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Exchange of Knowledge Between Literate Cultures

2021-07-09

Exchange of Knowledge Between Literate Cultures
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This conference explores the different aspects of how knowledge is exchanged between literate cultures. We recognise that in exchanges between literate cultures, knowledge is often construed, constructed, and contextualized to adapt to a recipient’s culture. This transformation is subject to the historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific traditions prevalent among the recipient people. As these traditions change with the passage of time and the movement of people, so too does the locus and language of literacy in those cultures.
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British Society for the History of Science

2021-07-08

This year, the meeting is entirely online, using Zoom. The meetings can be viewed without conference registration (but you have to register for the Zoom session at no cost).
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Open Access Diamond journals

2021-03-26

History of Science in South Asia is a so-called OA Diamond journal. There are no fees for either authors or readers.

HSSA participated in a recent project commissioned by Coalition-S to evaluate such journals and their meaning and impact in the world of publishing and knowledge dissemination. This project has now published its results and they can be read here:

https://zenodo.org/record/4558704
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CHSTM lecture series: Perspectives on Race Science and Scientific Racism

2021-02-18

Historical Perspectives On Contemporary Issues

This series of discussions by scholars in the humanities and social sciences explores a variety of issues related to science, race, and racism.

* https://www.chstm.org/video/101
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ISIS Current Bibliography

2021-01-07

I am pleased to say that HSSA authors are well represented in the current issue of the ISIS Current Bibliography of the History of Science and its Cultural Influences.
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Consortium for the History of Science Technology and Medicine: Working Group on Science in Early South Asia

2020-09-07

Under the aegis of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, a new working group on History of Science in Early South Asia is convening a series of monthly online meetings (Zoom) to read early Sanskrit scientific and medical literature with leading research scholars.
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New members of the HSSA editoral board

2020-07-18

I am delighted to announce three new members of the editorial board of this journal.
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HSSA now indexed in the ISIS Current Bibliography of the History of Science Society

2020-06-12

The HSSA journal can now be explored through its entry at IsisCB.
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Computation in the Service of Poetry: a lecture by Kim Plofker covered in a blog for Scientific American

2020-04-21

A lecture by Kim Plofker, associate professor of mathematics at Union College, and one of HSSA's editors, was covered in a blog for Scientific American. Read the article here.
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HSSA partners with Scholars Portal

2020-02-24

The University of Alberta's online journal platform, that supports HSSA, recently partnered with Scholars Portal, a service of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).
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Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecture

2019-08-15

Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, spoke on Newton's fascination with discoveries about ancient Indian philosophy and discussed the global network of information on which Newton relied for his Principia Mathematica. Video

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A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments

2019-03-28

In January 2018 Prof. S. R. Sarma announced the online publication of his Descriptive Catalogue. Now he has released a second, updated edition as well as a new abridged edition.
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Hot-linking bibliographical references

2018-05-30

HSSA pioneers the hot-linking of bibliographical references.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments, by S. R. Sarma

2018-01-24

What kind of astronomical instruments were used in India before Jai Singh's time? Are any of these extant in museums? Such questions led me to an exploration of museums and private collections in India, Europe and USA for about a quarter century and to the identification of 555+ specimens which are extant or about which photos and other records are available. A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments is the outcome of this exploration.
-- S. R. Sarma
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History of the Kerala School of Mathematics

2015-01-01

Interviews about Indian astronomy and mathematics with Prof. K. Ramasubrahmanian may be viewed here:
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Online course: Mathematics in India - From Vedic Period to Modern Times (Video)

2015-01-01

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