UNIVERSITIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
CROSSROADS OF SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Prague, 29 September – 1 October 2011, Charles University, Czech Republic
Programme of the Conference „Universities in Central Europe Crossroads of Scholars from All Over the World“
Thursday, 29 September 2011 /Karolinum, Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1/
14.00-20.00 Registration
15.00-17.00 Annual Meeting of the Officers and Scientific Board of European Society for the
History of Science (Karolinum, room above Aula, 2nd floor)
18.00-20.00 Welcome Drink – Karolinum
Welcome Speeches:
Prof. RNDr. Václav Hampl, DrSc., Rector of the Charles University
Prof. PhDr. Ivan Jakubec, Ph.D., President of the Czech National Committee for History
of Science and Vice-Rector of the Charles University
Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Soňa Štrbáňová, Ph.D., President of the European Society for the
History of Science
Friday, 30 September 2011 /Karolinum, Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1/
8.00-18.00 Registration
9.00 Introduction
Chair: Soňa Štrbáňová
9.30-10.00 Keynote Lecture - Petr SVOBODNÝ (Charles University in Prague), Changing
Places: Prague Universities in the Troubled 20th Century
10.00-10.30 Dieter HOFFMANN - Jürgen RENN (MPI History of Science, Berlin), At the
Cross Road – Einstein and Prague
CONTACT: Dr. Milada Sekyrková, Charles University in Prague, Institute of the History of CU and
Archive of CU, Ovocný trh 5, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Mail: milada.sekyrkova@ruk.cuni.cz. Tel. +420 224 491 468. Web info: dvt.hyperlink.cz/uce
UNIVERSITIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
CROSSROADS OF SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Prague, 29 September – 1 October 2011, Charles University, Czech Republic
Part 1: Biographical Context
Chair: Michal Kokowski
10.50-11.10 Alena SOLCOVÁ (Czech Technical University in Prague), Einstein in Prague
11.10-11.30 Emilie TĚŠÍNSKÁ (Academy of Sciences of the CR, Prague), Representation of
the field of theoretical physics at Prague Universities: A. Einstein in Prague, his predecessor,
successor and contemporaries.
11.30- 11.50 Andreas KLEINERT (Martin Luther University Halle/Saale), Anton Lampa
(1868-1938) - the man who brought Einstein to Prague.
11.50-12.10 Barbara WOLFF (Hebrew University Jerusalem), “To be filed under E.” Albert
Einstein and his younger son, Eduard (1910-1965).
12.10-12.30 Ze´ev. ROSENKRANZ (Einstein Papers Project, Pasadena), Albert Einstein:
Zionist Icon or Iconoclast?
Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Part 2: Scientific Context
Chair: Suzanne Débarbat
14.00-14.20 Thomas NAUMANN (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY Zeuthen), The
Old One does not throw dice - Einstein's dialogue with God.
14.20-14.40 József ILLY (Budapest / Einstein Papers Project, Pasadena), „A bit of techno
here and there ...“ Einstein the Practical.
14.40-15.00 Michal KOKOWSKI (Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland), The
divergent Histories of Bose-Einstein Statistics
15.00-15.20 Hubert GOENNER (University of Göttingen, Germany), Communcation and
Interaction among Research Groups in Classical Unified Field Theory, 1930-1969
Discussion
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
CONTACT: Dr. Milada Sekyrková, Charles University in Prague, Institute of the History of CU and
Archive of CU, Ovocný trh 5, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Mail: milada.sekyrkova@ruk.cuni.cz. Tel. +420 224 491 468. Web info: dvt.hyperlink.cz/uce
UNIVERSITIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
CROSSROADS OF SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Prague, 29 September – 1 October 2011, Charles University, Czech Republic
16.00-18.00 Plenary Session – Mobility of Scholars I
Chair: Miroslav T. Morovics
16.00-16.20 Erwin NEUENSCHWANDER (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Zurich as a
Springboard for Young Leading Physicists and Mathematicians in the19th and 20th century:
The Case of Albert Einstein and Hermann Weyl
16.20–16.40 Christof AICHNER – Tanja KRALER (University of Innsbruck, Austria), The
Reforms of the Austrian Education System 1848–1860
16.40-17.00 Éva VÁMOS (Hungarian Museum of Science, Technology and Transport
Budapest, Hungary), Forced Migration of Professors from 1851 to the 1860s, its Drawback
and Results
17.00-17.20 Jan SURMAN (University of Vienna, Austria), “Sentenced to Chernivtsi,
Pardoned to Graz, Promoted to Vienna”? The Mobility of University Lecturers within
Habsburg-Monarchy 1848-1918
