205th Session of the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute Held in Collaboration with the Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran

The 205th session of the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran, was held on the occasion of the Commemoration Day of Abu Rayhan Biruni—the great Iranian scholar, mathematician, astronomer, and historian—on Wednesday, 11 Shahrivar 1405 (September 2, 2026), from 16:00 to 18:00 at the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute. In this session, a group of distinguished professors and researchers in the field of the history of science examined various aspects of Abu Rayhan Biruni’s scientific legacy.

205th Session of the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute Held in Collaboration with the Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran

On the Occasion of the Commemoration Day of Abu Rayhan Biruni

The 205th session of the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran, was held on the occasion of the Commemoration Day of Abu Rayhan Biruni—the great Iranian scholar, mathematician, astronomer, and historian—on Wednesday, 11 Shahrivar 1405 (September 2, 2026), from 16:00 to 18:00 at the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute. In this session, a group of distinguished professors and researchers in the field of the history of science examined various aspects of Abu Rayhan Biruni’s scientific legacy.

In the in-person section of the session, Mohammad Bagheri, historian of science and editor-in-chief of the journal Scientific Heritage of Islam and Iran; Yousef Sobouti, physicist and researcher in the history of science; Hanif Ghalandari, faculty member of the Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran; and Zeynab Karimian, researcher and editor of ancient texts, delivered lectures.

Also, in the virtual and international section of the session, recorded lectures were presented by Pouyan Rezvani (Germany, researcher at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich), Ahtam Ramazanian (Tajikistan, senior researcher at the Center for Sina Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan), Sara Farzadpour Machiani (faculty member of the Islamic Encyclopaedia Foundation), Younes Karamati (faculty member of the Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran), Hossein Kamali (USA, professor of Islamic studies and religions, University of Hartford), Shamameh Mohammadifar (faculty member of the Islamic Encyclopaedia Foundation), and Sajjad Nikfahm Khubravan (Canada, Roshan Institute for Iranian Studies, University of Maryland).

It is worth noting that attendance at this session was free for the general public. The videos of this session are not yet available and will soon be posted on the website of the Research Institute. The Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran, as one of the leading institutions in the field of the history of science in the Islamic period, has always cooperated with the Miras-e Maktub Research Institute in holding such sessions.