand (Vogesen): Neue Forschungen zu den beiden Diptychen", ENS Paris

17.05.2024 | 14:00 - 14:30

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer auf der Konferenz "Die zodiacal Tabletten von Grand (Vogesen): Neue Forschungen zu den beiden Diptychen", ENS Paris

17.05.2024 | 13:30 - 14:00

ZODIAC talk: Andreas Winkler auf der Konferenz "Die zodiacal Tabletten von Grand (Vogesen): Neue Forschungen zu den beiden Diptychen", ENS Paris

17.05.2024 | 11:30 - 12:00

ZODIAC talk: Thomas Peeters at the Workshop "The Impact of Digital Methods and Approaches on Ancient Studies", Berliner Antike Kolleg

13.05.2024 | 11:20 - 11:50

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer an der University of Chicago, Neubauer Collegium, Conference: “Textual Amulets in the Mediterranean World, 1000 BCE–1000 CE”

10.05.2024

Research Colloquium ZODIAC/ Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Ulrike Steinert (Johannes Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz), "Therapeutic Agents and Medical Knowledge in First Millennium BCE Mesopotamia: New Insights from Women's Health Care Texts (and Beyond)"

08.05.2024 | 18:00 c.t. - 20:00

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Physikalisch-astronomische Fakultät. Vortrag im Rahmen des Physikalischen Kolloquiums

06.05.2024 | 16:00 c.t. - 18:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Francesca Rochberg (University of California, Berkeley), "The Ontological Turn and Why We Should Be Interested"

15.04.2024 | 18:00 c.t. - 20:00

ZODIAC Workshop "Astronomical computation in the pre-modern world: methods, tables, accuracy"

11.04.2024 - 12.04.2024

ZODIAC talk: Andreas Winkler an der Universität Basel, Basler Forum für Ägyptologie

21.03.2024 | 18:15 - 20:00

ZODIAC talk: Andreas Winkler at NES Workshop "Asterisms – the relations among their verbal, numerical, and visual representations across cultures in research and public outreach", IAS - Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

14.02.2024 | 11:55 - 12:15

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the NES Workshop "Asterisms – the relations among their verbal, numerical, and visual representations across cultures in research and public outreach", IAS - Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

14.02.2024 | 11:55 - 12:15

Mathieu Ossendrijver an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Wissenschaftshistorisches Kolloquium

06.02.2024 | 18:00 c.t. - 20:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Annette Imhausen (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), "The Conceptualization of Mathematics in Pharaonic Egypt"

05.02.2024 | 16:00 c.t. - 18:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Marvin Schreiber (ZODIAC-Projekt), "The Babylonian Number Syllabaries in Context: New Evidence and Tentative Interpretation"

29.01.2024 | 18:00 c.t. - 20:00

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the 5th NINO Annual Meeting "Invention and ingenuity"

25.01.2024 | 14:25 s.t. - 14:45

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the 5th NINO Annual Meeting "Invention and ingenuity"

25.01.2024 | 14:00 s.t. - 14:20

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Mathieu Ossendrijver (ZODIAC-Projekt), "The Astronomers in Seleucid Uruk Revisited"

15.01.2024 | 16:00 c.t. - 18:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC und das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Frederik Bakker (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), "The Truth of Epicurus' Multiple Explanations for Celestial Phenomena"

08.01.2024 | 17:00 c.t. - 19:00