Program

November 16

16.30	Registration
17.30	Welcome speech
18.00	Henrique Leitão (Lisbon) - The Practice of Mathematics in Portugal: Problems and Methods
18.50	Luís Saraiva (Lisbon) - Aspects of the Historiography of Mathematics in Portugal
19.40	End of afternoon session
20.00	Dinner

November 17

09.30	A. Freitas (London) -De Morgan's Laws or Petrus Hispanus' Laws?
10.20	B. R. Goldstein (Pittsburgh) -Judah Ben Verga and Medieval Astronomical Tables
11.10	Coffee break
11.30	José Chabás (Barcelona) - Abraham Zacuto's contribution to navigation
12.20	Edith Sylla (Raleigh) - Mathematics in the Liber de Triplici Motu (1509) of Alvarus Thomas of Lisbon
13.10	End of the morning session
13.30	Lunch
15.30	Eberhard Knobloch (Berlin) - Nunes and Clavius
16.20	Estácio dos Reis (Lisbon) - O nónio de Pedro Nunes
17.10	Coffee break
17.30	V. Navarro-Brotóns (Valência) - Astronomy and Cosmography from 1561 to 1625. Aspects of the activities of Spanish and Portuguese mathematicians and cosmographers.
18.20	F. Contente Domingues (Lisbon) - O Ensino Náutico na Península Ibérica no Séc. XVI
19.10	End of the afternoon session
20.00	Dinner

November 18

09.30	Ugo Baldini (Roma) - The teaching of mathematics in Jesuit Colleges of Portugal from 1640 to Pombal
10.20	Carlos Ziller (Rio de Janeiro) - José Monteiro da Rocha e a Astronomia dos Cometas
11.10	Coffee break
11.30	João Queiró (Coimbra) - José Anastácio da Cunha: an assessment
12.20	Patricia Radelet de Grave (Louvain) - Nécessité et Contingence dans la Mécanique du XVIIIe siècle, le point de vue de José Anastácio da Cunha
13.10	End of the morning session
13.30	Lunch
15.30	Eduardo Ortiz (London) - Aniceto Monteiro's perception of the practice of Mathematics
16.20	José Francisco Rodrigues (Lisbon)- Portuguese Mathematical Journals: some aspects
17.10	Coffee break
17.30	Round Table
19.00	Closure of the Conference
20.00	Dinner