Activities

 

2017 –

Cambridge Center for Adult Education Visiting Board Member

2017

Houghton Library Exhibit                                                                                                                 The Spread of Science: A printed edition of the Latinized Optics [Opticae Thesaurus], Hasan Ibn al-Haytham ‘Alhazen or Alhacen’

2013 –

Early Science and Medicine. Editorial Board Member

2012-2015

Multimedia Timelines and Worldmaps                                                                                          Istanbul Museum of History of Science and Technology, Istanbul, Turkey

2011

Rockefeller Library Exhibit

The Science of Stars and Craft of Wars Instruments in the ‘Book of Kings’ (Shahnamah) of Firdawsī: ca. 935-1020CE)

2010

Digital Technology Fair

Micro-mapping Early Science Harvard University, Humanities Center Coordinator and Supervisor of Faculty Aides

2010

John Hay Library Exhibit Windows into Early Science and Craft: Selections from the Minassian Manuscripts (February-March) Curator and Editor of Student Caption Contributions

2009

Discovering Optics: Learning Scientific Concepts and the Nature of Science through Virtual Historical Simulation reviewed by NSF: History of Science Consultant and Advisory Board Member

2009

Quincy House, Harvard The Melody of Persian Calligraphy (March 5-6) Coordinator of Workshop conducted by visiting scholar

2008

Houghton Library Exhibit 

Windows into Early Science: Historical Dialogues, Scientific Manuscripts and Printed Books (April 22-July 23) Curator and Editor of Student Caption Contributions

 

2007

Interpretatio: Sources and Studies in the History and Philosophy of Classical Science Member of Editorial Advisory Board

2006

ISIS: Co-Chair of Session at Society of Iranian Studies, London: “Geometry in Medieval Persian Sciences and Arts”

 

2005-

Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)

Member of Board of Advisors: Joint project of University of Oklahoma, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin

2005-

National Science Foundation (NSF): Research Proposal Reviewer

2005

Teacher Training Program: NITE (National Institute for Teaching Excellence), K-12 teachers’ Summer School: Cambridge College

2005

Coordinator of Lecture Series at Year Up, Boston, MA Non-profit organization for engineering social change 

2002-

Member of Resource Board: Documentary Series: “Light and Mind”

2001-

Founder and President of Non-Profit Organization ecademics.org

Officer of Commission for the History of Science and Technology  in Islamic Civilization (IUHPS): Counselor

1993-94

Dudley House, Harvard: Coordinator (Innovation and Tradition in Contemporary Persian Art: Calligraphy, Painting, Carpets: March 1993)

1994

Academy of Philosophy, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies: Tehran, Iran: Editor, History of Science Division, Farhang (Culture)

1986-

Quincy House, Harvard: Non-resident Tutor in History and Science Member of Senior Common Room 

1983-1984

Harvard Review: Assistant Science Editor Eccentric Circle Society, Harvard: Vice President