ad Astra

Ad Astra presents a series of academic conversations with researchers on the history of astrology. It offers to a wider audience the main academic debates and works on the historical role of astrology in culture, ...more

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September 02, 2020 00:41:36
Changes in Astrology: from 1250 to 1800 with H Darrel Rutkin

Changes in Astrology: from 1250 to 1800 with H Darrel Rutkin

In this edition of the podcast we welcome as our guest historian of astrology, H Darrel Rutkin. Currently he is a researcher at the...

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August 31, 2020 01:04:46
Horoscopic astrology in Eastern traditions with Jeffrey Kotyk

Horoscopic astrology in Eastern traditions with Jeffrey Kotyk

In this episode researcher Jeffrey Kotyk joins us to talk about his work on the introduction of Indian and Iranian astrology into China. He...

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August 26, 2020 00:50:29
Researching astrology in Medieval France with Jean-Patrice Boudet

Researching astrology in Medieval France with Jean-Patrice Boudet

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with Professor Jean-Patrice Boudet, who shares with us details on his work and some reflexions...

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August 24, 2020 01:17:13
Transmission of texts and example horoscopes with Levente László

Transmission of texts and example horoscopes with Levente László

This episode features the research of Levente László, doctoral candidate at the Doctoral School of Philosophy at Eötvös University in Budapest, with a PhD...

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August 19, 2020 00:41:20
A Thirteenth century Yemeni manuscript with Petra G. Schmidl

A Thirteenth century Yemeni manuscript with Petra G. Schmidl

Historian of science Petra G. Schmidl, researcher at IKGF-International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, talks...

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August 17, 2020 00:50:48
Horoscopes and practices of David Fabricius with Günther Oestmann

Horoscopes and practices of David Fabricius with Günther Oestmann

In this episode historian of science and technology Günther Oestmann discusses his research on astronomical clocks and the recent publication of his book, The...

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