MA Maedeh Hosseinzadeh

PhD student

Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (SACS)

E-Mail
maedeh.hosseinzadeh@unibe.ch
Office
S124
Postal Address
Universität Bern
Department Sozialanthropologie und Kulturwissenschaftliche Studien (SAKS)
Institut Mittlerer Osten und muslimische Gesellschaften (MOMuG)
Lerchenweg 36
3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by arrangement via email

Academic career

Since 2026: Doctoral student in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics (MediMath) project 

2023: MA in History of Science, University of Tehran 
Thesis: Chronology and Mathematical Geography in Zīj-i Yamīnī: An Analysis and Commentary on Chapters 1, 3 and 4 
Supervisor: Dr. Hanif Ghalandari 

2016: BSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Guilan 

Current research

Maedeh Hosseinzadeh is a PhD student in the SNSF-Starting Grant MediMath (Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics, PI Ass. Prof. Dr. Eleonora Sammarchi).

Research interests

General: 

  • History of Islamic science 

  • History of medieval astronomy 

  • Mathematical sciences in the medieval period 

Specific: 

  • Scholars of the Islamic world, especially al-Bīrūnī and al-Kāshī 

  • Arithmetic, algebra, and trigonometry 

  • Zīj literature and astronomical tables 

  • Analemma and graphical methods in astronomy 

  • Mathematical geography 

  • Calendrical systems 

  • Analytical and critical study of scientific manuscripts