Stamatina Mastorakou is the leader of the Working Group “Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa (4000 BCE–1700 CE)” and the book review editor of Aestimatio.
Tina’s research focuses on the history of ancient astronomy and is based on literary and archeological sources. Tina has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Athens, Greece, and a PhD from Imperial College, University of London, in the History of Hellenistic Astronomy. She has extensive teaching and research experience at institutions in the US, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. As a Research Scholar at MPIWG, Tina is working on her second monograph The Popularization of Astronomical Knowledge in Antiquity: Shaping Celestial Imagery through Poetry, Art and Politics. Her book explores the production and dissemination of astral knowledge in the Hellenistic world, which was shaped by the popular astronomical poem Phaenomena by Aratus, the political agenda of the Antigonids, and the creation of celestial globes and artistic objects with astral imagery.
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Selected Publications
Mastorakou, Stamatina (2024). “Antike Globen in Larissa.” Der Globusfreund 68 (2023): 117–128.
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Mastorakou, Stamatina (2024). “Ancient Globes of Larissa.” Globe Studies 68 (2023): 115–126.
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Mastorakou, Stamatina (2020). “Aratus and the Popularization of Hellenistic Astronomy.” In Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, ed. A. C. Bowen and F. Rochberg, 383–397. Leiden: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004400566_035.
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Mastorakou, Stamatina (2020). “Aratus’ Phaenomena beyond Its Sources.” Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science 1 (1): 55–70. https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v1i1.37591.
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Past Events
Colloquium
Doorkeepers: A Case Study in the Ability and Authority of Lowly Intermediaries in Ming China (1368–1644)
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