Current Member
Sonja Brentjes
Gerda Henkel Stiftung Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Science
Website
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
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Member
School of Mathematics
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Member
School of Mathematics
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Spring
Degrees
Universitat Leipzig
Ph.D.
1991
Honors
2022
Research Prize of the Annemarie Schimmel Foundation
2022
president elect of the International Academy for the History of Science
2021
Kenneth O. May Medal