AHA Session 279
History of Science Society 3
History of Science Society 3
Sunday, January 10, 2027: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM
Napoleon Ballroom B3 (Sheraton New Orleans, 3rd Floor)
Chair:
Jennifer N. Heuer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Panel:
Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang, Academia Sinica
Jennifer Lang, Delgado Community College
Brian W. Ogilvie, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Aviva Rothman, Case Western Reserve University
Rienk H. Vermij, University of Oklahoma
Jennifer Lang, Delgado Community College
Brian W. Ogilvie, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Aviva Rothman, Case Western Reserve University
Rienk H. Vermij, University of Oklahoma
Session Abstract
Historians who teach undergraduate students about faith and reason in the Middle Ages and early modern period face a number of persistent myths: above all, the myth, fostered since the late nineteenth century, that science and religion are in conflict, and more recently, the opposing myth of “non-overlapping magisteria” that holds that they have nothing whatsoever to do with one another. In this pedagogically focused roundtable, panelists will discuss the challenges they face teaching about premodern faith and reason to students with twenty-first century understandings of science and religion, how they incorporate recent scholarship in their courses, and the techniques that they have developed to help students understand the past on its own terms. Topics to be addressed include the Copernican Revolution, the Galileo Affair, physico-theology, materialism, and vitalism. After short (6-8) minute presentations, the panelists will open a conversation with the audience.
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