Auditorium 1, iGent, Technologiepark 15, 9052 Zwijnaarde (Gent)
The Ghent University Sarton Committee, presided by Prof. Dr. Maarten Van Dyck
Prof. Dr. ir. Patrick De Baets, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (EA)
Prof. Dr. ir. Luc Dupré and Prof. Dr. ir. Greet Maenhout of the Department EMSME
have the honour to invite you to the Sarton Lecture,
the laudatio and the handing over of the Sarton Medal to
Prof. Dr. ir. Philippe Ciais
Université Paris Saclay, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, Centre d’Etudes Orme des Merisiers (CEA)
Programme
Welcome by Prof. Dr. Maarten Van Dyck, chair of the Sarton Committee
Laudatio of Prof. Dr. ir. Philippe Ciais by Prof. Dr. ir. Greet Maenhout
Sarton lecture by Prof. Dr. ir. Philippe Ciais on:
Recent trends & destabilization risks of terrestrial carbon sinks
Handing over of the Sarton Medal by Prof. Dr. ir. Patrick De Baets, dean of the Faculty EA
Aperitif offered by the Department EMSME
George Sarton (1884-1956), one of the founding fathers of the history of science as an academic discipline, was an alumnus of Ghent University. In 1912, one year after his graduation in physics and mathematics, he wrote to a friend: “J’ai décidé de vouer ma vie à l’étude désintéressée de l’histoire des sciences”. He established two leading journals in the field (Isis in 1912 and Osiris in 1934) and the History of Science Society. In 1984, at the centenary of Sarton’s birthday, Ghent University decided to establish a Sarton Chair of History of Science. Each year the Sarton committee, consisting of representatives of the faculties of Ghent University, selects the Sarton chair holder and the Sarton medallists. The Sarton chair holder and the medallists are invited to lecture on the history of science in the faculties of the university. The lectures are published in the annual journal Sartoniana. (www.sartonchair.ugent.be)
Please register at: https://event.ugent.be/registration/Sartonmedal