Unit for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies

Ass. Prof. Dr. Eleonora Sammarchi

SNF Assistenzprofessorin

Fachbereich Mittlerer Osten und muslimische Gesellschaften

E-Mail
eleonora.sammarchi@unibe.ch
Office
S126
Postal Address
University of Bern
Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies SACS
Lerchenweg 36
3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
Nach Terminvereinbarung
  • Since Oct. 2024 I am a SNSF Assistant Professor and P.I. of the SNSF Starting Grant Project “Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics (MediMath)”. 
  • I am also Associate Member (Chercheuse associée) of Laboratoire SPHere (UMR 7219), Université Paris Cité.

Previous positions

  • March 2020 - September 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at Chair of History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), ETH-Zürich.
  • 2018 - 2019    Temporary Lecturer (Chargée de cours) at École Normale Supérieure, Bachelor CEPES, Université Paris Sciences Lettres, and at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Cité.
  • March - July 2018 DAAD postdoctoral research grant at Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (IZWT), Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
  • 2014 - 2016    Research and Teaching Assistant (Attaché Temporaire de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche) at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
  • 2011 - 2014 Funded PhD-candidate, with complementary teaching activity at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.

Education

  • 16.12.2017 PhD in Epistemology, History of Sciences and Technologies at Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot.
  • 2011 Master in Logic, Philosophy, History and Sociology of Science at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
  • 2011 Master (Laurea magistrale) in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science at Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Firenze.
  • 2008 Bachelor in Philosophy at Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna.

Organization of scientific meetings

2024:

  • Co-organization of the 3-sessions symposium “Describing reality through mathematical models”, ESHS Meeting, Barcelona.
  • Organizing and Scientific Committee of the 11th SCIENTIAE annual meeting, Brussels.
  • Organizing and Scientific Committee of the “Luigi Maierù’s International School in the History of Mathematics”, Cetraro.
  • Organization of the conference in honor of Pascal Crozet “Savoirs scientifiques en Méditerranée”, Lab. SPHere, Paris.
  • Organizing Committee of the series of surprise events in honor of Karine Chemla, Lab. SPHere, Paris.

2023:

  • Organization of the panel “Early Modern Mathematics in Europe and China”, 10th SCIENTIAE annual meeting, Prague.
  • Organization of the session “Categories with which historians and philosophers work: geographies”, Seminar of the Center CHPSAAA, Lab. SPHere, Paris.

2019:

  • Co-organization of the conference “Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, mathématicien et astronome du XIIIsiècle”, Lab. SPHere, Paris.

2016:

  • Organization of the conference “La réception des problèmes diophantiens au Moyen Âge, à la Renaissance et à l'Âge classique”, Lab. SPHere, Paris.

2015:

  • Organization of the session “Modes démonstratifs. L’évolution des démonstrations mathématiques”, Lab. SPHERE, Paris.

2014:

  • Co-organization of the conference “L'héritage de Nicomaque dans les mathématiques”, Lab. SPHERE, Paris.

Review Activity

2024: 

  • Editorial board of Arabic Science and Philosophy (Cambridge University Press)

2023:

  • Peer reviewer of SCIAMVUS, Arabic Science and Philosophy, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Active membership in scientific societies

  • Since 2011: Member of the Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabes et Islamique
  • Since 2011: Member of the Società Italiana di Storia delle Matematiche
  • 2022-2023: Member of the Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza

General:

  • History and philosophy of science
  • Global history, Intellectual history
  • Science and Mediterranean societies

Specific:

  • History of algebra and arithmetic (9th-17th c.)
  • Arabic and Latin sources
  • Al-Zanjānī’s life and scientific production