History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy: Research and graduate institutes and departments

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Individual institutes and departments

• Aarhus, Denmark
  • Department of History of Science, University of Aarhus (See also here.)
    • History of Astronomy
• Berlin, Germany
  • Alexander-von-Humboldt-Forschungsstelle, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German)
  • Archenhold-Sternwarte (in German)
    Public observatory doing also research in history of astronomy.
• Cagliari, Italy
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Laboratorio di Archeoastronomia (in Italian)
• Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary
    Focuses also on archaeoastronomy.
• Cambridge, England, UK
  • The Needham Research Institute
    Including research in history of astronomy.
• Cambridge, Mass., USA
  • Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology
    Including research in history of astronomy.
• College Park/Bladensburg, MD, USA (near Washington, D.C.)
  • The Center for Archaeoastronomy
• Daejeon, Korea
  • Office of Astronomy Promotion, Korea Astronomy Observatory
    Activities include: Study of ancient history of astronomy.
• Durham, Great Britain
  • Applied Historical Astronomy group, Department of Physics, University of Durham
• Emmering, Germany
  • Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (INFIS)
    A private institute, doing also research in archaeoastronomy.
• Florence [Firenze], Italy: see Lausanne
• Frankfurt a.M., Germany
  • Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften
    History of astronomy is one of the main research items.
• Görlitz, Germany
  • Scultetus-Sternwarte (in German)
    Public observatory doing some research in local history of astronomy
• Hamburg, Germany
  • Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik (or see English home page)
    Doing also research in history of astronomy.
• Houston, Texas, USA
  • Department of History, Rice University
    Including research in history of science and astronomy.
• Huntsville, Alabama, USA
  • Marshall Space Flight Center History Office
• Lausanne and Florence, Switzerland and Italy
  • Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
    Virtual Department of History of the Men and History of the Nature [including astronomy]
• Moscow, Russia
  • Institute for the History of Natural Science and Technology (IIET)
    Including research in history of astronomy.
• Munich (München), Germany
  • Deutsches Museum: Research
    Including research in history of astronomy.
  • Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften (in German)
    • Copernicus-Forschung
  • Kommission für die Herausgabe der Werke von Johannes Kepler
    (Commission for the Publication of the Works of Johannes Kepler)
  • Professur für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften (in German)
    Including research in history of astronomy.
• Münster, Germany
  • Astronomisches Institut der Universität (in German)
    • Jahresbericht 1993: Geschichte der Astronomie (in German)
    • Jahresbericht 1994: Geschichte der Astronomie (in German)
• Nice, France
  • Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
    • History of sciences
• Oldenburg, Germany
  • Research Group on Higher Education and History of Science, Faculty of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University
    Including some history of astronomy items.
• Pisa, Italy
  • Domus Galilaeana
    A centre of documentation and study on the works of Galileo
• Uppsala, Sweden
  • Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
    Science at the observatory includes archaeoastronomy
• Washington, D.C., USA
  • Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum
  • NASA Headquarters History Office

See also:

• History of Astronomy: Museums
• History of Science: Research institutes and departments

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 17 July 1996. Latest update: 27 Oct 2003