Ass. Prof. Dr. Eleonora Sammarchi

SNF Assistenzprofessorin

Fachbereich Mittlerer Osten und muslimische Gesellschaften

E-Mail
eleonora.sammarchi@unibe.ch
Office
S126
Postal Address
University of Bern
Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies SACS
Lerchenweg 36
3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
Nach Terminvereinbarung

Academic career

  • Since Oct. 2024 I am a SNSF Assistant Professor and P.I. of the SNSF Starting Grant Project “Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics (MediMath)”. 
  • I am also Associate Member (Chercheuse associée) of Laboratoire SPHere (UMR 7219), Université Paris Cité.

Previous positions

  • Mar. 2020 – Sep. 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at Chair of History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), ETH-Zürich.
  • 2018 – 2019 Temporary Lecturer (Chargée de cours) at École Normale Supérieure, Bachelor CEPES, Université Paris Sciences Lettres, and at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Cité.
  • Mar. – Jul. 2018 DAAD Postdoctoral researcher at Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (IZWT), Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
  • 2014 – 2016 Research and Teaching Assistant (Attaché Temporaire de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche) at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
  • 2011 - 2014 Funded PhD-candidate, with complementary teaching activity at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.

Teaching qualifications:

  • Since 2018 French qualification for the teaching position “Maître de Conférences”: Sections: 17–Philosophy; 21–History and Civilization of Ancient and Medieval worlds (since 2025); 72– Epistemology, History of Science and Technology

Education

  • 16.12.2017 PhD in Epistemology, History of Sciences and Technologies at Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot. Thesis in history of mathematics. Title of the dissertation: “L’algèbre des polynômes : le Qisṭās al-muʻādala fī ʻilm al-jabr wa al-muqābala d’al-Zanjānī (XIIIe siècle)”. Defended on 16 Dec. 2017.
  • 2011 Master in Logic, Philosophy, History and Sociology of Science (LOPHISS). Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
  • 2011 Master (Laurea magistrale) in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science. Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Firenze.
  • 2008 Bachelor in History of Philosophy. Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna.

Editorial Activity

Since 2025:

  • Series editor of the Scientiae book series, Routledge.
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi

Since 2024:

  • Editorial board of the journal Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, (Cambridge University Press).

Active membership in scientific societies

  • Since 2025: Member of the Berner Mittelalter Zentrum
  • Since 2011: Member of the Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabes et Islamique
  • Since 2011: Member of the Società Italiana di Storia delle Matematiche
  • 2022-2023: Member of the Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza

Research interests

General Research interests

  • History and philosophy of science
  • Medieval history, medieval philosophy
  • Mediterranean studies

Specific research interests

  • Mediterranean history (with a specific focus on Arabic, Latin and Vernacular sources)
  • Digital humanities applied to medieval corpora
  • History of Mathematics

Research topics

  • History of science in Islamicate and European societies
  • History of mathematics from Antiquity to the early 17th century
  • Digital humanities for medieval texts, multi-language corpora
  • Circulation of knowledge in the medieval Mediterranean world
  • Al-Zanjānī’s life and scientific production (13th c.)

Current research

  • PI of the SNSF Starting Grant Project “Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics (MediMath)”. 

Collaborations:

Publications