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The Premodern Reception of Euclid's Elements: Current Perspectives and Future Directions in Research

2nd-4th September 2024

Venue: Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Levi Building, Safra Campus,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and online, via this link:
https://tinyurl.com/nhcbufmh

Attendance is free, and registration is not required.

Organizers: Ofer Elior & Ruth Glasner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Contact: edelstein.center@mail.huji.ac.il
For the full conference program and further information: https://edelstein.huji.ac.il/elements?

CONFERENCE RATIONALE


Euclid's Elements is the most important work in the premodern study of mathematics. As such, much attention was given in modern scholarship not only to its mathematical content but also to various aspects of its transmission and dissemination. Nonetheless no attempt has hitherto been made to portray, on the basis of the accumulated body of research, a wide-scale narrative or narratives of the reception of the Elements. The primary objective of the conference is to make an important first step towards this end. By bringing together for the first time experts on the Elements and its reception in specific cultures and periods, the conference will foster a comparative examination of such issues as primary and secondary transmission, manuscripts and printed editions, The Elements in school and university curricula, commentaries and presentations in encyclopedias, other genres of transmission, influence on cultures and societies. The analysis of these issues will serve as the basis for a fresh and informed examination of future directions to the research of the Elements' reception.

Conference Program

DAY 1 (MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2024)

17:00 Gathering and refreshments

17:30 Greetings by the Organizers

18:00-19:30 OPENING LECTURE
Chair: RUTH GLASNER (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

REVIEL NETZ (Stanford University)
How did Euclid's Elements Become Canonical?

DAY 2 (TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2024)

08:30 Gathering and refreshments

09:00-10:00 Session 1: Translations and Redactions (1)

Chair: VINCENZO DE RISI (Laboratoire SPHère, CNRS)

KARINE CHEMLA (SPHERE, CNRS—Université Paris Cité) and SIMON SHU-YUAN PAN (Institute for History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Examining the First Translation of Euclid's Elements (Books I-VI) into Chinese from the Perspective of the Propositions Added to the Original Text

10:00–10:30 Coffee break

10:30-12:00 Session 2: Translations and Redactions (2)

Chair: TONY LÉVY (CNRS)

OFER ELIOR (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"Al-Ḥajjāj's Version" of Euclid's Elements: Inspecting a Mystery from Behind the Looking Glass of the Hebrew Translations

RUTH GLASNER (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Hebrew Geometrical Encyclopedia

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Session 3: Commentaries (1)

Chair: BENJAMIN WILCK (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

GREGG DE YOUNG (The American University in Cairo)
Potential Contributions of Commentaries to Understanding the Assimilation of Euclid’s Elements in the Medieval Islamicate World

MARCO AURÉLIO OLIVEIRA DA SILVA (Federal University of Bahia)
The Reception of Euclid’s Elements in Latin Europe in the 13th Century: The Case of Albert the Great

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30 Session 4: Topics (1)

Chair: OFER ELIOR (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

BENJAMIN WILCK (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Order of Definitions: Late Ancient and Medieval Traditions of the Elements

19:00-21:00 Conference Dinner


DAY 3 (WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2024)
08:30-09:00 Gathering and refreshments

09:00-11:00 Session 5: Topics (2)

Chair: STELA SEGEV (HERZOG COLLEGE)

DOMINIQUE RAYNAUD (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Order of Definitions: Late Ancient and Medieval Traditions of the Elements

TONY LÉVY (CNRS)
Some Remarks on Hebrew Versions of Euclid's Elements, Book V

GADI CHARLES WEBER (Bar-Ilan University)
Common Notions as First Intelligibles in Al-Fārābī and Maimonides

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Session 6: Scholars (1)

Chair: REVIEL NETZ (Stanford University)

NATHAN SIDOLI (Waseda University)
Thābit ibn Qurra’s Use of Euclid’s Elements and Data

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Session 7: Scholars (2)

Chair: GADI CHARLES WEBER (Bar-Ilan University)

ILANA WARTENBERG (Tel-Aviv University)
The Transmission of Euclid’s Elements within the Medieval Hebrew Calendrical Lore

AVINOAM BARANES (Herzog College)
Euclidean Geometry in Joseph Solomon Delmedigo's Rosh Mashbir

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 Session 8: Transformation

Chair: ILANA WARTENBERG (Tel-Aviv University)

VINCENZO DE RISI (Laboratoire SPHère, CNRS)
Proving Axioms in Euclid's Elements

ANGELA AXWORTHY (University of Milan and Laboratoire SPHère, CNRS)
The Turn to Practice in the Sixteenth-Century Transmission of Euclid’s Elements

17:30-18:00 Coffee Break

18:00-18:30 Closing Remarks

https://edelstein.huji.ac.il/elements

איש/אשת קשר: מזכירות מרכז אדלשטיין, edelstein.center@mail.huji.ac.il

שולח/ת ההודעה: עפר אליאור ofer.elior@gmail.com