Discussion
18.00 - 21.00 Conference Dinner and Social Event
(Academy of Sciences of the CR, Villa Lanna, V sadech 1, Praha 6, transfer by buses
from Na Příkopě 23 at 17.45)
Soňa ŠTRBÁŇOVÁ – Antonín KOSTLÁN (Academy of Sciences of the CR, Prague), Exile
as a Forced Migration – the Case of Scholars in the 20th Century
Discussion
Saturday, 1 October 2011 /Karolinum, Ovocný trh 5, Prague 1/
9.00-12.00 Registration
Chair: Soňa Štrbáňová
9.30-10.00 Keynote Lecture - Mitchell G. ASH (University of Vienna, Austria), Mobility of
Scientists and Scholars in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Patterns, Problems and
Prospects
CONTACT: Dr. Milada Sekyrková, Charles University in Prague, Institute of the History of CU and
Archive of CU, Ovocný trh 5, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Mail: milada.sekyrkova@ruk.cuni.cz. Tel. +420 224 491 468. Web info: dvt.hyperlink.cz/uce
UNIVERSITIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
CROSSROADS OF SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Prague, 29 September – 1 October 2011, Charles University, Czech Republic
10.00-11.30 Plenary Session – Mobility of Scholars II
Chair: Éva Vámos
10.00-10.20 Efthymios NICOLAIDIS (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece), The
Creation of a European Science Curriculum: The Case of Greek Scholars in Central Europe
Universities, 18th – 19th Century
10.20-10.40 Attila Szilárd TAR (Krúdy Gyula Gimnázium Györ, Hungary), The Visiting
Habits of Hungarian Students at German Universities in the 18th Century
10.40-11.00 Andor MÉSZÁROS (Faculty of Humanities, Pázmány Péter Catholic University
of Hungary), Students from Hungary at the Prague Universities from the Age of the
Enlightenment until 1918
11.00-11.20 Emília VAZ GOMES - Augusto FITAS (Centro de Estudos de História da
Ciencia, Universidade de Évora, Portugal), Portugese Science Scholars Visiting Europe at
the Beginning of the 20th Century
Discussion
11.30-12.00 Coffee Break
12.00-13.30 Plenary Session – Visiting Professors
Chair: Attila Szilárd TAR
12.00-12.20 Maria Teresa BORGATO (University of Ferrara, Italy), The Jesuit Caspar
Ságner and his Influence in Natural Philosophy Teaching in Italy
12.20-12.40 László MOLNÁR (Archives uf Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary), Two
Cases, Two Eras: Jan Nepomuk Czermak and Borisz V. Petrovszkij
12.40-13.00 Felicitas SEEBACHER (Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, Austria), „Sons of
Scientia Chirurgica“. Theodor Billroth's Influence over his Assistant Physicians and its
Implications in Europe
13.00-13.20 Kamila STAUDIGL-CIECHOWICZ - Tamara EHS, (University of Vienna,
Austria) The members of the Faculty of Law and State between Prague and Vienna 1900 to
1938
Discussion
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-17.00 Plenary Session – Mobility of Scholars III
CONTACT: Dr. Milada Sekyrková, Charles University in Prague, Institute of the History of CU and
Archive of CU, Ovocný trh 5, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Mail: milada.sekyrkova@ruk.cuni.cz. Tel. +420 224 491 468. Web info: dvt.hyperlink.cz/uce
UNIVERSITIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
CROSSROADS OF SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Prague, 29 September – 1 October 2011, Charles University, Czech Republic
Chair: Petr Svobodný
15.00-15.20 Fabio BEVILACQUA (University of Pavia, Italy), Pavia Perspectives on
Scientific Prague
15.20-15.40 Katalin SIMON (Budapest City Archives, Hungary), The Faculty of Medicine in
Pest and the Habsburg Empire in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
15.40-16.00 Audrone JANUŽYTÉ (Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania), Between
National and International Interests: the New University of Lithuania during the Interwar
Period
16.00-16.20 Jiří HNILICA (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic), "Missionaries of
Science and Spirit". The Topic of Visiting Professors Illustrated by the Example of
Czechoslovak-French Cultural Relations in the Years 1918-1948.
Discussion
17.00 Closing Comments
BONUS: Sunday, 2 October 2011
10.00-12.00, Walk with Soňa Štrbáňová in the footsteps of Prague science in the Old Town
12.00-13.30, Coffee or lunch in Café Louvre, the favourite place of Einstein
13.30-15.00, Walk with Petr Svobodný around the Prague medical campus
CONTACT: Dr. Milada Sekyrková, Charles University in Prague, Institute of the History of CU and
Archive of CU, Ovocný trh 5, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Mail: milada.sekyrkova@ruk.cuni.cz. Tel. +420 224 491 468. Web info: dvt.hyperlink.cz/uce