Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) in Toruń, Jagiellonian University and the University of Warmia and Mazury, as well as the Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, are inviting to the last instalment of the World Copernican Congress. 

From 12 to 16 September, historians, cultural scientists, literary scholars, art historians, astronomers and historians of astronomy and representatives of medical sciences will come to Toruń. Their reflections will take place in the history of astronomy section, the cultural studies section, the history of medicine section, the medical section and the youth section.

They will include a review of the state of research on pre-Copernican astronomy, Copernicus’ astronomy and its early reception, an analysis of the issue of medical journeys in Central and Eastern Europe from the time of Copernicus (who studied medicine in Padua) to the present, and a summary of the National Contest of Knowledge about Nicolaus Copernicus for primary and secondary school students.

Read more: https://portal.umk.pl/pl/article/wielki-final-kongresu