News & Events

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Abdurishid Yakup, "Astral Texts from Medieval Central Asia"

22.10.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the University College London, Workshop of ERC NEAstr on "Near Eastern cosmology in late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages"

27.10.2025 | 10:00 - 11:00

ZODIAC talk: Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at the Universität Leipzig, Altorientalisches Institut

27.10.2025 | 11:00 - 13:00

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at Brown University, Department of Egyptology and Assyriology's colloquium

04.11.2025

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Alexander Jones, "Revisiting the Hellenistic astronomical papyri, with focus on P.Hib. 1.27 and P.Par. 1"

05.11.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Universität Leipzig, Altorientalisches Institut

06.11.2025 | 11:00 - 13:00

Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Workshop "Land Management in Antiquity", Venice Nov 13-14, 2025

13.11.2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at Yale University, NELC seminar series

14.11.2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at Harvard University, HAANES lecture series

18.11.2025

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Bill Mak, "27/28 nakṣatra-s in the Gārgīyajyotiṣa — astronomical time reckoning in early Indian astronomy"

19.11.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Hamid Bohloul, "Royal Horoscopes in Persian"

26.11.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Ralph Neuäuser, "Celestial observations by the Carolingians - knowledge transfer from Arabia on planets, eclipses, and the zodiac"

10.12.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Alfred Schmid, "Hatte die Horoskop-Astrologie einen Gegenstand?"

04.02.2026 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at Brown University, Providence, Neugebauer Lecture

15.10.2025

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the Prague Summer School of Papyrology, National Library of the Czech Republic

01.09.2025 - 05.08.2025

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the 31st International Congress of Papyrology, Cologne, July 27 - August 2, 2025

31.07.2025 | 10:00 - 10:30

ZODIAC talk: Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prag 7-11 July 2025

10.07.2025 | 12:00 - 12:30

Christian Casey at the Université d'été en Langues de L'Orient, Campus de Venice International University

10.07.2025 - 19.07.2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prag 7-11 July 2025

08.07.2025 | 16:30 - 17:00

ZODIAC talk: Thomas Peeters at the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prag 7-11 July 2025

08.07.2025 | 10:00 - 10:30

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the Conference "Ancient Practical Expertise and Knowledge Practices", RFE-network "Between Encyclopaedia and Epitome - Talmudic strategies of knowledge-making in the context of ancient medicine and sciences", FU Berlin

30.06.2025

Christian Casey at the QUADRIGA Jahrestagung 2025, Universität Potsdam

20.06.2025 | 11:45 - 12:45

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Istituto ricerche solari Aldo e Cele Daccò (IRSOL) in Locarno, "Pathways to and from the Sun with OSKAR (Outstanding Simulations based on Knowledge, Algorithms, Reserach)", Workshop in Honor of Oskar Steiner

14.06.2025

Christian Casey at the Université de Liège, Conference "Everlasting Variations: Case Studies on the Hieroglyphic Repertoire in Synchrony and Diachrony"

12.06.2025 | 11:40 - 12:10

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tommaso Scarpelli, "The Weather in Mesopotamian Cultural History during the 2nd and 1st Millennia BC – Insights from Recent Research"

11.06.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Reimund Leicht, "The dynamics of scientific decline in Late antiquity: Some tentative thoughts about models of interpretation for the history of science"

28.05.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marina Escolano-Poveda, (in colaboration with Kim Ryholt), "Heavenly Bodies: Astrological Physiognomies in Egypt and Qumran"

21.05.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the conference "Current Research on Greek Tablets in the British Library", Collège de France, Paris

20.05.2025 | 10:15 - 10:45

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Antonio Panaino, “Stars and Constellations of the Ancient Iranians”

30.04.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver an der Universität Tübingen, Internationales Kolloquium zum Ehren von Prof. Dr. Konrad Volk

24.04.2025 | 16:00 - 16:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marta Iommelli, "Trees and Shrubs in Mesopotamian Therapeutic and Cultural Contexts"

16.04.2025 | 18:00 s.t. - 19:30

Workshop"The Visual Scribe: Tables and Diagrams in Middle Eastern Manuscripts"

10.04.2025 - 11.04.2025

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the University of Miami, CAENO Foundation, Department of Religious Studies, Workshop "Cultural encounters in the Hellenistic era: Babylon, Greece, Egypt, and the Biblical World"

27.02.2025 | 14:00 - 15:00

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni, “Gazing at the Sky Above Babylonia”, SASA Winter 2025 Master Class

25.02.2025 | 17:00 - 19:00

4. Berliner Leseabend der toten Sprachen (LetoS)

14.02.2025 | 19:00

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tim Brandes, "The Concept of Time in Mesopotamia"

05.02.2025 | 18:00 c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society of Papyrologists

01.02.2025

ZODIAC talk: Vorträge für Studierende der Astrophysik, Universität Potsdam

24.01.2025 | 13:00 - 15:30

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, das Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Pouyan Rezvani, "Ptolemy's star catalogue in the medieval Islamic sources"

15.01.2025 | 18:00 c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer recognised as one of brightest stars across the humanities by the Australian Academy of Humanities

14.01.2025