Hassan Amini
 
Assistant Professor
History of mathematics
hasanamini@ut.ac.ir 
 
Download the extended Curriculum Vitae here
 
ONLINE PROJECTS
 
 
ACADEMIC NETWOERKS
 
RESEARCH AREAS
History of mathematics: the study of Persian and Arabic manuscripts
History of Science in the classical Islamic age
Philosophy of Science
History of Islamic philosophy and theology, especially in relation with sciences
History of ancient Mathematics: mathematical clay tablets
 
ACADEMIC HISTORY
2016 –                     Assistant Professor, Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran
2020                        Postdoctoral Researcher, History of Science, Centre Léon Robin, Sorbonne Université
2015                        Lecturer,Tarbiat Modares University, Mathematics Department
2014                        Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
2014                        Lecturer, Iranian Institute of Philosophy 
2013                        Lecturer, Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran
2008 – 2014            Ph.D. student, History and Philosophy of Science, Iranian Institute of Philosophy
2012                        Visiting Scholar, le laboratoire SPHERE, Université Paris Diderot
2004 – 2008            M.Sc. studies, History of Science, Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran
1999 – 2004            B.Sc. studies, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of technology
 
DEGREES
Ph.D.           History and Philosophy of Science          Iranian Institute of Philosophy          2014
M.Sc.           History of Science                                   University of Tehran                          2008
B.Sc.           Chemical Engineering Sharif                   University of Technology                   2004
 
 
PUBLICATION IN ENGLISH
A 10th Century Mathematical Glossary, In: Zack, M., Schlimm, D. (eds) Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics. Annals of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques. Birkhäuser, Cham (forthcoming).
A Non-aristotelian Interpretation of Orbs in Classical Islamic Age: Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī in Science of the Cosmos and the Soul, Nazariyat Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences (forthcoming).
Kharaqī's Star Catalogue: A Star table from Medieval Arabic Astronomy, with Hanfi Ghalanadari,  Journal for the History of Science 20.1 (2022): 1-45. (download)
ʾAnbūba: A Medieval Instrument for Measuring Relative Ground level, with Reza Kiani, Journal for the History of Science 19.2 (2022): 85-103. (download)
 
PUBLICATION IN PERSIAN
On the Origin of the Three Persian Geometrical Treatises and the Critical Edition of Mukhtaṣar Fī al-Handasa (a Short book on Geometry), with Narges Assarzadegan, Journal for the History of Science 18.2 (2020): 447-485. (download)
The Historical Significance of the Commentary on Theodosius' Sphaerica Tradition importance: al-Ḥawāshi al-Bāqirīyyah, with Zeynab Sayyar, Journal for the History of Science 16.2 (2019): 141-172. (download)
A Review on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences 18.1 (2018): 1-21. (download)
On the Two Major Approaches in Historiography of Mathematics, Journal for the History of Science 14.1 (2016): 21-40. (download)
Harmonic Proportion: The Edition of Risāla Taʿlī̄fīyyah by Abu Ishā̄q Kubānā̄nī̄, Journal for the History of Science 13.1 (2015): 1-30. (download)
"Handasah" (Geometry), Encyclopedia of Iran, 2015.
Spherical Interpretation of Plane Geometry in Menelaus of Alexandria's Sphaerica, Journal for the History of Science 11.1 (2013): 31-46. (download)
The Philosophy of Sciences, Monthly Journal of philosophy, vol. 5, 2012.
"Jawzahar" (Node), The Encyclopedia Islamica, vol. 18, 2010.
"Jawāhir nāmah" (Books of Ornaments), The Encyclopedia Islamica, vol. 18, 2010.
 
BOOK
History and Philosophy of Science. in collaboration with Hossein Masoumi Hamedani. Tehran: Hermes Publishers, 2018 (in Persian).
 
