THE INSPIRATION OF ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA -- THIRD CONFERENCE
Palermo (Sicily), Italy -- December 31, 2000-January 6, 2001
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Dear Colleagues:
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@oapa.astropa.unipa.it)
Dr. Rolf M. Sinclair, Chevy Chase MD (International Organizing Committee)
(rolf@santafe.edu)
Prof. Raymond E. White, Steward Observatory (International Organizing
Committee) (REWhite1933@aol.com)
5/21/00
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