The Conference is organized by the Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT), a research centre associated with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon.
Theme of the Conference: "Communicating Science, Technology and Medicine”.
Full programme in the Conference website

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Time 14:00 – 16:00 Room 6.2.53 Session 13-I
RELIGIONS AS A MEANS FOR/AGAINST COMMUNICATING SCIENCES: ORTHODOXY, CATHOLICISM, AND REFORMATION

Organizer: Efthymios Nicolaidis, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Vincent Jullien, University of Nantes
Chair: Efthymios Nicolaidis, Vincent Jullien

Ronald L. Numbers, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Cultural Revolution Of Dinosaurs Among Conservative Christians: From Evidence Of Evolution To Symbol Of Creationism

Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney
The Early-Modern Idea Of Scientific Doctrine And Its Origins In Christianity

Vincent Jullien, Université de Nantes
Two Christian Scientists Of The XVIIth, Descartes And Pascal Observed By One Of The 20th, Pierre Duhem

Efthymios Nicolaidis, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens
The involvement of science in the debate on hesychasm

Time 16:30 – 18:30 Room 6.2.53 Session 13-II

Organizer: Efthymios Nicolaidis, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Vincent Jullien, University of Nantes
Chair: Efthymios Nicolaidis, Vincent Jullien

Eudoxie Delli, National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF/ IHR), Athens
The earthquakes in byzantine writers. Interpretations between natural and surnatural

Stefaan Blancke, Department of Philosophy and moral sciences, Ghent University
Catholic responses to evolution, 1859-2009: local influences and mid-scale patterns

Hans Henrik Hjermitslev, University College South Denmark, Aabenraa
The Circulation of Scientific Knowledge among Protestants in Rural Denmark in the Decades around 1900

Torsten K. D. Himmel, Dept. of Hist., Section for History of Science & Technology, University of Stuttgart
Networks Of Authors, Collectors, Publishers, And Illustrators Exemplified By Scheuchzer's Copperplate Bible

Matthieu Husson, CNRS-SPHère, Paris
Communicating sciences in catholic contexts: the choices of two medieval scholars