LECTURE
Khayyam's philosophy of mathematics, University of Isfahan, May 2022.
Linguistic hospitality in Persian scientific works." BSHM-CSHPM, People, Places, Practices Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland, July 2021. 
History of mathematics in Persian manuscripts: the manuscript collection number 772 of la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran, July 2021.
A delicate method for the calculation of π in an anonymous 15th-century text in Arabic, Séminaire Lecture de Textes Mathématiques Anciens, Université Paris Diderot, October 2020.
Which history of science must be chosen?, Iranian Association for Popularization of science, November 2020.
The Arabic commentaries on Theodosius Sphaerica, Topics on History of Greek and Islamic Mathematics, April 2019.
Absence of Misunderstanding in the Confrontation between two Methods in Historiography of Science, The Historiography of Science: Theory and Method, Tehran, 2018.
The Majmūʿat al-Ṣanāyiʿ: a Treatise on 160 Arts, History of Natural Sciences in Islamic and Iranian Civilization, Tehran, 2017.
Khayyam's contribution to studies on parallel postulate, The 2nd National seminar in honor of Khayyam, Neyshabur, 2017.
The mathematical compass between East and West, XXXV Scientific Instrument Symposium: Instruments between East and West, Istanbul, 2016. 
History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, World Science Day, Tehran, 2016.
Socratic Seminar and Science Education, World Science Day, Tehran, 2015.
Geometry and Intuition, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, May 2012.
The Spherical Trigonometry: A Geometry for Heavens, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, July 2011.
Gedankenexperiments in History of Islamic Science, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, January 2010.
Khayyam and the History of Mathematics, Tehran University, May 2010.
Natural Principles of ʿIlm al-Hayʾa, International Conference of Islamic Philosophy and Challenges of the Contemporary World, Tehran, 10 – 13 November 2009.
 
THESIS SUPERVISION
Master Theses
Risālat al-Bihishtīyyat by Abū al-ʻlā Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Isfarāyinī: An edition and a survey,  Alireza Azizgol (Supervisor)
Opposing the Astrology in the Islamic East Until the Beginning of the Safavid Era: Bibliography and Arguments, Muhammad Alizade Vagasloo (Second Supervisor)
A Comparative Study of the Persian Translations of ʻAlī ibn ʻĪsā's with the Critical Edition of the Oldest Translation of Its First Book, Seyyed Hamed Kheradpishe Hashemi, 2022 (Second Supervisor)
The Theory of Evolution in the Pahlavi Era: A Research on the Attitude of Marxist Groups, Sajjad Sarbolouki, 2022 (Second Supervisor)
Taqī al-Dīn al-Rāṣid's independent treatise on the construction of mechanical clocks: study and analysis of clock's components, Setareh Azarnoush, 2022 (Second Supervisor)
A Survey of the Scientific Contents and News in the Qajar Scientific Periodicals, Mona Shakerian, 2021 (Second Supervisor)
The Method of Construction and Operation of the Astronomical Instrument "Maṭlaʿ al-ʾAnwār": Critical Edition and a Commentary of the Treatise Maṭlaʿ al-ʾAnwār wa Maṭmaḥ al-ʾAnẓār by Mullā Muḥammad Bāqir Yazdī, Barat Besharati Manesh, 2019 (Second Supervisor)
Waste management in Tehran during the Qajar era based on the Juzwiyi Baladīyya written by Mīrzā Abbās Khān Muhandis Bāshī, Mujataba Mousavian, 2019 (Second Supervisor)
 
TEACHING COURSES
Ph.D.
University of Tehran, Institute for the History of Science
Sociology of Science
Iranian Institute of Philosophy 
History of Science
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
History of Science          
M.Sc.
University of Tehran, Institute for the History of Science
Fundamentals of Islamic Mathematics, Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran
General History of Ancient and Modern Mathematics
Mathematics in Medieval Islam 1
General History of Science 1 (Antiquity)
General History of Science 2 (Medieval Europe and Islam)
Philosophy of Science
History of Islamic Philosophy 1
Terminology of the History of Science
Historical Texts in Arabic and Persian
The Study of Manuscripts
History of Byzantine
Texts of the History of Science in other Languages (English, French, German, etc.)
University of Tehran, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies
History of Politico-Intellectual Streams in Muslim World
Tarbiat Modares University, Mathematics Department
The philosophy of Mathematics in Islamic era
Mathematics and the classification of science in Islamic era
Terminology of the History of Science
B.Sc.
University of Tehran, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies
Specialized English 1
Specialized English 2
Specialized English 3
University of Tehran, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies
An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy