Dr. Stefan Zieme

Stefan Zieme hat in theoretischer Physik an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und am Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik promoviert. Er war anschließend Postdoc am Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm und seit 2014 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Exzellenzcluster »Bild Wissen Gestaltung«.
Seit Februar 2019 ist er Mitarbeiter am Exzellenzcluster »Matters of Activity« und gleichzeitig Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Wissens- und Kulturgeschichte am Institut für Kulturwissenschaft.
Seine Forschungsarbeit hat ihren Schwerpunkt in der Sternkunde der Renaissance und Frühen Neuzeit, insbesondere hinsichtlich ihrer materiellen und visuellen Kultur.
Exzellenzcluster
»Matters of Activity«
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sophienstr. 22a
10178 Berlin
Artikel
Zieme, S. 2023. »Gerard of Cremona’s Latin translation of the Almagest and the revision of tables.« Journal for the History of Astronomy, 54 (1): 3-33.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00218286221140848
Zieme, S. 2021. »Imagining the Heavens: Adam Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt and the Renaissance Night Sky.« Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2 (1): 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.5334/jhk.3
Rezensionen von Büchern & Ausstellungen
Zieme, S. 2019. Review of Image, Imagination, and Cognition: Medieval and Early Modern Theory and Practice. (Intersections, 55.). Lüthy, C., Swan, C., Bakker, P., Zittel, C. (Eds.), Isis, 110 (4): 801-802.
https://doi.org/10.1086/706883
Talks & Präsentationen
Zieme, S. Introduction to Network Analysis. Talk at the Digital Humanities Seminar, Observatoire de Paris, Paris. Virtual. 16 May 2023.
Zieme, S. Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Editions of the Almagest. Panel Presentation at the XIVe Congrès de la Société française d'histoire des sciences et des techniques, Editions et traductions renaissantes de traités géométriques et astronomiques de l’Antiquité : entre restitution et adaptation. Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux. 19 April 2023.
https://sfhst-2023.sciencesconf.org/
Zieme, S. Mapping the Transmission of the Almagest from its Diagrams. Talk at the Editing and Analysing Historical Astronomical Diagrams with Artificial intelligence (EIDA), Observatoire de Paris, Paris. 28 March 2023.
https://eida.hypotheses.org/
Zieme, S. The Cross-cultural Transmission of the Almagest: A Network Analysis. Talk at the Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich. Hybrid. 28 February 2023.
Zieme, S. The Transmission of the Almagest in Manuscript Culture. Talk at the Paper(s) as epistemic carrier of knowledge, Deutsches Museum, Munich. 22 February 2023.
https://www.mcts.tum.de/research/papers-as-epistemic-carrier-of-knowledge/
Zieme, S. On the Equation of Time in the Alfonsine Tradition. Talk at the Alfonsine Astronomy: trends and nodal points, Observatoire de Paris. 11 October 2022.
Zieme, S. On the Transmission and Translations of the Almagest: A Network Analysis. Panel Presentation at the 10th ESHS Conference, Communicating Astral Knowledge through Tables, Diagrams, Instruments, and Images (ca. 10th – 16th Century). Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels. 8 September 2022.
https://eshsbrussels2022.com/
Zieme, S. Regiomontanus on the solar equation of the Almagest. Talk at the Observatoire de Paris, Paris. 16 June 2022.
Zieme, S. Teaching the Almagest: Regiomontanus’ Calculational Practice. Talk at the Observatoire de Paris. Hybrid. 31 March 2022.
Zieme, S. Equating Time in Alfonsine Astronomy. Talk at the »Equating the Heavens: Astronomical Practice, Computation, and Instruments of Planetary Theory in Early Modern Europe«, The Coherence of the Heavens: Alternative Geometrical and Calculational Models. Astronomisch-Physikalischer Kabinett, Kassel; Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden. 25 August 2021.
Zieme, S. Regiomontanus on the Equation of Time. Talk at the ALFA workshop 2021, Observatoire de Paris, Paris. Hybrid. 5 October 2021.
Zieme, S. The hierarchical structure of tables: Lewis of Caerleon on the equation of time. Talk at the 26th International Congress of History of Science and Technology, Astronomical tables and canons in the Alfonsine tradition. Prague. Astronomical tables and canons in the Alfonsine tradition panel. Virtual. 26 July 2021.
https://ichst2021.confea.net/en/event-programme-list
Zieme, S. Knowledge Cultures and Translations: Latin-Arabic Traditions of the Almagest. Panel Presentation at the 9th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Changing relation between visual representations and theoretical frameworks. Bologna. Virtual. 1 September 2020.
https://sites.google.com/view/eshsbologna2020/home
Zieme, S. Adam Elsheimer and the Renaissance Night Sky. Talk at the 14th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame (USA). 21 June 2019.
https://www3.nd.edu/~histast/workshops/2019ndxiv/index.shtml
Zieme, S. Astrology and Comets: Earthly Signs and Celestial Signifiers. Panel Presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting, History of Science Society, As above so below: Astrology, Comets, Volcanoes and Earthquakes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Utrecht University, Utrecht. 27 July 2019.
https://hss2019.hssonline.org/meeting-program/program/131/as-above-so-below-astrology-comets-volcanoes-and-earthquakes-in-medieval-and-early-modern-europe
Teaching & Kurse
Zieme, S. Bilder und Praktiken des Wissens. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 17 April 2023 - 22 July 2023.
Zieme, S. Geschichte der Astrologie: Antike bis Frühe Neuzeit. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 19 April 2022 - 23 July 2022.
Zieme, S. Materialität und Geschichte des Buches. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 17 October 2022 - 18 February 2023.
Zieme, S. Drucke und Flugblätter der Renaissance. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 18 October 2021 - 18 February 2022.
Zieme, S. Wissenschaft und Religion. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 12 April 2021 - 16 July 2021.
Zieme, S. Aby Warburg (und die Bildwissenschaft). Seminar, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. 20 April 2020 - 17 July 2020.
Zieme, S. Visuelle und materielle Praktiken der Renaissance und frühen Neuzeit. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 2 November 2020 - 27 February 2021.
Zieme, S. Kulturgeschichte der Sternkunde. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 14 October 2019 - 14 February 2020.
Zieme, S. »Northern Renaissance«: Texte, Kunst und Praktiken. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. 14 October 2019 - 14 February 2020.
Preise & Awards
Zieme, S. 2019. Adler Mansfield Prize. Conference Talk Award. »Adam Elsheimer and the Renaissance Night Sky.« Adler Planetarium, Chicago.
External Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships & Residencies
Zieme, S. 2022. Visiting Fellowship. Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus - Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften Fellowship.
https://ptolemaeus.badw.de/start
Zieme, S. 2021. Chercheur invité. Observatoire de Paris - PSL Residency.
https://www.observatoiredeparis.psl.eu/?lang=fr
Kooperationen
Zieme. S. 2020 - 2022. ALFA (Alfonsine Astronomy).
https://alfa.hypotheses.org/
Forschungsaufenthalte an anderen Institutionen
Zieme, S. Visiting postdoctoral fellow. Harvard University, Department of the History of Science. 18 March 2019 - 17 May 2019.
https://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/
Review Activitäten & Expertisen
Zieme, S. Since 2020. Referee. British Journal for the History of Science.
Beiträge in TV & Radio
Grasberger, L. Isaac Newton - Genie, Gelehrter, Wissenschaftler. With contribution by Zieme, S. Radio contribution, Bayrischer Rundfunk. 23 minutes, 13 March 2019.
https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/radiowissen/isaac-newton-genie-gelehrter-wissenschaftler/1530843
Presseartikel
Zieme, S. 2021. »The Renaissance Night Sky?« Journal for the History of Knowledge Blog, 17 November 2021.
https://blog.journalhistoryknowledge.org/2021/11/17/the-renaissance-night-sky/