The
Society for the History of Astronomy is holding its Autumn Conference and AGM at the John Lee Theatre, Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS, from 9:30am on Saturday, 26-Oct-19.
The 2019 SHA Autumn Conference will be celebrating the Moon; it will be 50 years ago that man first stepped onto our nearest celestial neighbour.
Event details and a link to buy tickets are here (SHA members £10, Non-members £15).
The 2019 SHA Autumn Conference will be celebrating the Moon; it will be 50 years ago that man first stepped onto our nearest celestial neighbour.
Event details and a link to buy tickets are here (SHA members £10, Non-members £15).
Programme:
- Gerard Gilligan – Chairman, SHA
Welcome
- SHA Council
2019 AGM
- Dr. Heather Sebire – English Heritage
“Stonehenge, archaeoastronomy and the Moon”
- Dr. Alexandra Loske – writer, curator and art historian
Dr. Robert Massey – Royal Astronomical Society
“Moon: Art, Science, Culture”
- Dr. Melanie Vandenbrouck – Royal Museums Greenwich
Dr. Louise Devoy – Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
“The Moon as muse: the ideas and inspiration behind The Moon exhibition, Royal Museums Greenwich”
- Prof. Emeritus Bill Leatherbarrow – University of Sheffield
“Patrick Moore & Our Volcanic Moon”
- Dr. Allan Chapman F.R.A.S. – SHA, University of Oxford
“The Moon, the Telescope, and the Transformation of Astronomy after 1609
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