Diokno, Maria Serena I. (Author)
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Volume: 26
Issue: 1
Pages: 3-8
Publication date: 2023
Language: English
In this paper I provide a brief introduction to the papers that follow, which are mainly based on oral presentations at the conference "Where Science & Empire Met: Observatories in Asia in the Late 19th to Mid-20th Centuries" . This international conference featured invited speakers from the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan, and was held at the University of the Philippines Diliman, in Manila, in February 2020.
...MoreArticle Carlos Viscasillas Vázquez; Ederlinda Viñuales Gavín; Adriana De La Calle Viscasillas; Ricardo Moreno Luquero (2023) The scientific books and astronomical inventions of the Jesuit astronomer Dr. Emmanuel Carreira. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 188-202).
Article James Lequeux (2023) The total solar eclipse of 9 May 1929: The French expeditions to Poulo Condore Island in French Indochina. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 179-187).
Article Richard De Grijs (2023) Astronomical tent observatories: Relics of a bygone era. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 159-178).
Article R.C. Kapoor; Wayne Orchiston (2023) Colonial astronomy as an element of Empire in British India. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 113-158).
Article Takuya Miyagawa (2023) For 'Centres of Calculations?': 'Colonial meteorology' in nineteenth century Japan. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 97-112).
Article Marlon Zhu (2023) Fathers to be blamed: Media and the public accountability of Zikawei Observatory's typhoon warnings in Treaty-port Shanghai. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 83-96).
Article Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong (2023) Servicing the colonial exploitation: The French establishment and management of Phù Liễn Observatory, 1899–1945. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 69-82).
Article Wayne Orchiston; Darunee Lingling Orchiston (2023) The role of temporary Western observatories in the development of professional astronomy in Thailand. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 31-68).
Article Kerby C. Alvarez (2023) Observing the heavens, marking time: The astronomical work of the Observatorio Meteorológico de Manila, later reorganized as the Philippine Weather Bureau, 1891–1945. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 9-30).
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