European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS

========== 27 Oct 2009 ==========

Dear Colleagues,

Please find here the latest news that is potentially of interest to EAS members.

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CONTENT

1. REMINDER: Call for nominations for the Tycho Brahe Prize 2010

2. High spatial resolution in Astronomy: the VLTI training school

3. Announcement: Fizeau call is open

4. 40th Saas-Fee Course: Astrophysics at Very-High Energies

5. Workshop on "Quantum of Quasars: opening the window of quantum optics in astrophysics"

6. Spiral Galaxy, The Milky Way unravelled

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The full content of the news is available at:

http://eas.unige.ch/news_display.jsp?news_id=20091026_01

With kind regards,

Elias Brinks
Secretary

========== 17 June 2009 ==========

Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for the previous email that some of you erroneously received.

Please find here the latest news that is potentially of interest to EAS members.

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CONTENT

1. Mathematics and Astronomy: A Joint Long Journey

2. An invitation to the community to help shape the future use of Europe's 2-4m telescopes

3. Conference on Astronomy and Civilization, August 10-13, 2009, Budapest

4. XXI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics "Accretion Processes in Astrophysics"

5. EAS initiative to maintain a list of Summer/Winter Schools

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The full content of the news is available at :

http://eas.unige.ch/news_display.jsp?news_id=20090616_01

With kind regards,

Elias Brinks
Secretary

========== 12 Apr 2009 ==========

Dear Colleagues,

Please find here the latest news that is potentially of interest to EAS members.

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CONTENT

1. Scientific Programme of the "European Week of Astronomy and Space Science" (JENAM2009) now available

2. Public Lectures during the "European Week of Astronomy and Space Science" (JENAM2009)

3. EAS is Organisational member of IYA2009

4. New EAS Constitution and Bye-Laws online

5. Conference on the island of Malta: "HUNTING FOR THE DARK: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation"

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The full content is available at http://eas.unige.ch/eas/news_display.jsp?news_id=20090410_01

With kind regards,

Elias Brinks
Secretary

========== 31 Aug 2007 ==========

Dear Colleagues,

The JENAM 2007 in Erevan is now over, and it is already time to think
about the JENAM 2008 (see below).
But before that, we would like to thank Areg Mickaelian and his
team for a successfull and well organised meeting, which gathered
well over 200 participants. Most impressive was the participation of
a wealth of armenian students, so that this meeting was also
important for the future of armenian astronomy and the development
of new collaborations.
Many thanks again. And loooking forward to see you all again in
Vienna for the JENAM 2008.
Michel Dennefeld

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JENAM 2008 in Vienna Call for proposals

The next JENAM 2008 will take place from September 9-12, 2008, in
Vienna. It will be jointly organized by the Astronomische Gesellschaft, the European Astronomical Society and the Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Astronomie und Astrophysik.
During this meeting, a number of JENAM Symposia with a typical length
of 1.5 - 2 days will be held.
A JENAM Synposium should have a well-defined and scientifically relevant topic. JENAM symposia should typically have several review talks and a number of contributed talks.

We would like to ask the community to send proposals for JENAM symposia.
The proposal should contain the title of the symposium, a short description of the scientific content, three or four names for a Scientific Organising Committee, and names of possible review speakers.

The proposals for symposia will be reviewed and selected by the Scientific Organizing Committee of JENAM (Co-chairs: Gerd Hensler, Vienna; Sabine Schindler, Innsbruck).

Proposals should be sent to the co-chairs of the SOC
Gerd Hensler (hensler@astro.univie.ac.at) and
Sabine Schindler (Sabine.Schindler@uibk.ac.at)
as well as to the secretary of the EAS
Elias Brinks (E.Brinks@herts.ac.uk)

The deadline for submission of proposals is October 31, 2007.
The applicants will be notified about the outcome of the selection process by end of November at the latest.

=============== 07 Jul 2007 =======================

Dear Colleagues,

Please find herewith the invitation to the EAS General Assembly,
which will take place during the JENAM in Armenia this summer.
Last information about the Jenam can be found on the corresponding
Web page, at:
http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm
Note also that the deadline for International Solar observing time
in the Canarian islands is set this year at July 31th.

