History of Astronomy (C41/ICHA)

Johannes Kepler Working Group

This new C41/ICHA Working Group was created in October 2009 and will exist for the current triennium. Its rationale is set out here.

The principal aim of the JKWG is to further Kepler studies through:

Representations at international level with other organizations and institutions, specifically the International Council for Science (ICSU) and its member organizations (e.g. the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science);
Establishing an IAU Working Group website dedicated to Johannes Kepler and his works;
Encouraging research and publication, including translations of Kepler's works into modern languages;
Formulating and carrying out a programme of digitization of first and early editions of Kepler's works and associated material;
Investigating the possibility of digitizing Kepler's collected works (Johannes Kepler Gesammelte Werke, 1937– ), now nearing completion under the editorship of the Kepler Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences; and
Considering the feasibility of digitizing the manuscript material owned by the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The members of the Johannes Kepler Working Group are:

For further information please see the Working Group‘s web pages.

The proceedings of the International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA–7) are available from Mitsuru Soma

are now available

Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Building Bridges between Cultures
(the 9th “Oxford” International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy)

Astronomy and World Heritage

The Commission’s Astronomy and World Heritage Working Group is working with UNESCO to advance their Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative

The printed edition of the ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Study on the Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy is now available

The proceedings of the Rio GA Special Session on “Accelerating the Rate of Astronomical Discovery” have been published in Proceedings of Science