Conferences

Past Conferences

SEAC	Name	Date	Place	Organizers	Proceedings*
0	Astronomy and Human Sciences	November 3-5 1992	Observatoire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Prof. Carlos Jaschek	published
I	Astronomical traditions in Past Cultures	August 31 – September 2, 1993	N.A.O. Rozhen, Smolyan, Bulgaria	Dr. Dimiter Kolev, Dr. Vesselina Koleva	published
II	no title	August 29-31, 1994	Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany	Prof. Dr. Wolfhard Schlosser	published
III	Ancient Times, Modern Methods	August 31 – September 2, 1995	"Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu, Rumania	Dr. Florin Stanescu	published
IV	Astronomy in Culture	September 4-6, 1996	Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain	Prof. Carlos Jaschek, Dr. Fernando Atrio	published
V		September 3-6, 1997	Maritime Museum, Gdansk, Poland	Prof. Mariusz Ziolkowski, Dr. Arnold Lebeuf	published
VI	Astronomy and Landscape	August 31- September 2, 1998	Queen College, Dublin, Ireland	Prof. Clive Ruggles	published
VII	Astronomy and Cultural Diversity	June 21-27, 1999	Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain	Dr. Juan Antonio Belmonte, Dr. César Esteban	published
VIII	Astronomy of Ancient Civilizations	May 23-27, 2000	Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia	Prof. V. Obridko, Prof. E. Kaurov, Dr. I. Spultnik, Prof. T. Potemkina	published
IX	Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations	August 27-30, 2001	Ancient Observatory, Stockholm, Sweden	Prof. Mary Blomberg, Dr. Peter Blomberg, Dr. Goran Henrikson	published
X	Cultural Context from the Archaeoastronomical Data and the Echoes of Cosmic Catastrophic Events	August 27-31, 2002	Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia	Prof. Izold Pustylnik & Prof. Mare Koiva	published
XI	The Future of Archaeoastronomy	August 11-12, 2003	Leicester, England	Clive Ruggles	published
XII		August 26-28, 2004	Kecskemet, Hungary	Dr. Emilia Pasztor, Dr. Lajos Bartha, Istvan Szabics	published
XIII	Lights and Shadows in Cultural Astronomy	June 28 - July 3rd, 2005	Isili, Sardinia, Italy	Dr. Juan Belmonte, Mauro Zedda	in preparation
XIV	Ancient Watching at Cosmic Space and Observation of Astronomical Phenomena	6-10 April, 2006, Rhodes, Greece	Rhodes, Greece	Prof. Dr. Ioannis Liritzis	published
XV	Astronomy and Cosmology in Folk Traditions and Cultural Heritage	22 -31 July, 2007, Kleipeda, Lithuania	Kleipeda, Lithuania	Jonas Vaiskunas a joint SEAC-ISAAC meeting.	in preparation
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX

Future Conferences

SEAC	Name:	Date:	Place:	Organizers:	Contact:
XVI	Cosmology across Cultures	8-12 September, 2008	Granada, Spain	Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA) and Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), with the collaboration of "Parque de las Sciencias" in Granada (PCG)	uan A. Belmonte Aviles (jba@iac.es) or Francisco Prada fprada@iaa.es
XVII	not known	2009	probably Alexandria, Egypt
XVIII	not known	2010	probably Munich, Germany
XIX	not known	2011	probably Georgia

Guidelines for Conferences

The proposal should discuss the following issues:

Theme of Conference. Although usually SEAC conferences are not centred on specific topics, we encourage the organizers to propose a general subject of the conference.

Proposed time and location. Please specify the dates and venues, although we realize that minor changes may be necessary. Please remember that usually the SEAC conferences take place by the end of august or during the first week of September.

Proposed members of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Although we encourage the participation of the scholars who have participated in past SEAC conferences, it is not a rule. In listing the members please include their addresses, institutional affiliations and professional status.

Institutional Sponsorship and support. This includes the letters from appropriate institutions which will sponsor or support the conference. Especially helpful will be any commitment to provide support in services, stuff and on eventual financial assistance extended to those participants unable to attend the meeting on their own.

Facilities. Please, discuss the facilities for the scholarly sessions, lodging and meals, and other facilities.

Local sites of Archaeoastronomical Significance. Please discuss the eventual plans for excursions to nearby museums or sites.

Cost. Please, provide your best estimates of the cost of the conference per individual, including registration fees, lodging and meals, and excursions.

Publication. Please describe your plans for publication, including potential publishers.

Please, remember that in agreement with the resolutions accorded at the 1997 annual Meeting, the titles of papers submitted to the Committee should be accompanied by extensive abstract and evaluated by the specially created ad hoc committee of experts. Also, the presentation of the paper at the Conference does not guarantee its" "automatic" publication.

Announcement of Other Important Conferences

The international conference "Nexus VII: Architecture and Mathematics"
(San Diego, June 2008)

will have a session on "Architecture and Astronomy".

More details can be found at

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