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Past Member

Sonja Brentjes

Gerda Henkel Stiftung Member

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Science
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Sonja Brentjes is interested in the histories of mathematics, mapmaking, scholarly institutions, and cross-cultural exchange in their contexts in Islamicate societies and their neighbors. While at IAS, she will work on copies of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi's Book of the Constellations in their contemporary contexts..

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Member
School of Mathematics
Member
School of Mathematics
Spring

Degrees

Universitat Leipzig
Ph.D.
1991

Honors

2022
president elect of the International Academy for the History of Science
2022
Research Prize of the Annemarie Schimmel Foundation
2021
Kenneth O. May Medal