Conference announcement/More (fwd)

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--- Dominik Wujastyk <ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:22:10 -0400
> From: Rolf Sinclair <rolf at santafe.edu>
>
> Subject: Conference announcement/More
>
> Hi Dominik --
> Several people have picked up on the INSAP
> announcement from the Indology
> e-mail -- one from as far away as Nepal! So we did
> reach an interested group.
> If you think it appropriate (and your normal
> practice) could you mention the
> meeting again on your e-mail list? We seem to be
> finding interest there.
> Thanks --
> Rolf
> *************
>
>
> THE INSPIRATION OF ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA -- THIRD
> CONFERENCE
> Palermo (Sicily), Italy -- December 31, 2000-January
> 6, 2001
> CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AND PAPERS
> Dear Colleague:
> We wish to inform you of the up-coming Third
> International Conference on
> The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena ("INSAP
> III"). This meeting will
> explore mankind's fascination with the sky by day
> and by night, which has
> been a strong and often dominant element in human
> life and culture. The
> conference will provide a meeting place for artists
> and scholars from a
> variety of disciplines (including Archaeology and
> Anthropology, Art and Art
> History, Classics, History and Prehistory, the
> Physical and Social
> Sciences, Mythology and Folklore, Philosophy, and
> Religion) to present and
> discuss their studies of the influences that
> astronomical phenomena have
> had on mankind.
> The first two meetings (Castel Gandolfo, 1994;
> Malta, 1999) successfully
> brought together for the first time people from just
> such a range of
> disciplines to address topics of common interest.
> Papers from the first
> meeting were published in "Vistas in Astronomy"
> (1995) and in "Leonardo"
> (1996), and those from the second will appear
> shortly in book form. These
> papers (described on our Website under "the First
> (or Second) INSAP
> Conference") give an idea of the range of subjects
> presented at these
> meetings. A similar publication is planned for the
> third meeting.
> The meeting will be held overlooking the
> Mediterranean, a few minutes from
> the center of Palermo, and will start with a New
> Year's Eve (and Millennium
> Eve) banquet December 31, 2000. The meeting rooms
> will include ample space
> for display (and sale) of works of art by attendees.
> Full information on INSAP III and on the earlier
> conferences, and an
> application form for the upcoming meeting, can be
> found on our Website
> (http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap) or
> obtained from the
> undersigned. Attendance will be by invitation from
> among those applying.All
> presentations and discussions will be in English.
> This Conference is sponsored by the Palermo
> Observatory, the Vatican
> Observatory, and the Steward Observatory, and is
> hosted by the Palermo
> Observatory as part of the bicentennial of the
> discovery there of the first
> asteroid, Ceres, on the nights of January 1-3, 1801.
> Please circulate or post this announcement.
> Prof. Salvatore Serio, Palermo Observatory (Chair,
> Local Organizing
> Committee) (insap3 at oapa.astropa.unipa.it)
> Dr. Rolf M. Sinclair, Chevy Chase MD (International
> Organizing Committee)
> (rolf at santafe.edu)
> Prof. Raymond E. White, Steward Observatory
> (International Organizing
> Committee) (REWhite1933 at aol.com)


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