With best regards,
Michel Dennefeld

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Content

1. Invitation to the EAS General Assembly
2. International Solar observing time in the Canarian Islands

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1. Invitation to the EAS General Assembly

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the EAS President Joachim Krautter I should like to
invite you to the General Assembly of the European Astronomical
Society which will be celebrated as part of the JENAM 2007 in
Yerevan, Armenia. A draft agenda is attached to this message.

The GA will take place on Wednesday, 22nd August, 14:00. It will
be followed by a Job Market and a Session for Young Astronomers.

With best regards,

Elias Brinks, Secretary
European Astronomical Society
E.Brinks@herts.ac.uk

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2. International Solar Observing Time in the Canarian Islands

Announcement of Opportunity

The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Roque de
los Muchachos (ORM) and Teide (OT) observatories invites applications for DAY-TIME International Time Programmes (ITP) on telescopes installed at these Observatories.
The ITP offers up to 5% of the observing time on each of the
SOLAR TELESCOPES. Please see the CCI web site for full details:
http://www.iac.es/gabinete/cci/tisol1.htm

If you have further questions, please contact the CCI Secretary,
Mr Campbell WARDEN at the IAC: campbell@iac.es +34922 605220

The deadline for applications is July 31, 2007.
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=============== 16 Apr 2007 =======================

 Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed some information of interest, specially for

our younger colleagues. Please give them a wide diffusion.

With best regards,

Michel Dennefeld

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Content

1. IAU Peter Gruber fellowships

2. ERC starting grants

3. Neon observing school in Asiago

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1. IAU Peter and Patricia Gruber postdoctoral fellowships

The IAU solicits applications for the Peter and Patricia Gruber

Foundation postdoctoral Fellowship 2007.

For details and application procedure, see

 http://www.iau.org/PETER_AND_PATRICIA_GRUBER_FOUN.98.0.html ,

section PPGF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME.

The deadline for submitting applications to the

IAU General Secretary (Karel van der Hucht)  is 1 June 2007.

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2. ERC starting grants

I would like to call your attention to the coming deadline of the

1st call for applications for the ERC Starting Grants.

These grants aim to foster early independence of outstanding

young scientists and scholars, of any nationality, European and

non-European, who are working in or moving to Europe.

Prospective grantees will need to make proposals of exceptional

quality and, if awarded these prestigious grants, they will have

scientific independence, to choose their co-workers, decide on

the evolving directions of their work, re-allocate resources as

necessary, and publish their scientific work without restrictions

and independently.

It is a challenge as well as an opportunity, both to them and

to their respective host institutions.

For more information see:  http://erc.europa.eu/

The ERC Starting Grants are open to any field of knowledge and

I do hope Astronomy will have a lot of excellent applications.

Best regards

Teresa Lago

Deadline for Applications: April 25th, 2007

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3. The Neon observing school in 2007

The 2007 edition of the NEON observing school will take place

in Asiago observatory from Sept. 4 to 18th, 2007.

This school intends to provide the basics necessary to conduct an

observational program directly at the telescope, under supervision

of experienced observers.

It is open in priority to PhD students and post-docs with no,

or little, previous observational experience. The costs will be

covered by the school for EU citizen.

Details of the program and the application form can be found at:

 www.astro.unipd.it/Neon07/Neon07.html

or on the EAS Web page at: http://eas.iap.fr/neon7.html

Applications will be received until April 27th, 2007

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 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:07:24 +0200

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed some information of interest, specially for

our younger colleagues. Please give them a wide diffusion.

With best regards,

Michel Dennefeld

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Content

1. IAU Peter Gruber fellowships

2. ERC starting grants

3. Neon observing school in Asiago

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1. IAU Peter and Patricia Gruber postdoctoral fellowships

The IAU solicits applications for the Peter and Patricia Gruber

Foundation postdoctoral Fellowship 2007.

For details and application procedure, see

 http://www.iau.org/PETER_AND_PATRICIA_GRUBER_FOUN.98.0.html ,

section PPGF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME.

The deadline for submitting applications to the

IAU General Secretary (Karel van der Hucht)  is 1 June 2007.

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2. ERC starting grants

I would like to call your attention to the coming deadline of the

1st call for applications for the ERC Starting Grants.

These grants aim to foster early independence of outstanding

young scientists and scholars, of any nationality, European and

non-European, who are working in or moving to Europe.

