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Executive Director Jürgen Renn Awarded the Medaglia Commandiniana

Executive Director Jürgen Renn has been awarded the Medaglia Commandiniana (Commandino Medal), a prize given by the Inter-university Research Center in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics (CIRFIS) for distinguished scholars in the History of Science.

Following the ceremony on June 25, 2018, Renn will hold a “Lectio Commandiniana” on “The Evolution of Knowledge.” The Lectiones Commandinianae, a major international conference on the history and philosophy of science, held since 2007, are hosted by the Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Filosofia e Fondamenti della Fisica (CIRFIS), the Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate di Urbino, and the Centro Internazionale di Studi “Urbino e la Prospettiva,” in Urbino, Italy.