US-Africa Workshop on the Identification and Analysis of Arabic Astronomy Documents Found in Africa

该奖项是为了支持2009年10月在埃及亚历山大市举行的非洲文化天文学网络美非会议以及欧洲天文与文化学会(SEAC)年会。会议由亚利桑那大学的Jarita Holbrook博士与SEAC主席Juan Antonio Belmonte博士协调组织。对非洲文化天文学网络会议的支持将使美国科学家能够与世界合作？S在分析公元前1000年至1400年期间的历史文献方面拥有顶尖专家，这是欧洲历史上定义的中世纪时期的一部分。在研讨会上，一组非洲伊斯兰天文学专家将聚集在一起，创建一个新的合作项目，重点是识别和分析在古代伊斯兰文化鼎盛时期写成的包含天文学内容的阿拉伯文献。该小组在非洲各地有几个阿拉伯文档库供其审议。讲习班的目标是为科学研究非洲阿拉伯文献中的天文内容设计合作项目；拟定一份资助该项目的提案的工作草案；审查非洲文化天文学网的次级目标；将更多的东南亚天文学委员会成员纳入该网；突出学生的工作。研讨会将把来自美国和撒哈拉以南非洲的科学家和学生聚集在一起，开发一个国际合作项目。非洲文化天文网络于2006年在加纳成立。该网络的成员对非洲的天文学进行社会、历史或人文研究，包括天文学家、考古学家、人类学家和科学哲学家。研讨会包括来自美国的初级教员和学生，其中包括STEM领域的女性和代表性不足的少数族裔。讲习班将使非洲文化天文学网络的成员能够与更大的文化天文学社区接触。

This award is to support a US-Africa meeting of the African Cultural Astronomy Network in conjunction with the European Society for Astronomy and Culture (SEAC) annual meeting in Alexandria, Egypt in October, 2009. The meeting is being organized by Dr. Jarita Holbrook, University of Arizona, in coordination with Dr. Juan Antonio Belmonte, President of SEAC. Support for the African Cultural Astronomy Network meeting will allow American scientists to collaborate with the world?s top experts in the analysis of historical documents from the period of 1000 ? 1400 C.E., which is part of the Medieval period as defined in European history. For the workshop, a group of experts on Islamic Astronomy in Africa will assemble to create a new collaborative project focused on identifying and analyzing Arabic documents written during the height of ancient Islamic culture and containing astronomy content.Intellectual merit. There are several repositories of Arabic documents throughout Africa to be considered by the group. The goals of the workshop are to design the collaborative project for the scientific study of the astronomy content of Arabic documents located in Africa; to create a working draft of a proposal for funding the project; to review the secondary goals of the African Cultural Astronomy Network; to bring additional SEAC members into the Network; and to highlight the work of students. The workshop will bring together scientists and students from the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa to develop an international collaborative project. The African Cultural Astronomy Network was founded in 2006 in Ghana. Members of the Network conduct social, historic, or humanistic research on the astronomy of Africa and include astronomers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and a philosopher of science.Broader impacts. The workshop includes junior faculty and students from the USA, which include women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. The workshop will allow members of the African Cultural Astronomy Network to engage with the larger cultural astronomy community.