Open Cultural Astronomy Forum

Universe of Cultures: Embracing Diversity in Astronomy

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Meeting ID: 960 6348 4885
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Upcoming Seminars

Date and Time Speaker (Affiliation)
Title (click for abstract)
Recording
Mar 6, 2025
23:00 UTC
(3 PM PST)
Fyza Parviz Jazra (Stanford University)
TBD
Feb 6, 2025
23:00 UTC
(3 PM PST)
Ni Emas (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing (CAS), Swinburne University of Technology)
TBD
Dec 5, 2024
23:00 UTC
(3 PM PST)
Prof. Bryan Edward Penprase (Soka University of America)
What are the limits to our knowledge of the universe?

2024 Seminars

Date and Time Speaker (Affiliation)
Title (click for abstract)
Recording
Nov 7, 2024
23:00 UTC
(3 PM PST)
Prof. Ray Norris (CSIRO Space & Astronomy, Western Sydney University)
Did the Seven Sisters come out of Africa?
video
chat
Oct 3, 2024
23:00 UTC
(4 PM PDT)
Dr. Dr. Susanne M. Hoffmann (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
What's the origin of our constellations?
video
chat
May 2, 2024
23:00 UTC
(4 PM PDT)
Prof. Natalie Gosnell and Janani Balasubramanian (Colorado College/Stanford)
Choice, Metaphor, and Meaning in Astrophysics
video
chat
Mar 14, 2024
21:00 UTC
(2 PM PDT)
Dr. Kaveh Niazi (Stanford Online High School)
Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī and His Observations on Ptolemy's Lunar Model

This was a joint talk hosted by OCAF and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford University.

2023 Seminars

Date and Time Speaker (Affiliation)
Title (click for abstract)
Recording
Nov 2, 2023
23:00 UTC
Avivah Yamani (langitselatan)
Starlore as a mean for Astronomy Communication

(links shared during the talk: The Stars of Asia project)
video
chat
Feb 2, 2023
23:00 UTC
Dr. Mia de los Reyes (Stanford University)
What's in a name?
video
chat
slides

2022 Seminars

Date and Time Speaker (Affiliation)
Title (click for abstract)
Recording
Dec 1, 2022
23:00 UTC
Prof. Hilding Neilson (Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador)
The night sky is part of the land: the ongoing colonization in astronomy research and space exploration
video
chat
Aug 4, 2022
23:00 UTC
Dr. Robert Fuller (Western Sydney University)
Giving Back; it’s not hard

(links shared during the talk: Gamilaraay project, Stellarium, Star stories of the Dreaming)
video
chat
Jun 2, 2022
23:00 UTC
Prof. Johnson Ozoemenam Urama (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
The Igbo Calendar: Exploring the Endogenous Astronomy of South-Eastern Nigeria
video
chat
May 5, 2022
23:00 UTC
Prof. Duane Hamacher (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Exploring the influence of meteors on culture and society
video
chat
Apr 7, 2022
23:00 UTC
Ms. Jennifer Howse (University of Calgary, Rothney Astrophysical Observatory)
Finding Our Place in the Night Sky
video
chat
Feb 3, 2022
23:00 UTC
Prof. Wayne Orchiston (University of Southern Queensland) & Mrs. Darunee Lingling Orchiston
"It's Now or Never": Changing cultures and the investigation of indigenous astronomical systems
video
chat