The 2025 annual meeting of Scientiae will be held in Istanbul from 16 to 19 September 2025 in collaboration with the Department of the History of Science at Istanbul University. We anticipate the program running 10:00 AM–6:00 PM daily, but this may change (participants will be notified).

Enriched by worldwide scholarly communities, the study of early modern science, literature and scholarship has become increasingly global since Scientiae’s founding in 2012. Building on Scientiae’s interdisciplinary legacy, this year’s conference will underscore the interconnectedness of regions, periods, cultures, and material and intellectual traditions.

Note that the fee includes in-person attendance at all Congress sessions, daily catering (coffee breaks and lunch — lunch box or open buffet, depending on the program), and a ticket to the Welcome Reception.

Keynote Speakers

• Prof. Anita Guerrini (Professor Emerita, Oregon State University)

The Sensuous Anatomist: William Harvey and the Five Senses

• Prof. Feza Günergun (Professeur emerita of History of Science, Istanbul, Türkiye)

Allegorists, Alchemists and Iatrochemists in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

• Prof. Harun Küçük (University of Pennsylvania)

Is It Time to Abandon 'Islamic Science'? Genres, Languages, Centers and the Problem of Periodization in Light of Recent Scholarship

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Scientiae 2025 - Istanbul - 16-19 September