Upcoming Seminars
Date and Time | Speaker (Affiliation) Title (click for abstract) |
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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? |
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May 2, 2024 23:00 UTC (4 PM PDT) |
Prof. Natalie Gosnell and Janani Balasubramanian (Colorado College/Stanford) Choice, Metaphor, and Meaning in Astrophysics |
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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 is a joint talk hosted by OCAF and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford University. Please RSVP here. |
2023 Seminars
Date and Time | Speaker (Affiliation) Title (click for abstract) |
Recording |
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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 |
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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 |