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The Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (IHR, NHRF) and the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), in collaboration with the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (HPS, UoA), are pleased to announce the organization of the 2022 International Summer School on Science and Religion on the island of Crete, Greece.
The one-week intensive summer school aims to provide participants with knowledge of the history of the relations between Christianity and Science as well as with an in-depth knowledge of the relations between Orthodox Christianity and Science. It is addressed to undergraduate and postgraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and researchers in the field of Religion, Science, History, Philosophy, Technology, Didactics, Theology, as well as to those interested in the interconnection between religion and science.
The Summer School will be held from 13 to 18 June 2022. The instructors are researchers from the IHR, HNRF, and other prestigious research and educational institutions of Greece, as well as the renowned professors Ronald Numbers (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) and Jaume Navarro (University of the Basque Country, Spain). All have extensive experience in the study of Science and Religion.
The IHR, NHRF is implementing the international project SOW - Science & Orthodoxy around the World since 2016, funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
The lectures and workshops, as well as accommodation, will take place on the premises of the Orthodox Academy of Crete at Kolymvari, Crete where the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church took place in 2016. The courses will be taught in English and will be offered to a limited number of applicants who will be selected by the summer-school scientific committee.
All participants will receive a certificate of participation.
2022 Program Monday, June 13 09.30 - 11.30 Historiography and bibliography on science and religion, (Ronald Numbers) 11.30 – 12.00 Break 12.00 - 13.30 Orthodox Christianity and the sciences: an overview, (Efthymios Nicolaidis) 13.30 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Break 16.00 - 18.30 Roman Catholic Christianity and the sciences: an overview, (Jaume Navarro) 20.00 Dinner
Tuesday, June 14 09.30 - 11.30 The first encounter between science and Christianity: The Hexaemerons of the Greek fathers of the Church, (Efthymios Nicolaidis) 11.30 - 12.00 Break 12.00 - 13.30 The debate on nature and the Cosmos during the 6th century: John Philoponus and Cosmas Indicopleustes, (Efthymios Nicolaidis) 13.30 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Break 16.00 - 18.30 Conceptions of sciences and knowledge of the natural world in Byzantium. Prominent figures, selected writings, and related modern bibliography, (Eudoxie Delli) 20.00 Dinner
Wednesday, June 15 09.30 - 11.30 Islam, Orthodox Christianity and the sciences in the Ottoman Empire (George Vlahakis) 11.30 - 12.00 Break 12.00 – 13.30 A case study of science and Orthodoxy: the Greek state during the 19th century, (Kostas Tampakis) 13.30 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Break 16.00 - 18.30 Workshop: texts on the relations between science and Orthodox Christianity, (Eudoxie Delli, Efthymios Nicolaidis, George Vlahakis) 20.00 Dinner
Thursday, June 16 09.30 - 11.30 Newton, Newtonianism and religion, (George Vlahakis) 11.30 – 12.00 Break 12.00 – 13.30 Religion and contemporary science: Scientific creationism and intelligent design, (Ronald Numbers) 13.30 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Break 16.00 - 18.30 Workshop: texts on the relations between science and Western Christianity, (Jaume Navarro, Kostas Tampakis, George Vlahakis) 20.00 Dinner
Friday, June 17 09.30 - 11.30 The problem of the calendar and Orthodox Christianity, (Kostas Tampakis) 11.30 – 12.00 Break 11.30 – 13.30 Contemporary trends in the relations between Orthodox Christianity and Psychology-Psychoanalysis, (Eudoxie Delli) 13.30 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Break 16.00 - 18.30 The notion of nature in Orthodox theology, (George Ventis) 20.00 Dinner
Instructors: Eudoxie Delli, Assoc. Researcher, Academy of Athens, Greece Jaume Navarro, Ikerbasque Research Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain Efthymios Nicolaidis, Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece Ronald Numbers, Hildale Professor Em., University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Kostas Tampakis, Assoc. Researcher, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece George Ventis, Asst. Professor, Department of Theology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece George Vlahakis, Assoc. Professor, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Cost Total participation fees are 650 euros. These include:
Travel arrangements to and from Kolymvari must be organized and covered by participants
Application Procedure The school is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students and Ph.D. candidates as well as researchers in the field of Religion, Science, History, Philosophy, Technology, Didactics, Theology, particularly those with a research interest in the interconnection between religion and science. The course will be offered to a limited number of applicants who will be selected by the Scientific Committee following a thorough assessment of the application and the CV of the applicants. The final deadline for applying is March 13, 2022
Candidates are invited to submit the online application form. Applicants will be informed of the selection results by e-mail until March 20, 2022. Along with the confirmation, successful applicants will receive further information for the completion of registration. Upon acceptance, fees are required to be paid until April 1, 2022. Any cancellations made after April 15, 2022, will not be refunded.
For more information, please write to: sciencereligion@eie.gr
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