Prospective grantees will need to make proposals of exceptional

quality and, if awarded these prestigious grants, they will have

scientific independence, to choose their co-workers, decide on

the evolving directions of their work, re-allocate resources as

necessary, and publish their scientific work without restrictions

and independently.

It is a challenge as well as an opportunity, both to them and

to their respective host institutions.

For more information see:  http://erc.europa.eu/

The ERC Starting Grants are open to any field of knowledge and

I do hope Astronomy will have a lot of excellent applications.

Best regards

Teresa Lago

Deadline for Applications: April 25th, 2007

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3. The Neon observing school in 2007

The 2007 edition of the NEON observing school will take place

in Asiago observatory from Sept. 4 to 18th, 2007.

This school intends to provide the basics necessary to conduct an

observational program directly at the telescope, under supervision

of experienced observers.

It is open in priority to PhD students and post-docs with no,

or little, previous observational experience. The costs will be

covered by the school for EU citizen.

Details of the program and the application form can be found at:

 www.astro.unipd.it/Neon07/Neon07.html

or on the EAS Web page at: http://eas.iap.fr/neon7.html

Applications will be received until April 27th, 2007

=============== 2 Feb 2007 =======================

 Dear Colleagues,

Here are several new announcements which we hope will interest

many of you.

Please do not hesitate to forward the information to other colleagues.

Note in particular the second announcement and opening of registration

for Jenam 2007, and the possibility to still  contribute to the "Science

Vision" exercise initiated  by Astronet. As usual, this,

and many other information can be found on the EAS web site at

http://eas.iap.fr (you will note the change of adress, but the

old one is redirected automatically).

With best regards,

Michel Dennefeld

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Content

1. JENAM 2007 second announcement, and registration

2. The NEON 2007 observing school in Asiago (Italy)

3. Contributions to "Science Vision" until Feb. 15th

4. Call for proposals for the International Time in the Canarian

Islands

5. Starlight 2007 conference in La Palma

6. Call for proposals at ISSI

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1. JENAM 2007

The second announcement for the JENAM 2007 in Yerevan is now

available at: http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm,

and on the EAS web site at http://eas.iap.fr/meetings.html

 The registration is open on the Web site also.

Please note the important deadlines:

May  1, 2007  Submission of Abstracts and Travel Grant Applications

June 1, 2007  Early Registration (with reduced fee)  and Hotel

Reservation

We encourage all of you to submit contributions directly to the

convenors of the various EAS Symposia and Special Sessions.

Here is the reminder of the topics:

EAS SYMPOSIA

EAS S1: Extrasolar Planets

EAS S2: Stellar Evolution and Asteroseismology

EAS S3: Violent Phenomena in Young Stars

EAS S4: High-Energy Astrophysics: the keV-TeV connection

EAS S5: Activity in Galaxies

EAS S6: Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei

EAS S7: Cosmology: New Facts and New Problems

EAS S8: Science with Virtual Observatories

JENAM-2007 SPECIAL SESSIONS (SPS)

SPS1: European Large Facilities for Astronomy

SPS2: Numerical Astrophysics

SPS3: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

SPS4: Astronomy from the Antarctic plateau

SPS5: Astronomy Education in Europe

SPS6: Archaeoastronomy

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2. The NEON observing school in 2007

The NEON observing school in 2007 will take place in Asiago

observatory (Italy) from Sept. 4 to 18th .

The school provides opportunity for PhD students or PostDocs in

astrophysics to gain practical experience in observations and data

reductions, as well as use of archival data.

Work is organised in small groups under supervision of a tutor.

For more details, see the school Web page at:

www.astro.unipd.it/Neon07/Neon07.html

or the corresponding EAS page at http://eas.iap.fr/schools.html

Deadline for applications is April 15th, 2007

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3. Contributions to the European Science Vision

Following the recent Astronet symposium in Poitiers about

"A Science Vision for European Astronomy in the next 20 years"

and the presentation and discussion of the Science Vision draft,

it is still possible to contribute scientifically by submitting

additionnal contributions to the Chairs of the thematic  panels.

Deadline for input: February 15th, 2007

For details about the meeting and the panels, please see:

http://www.eso.org/gen-fac/meetings/SciChall07/

Details about Astronet in general can be found at:

http://www.astronet-eu.org/

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4. International time in the Canarian Observatories

The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Canarian

Observatories (Obs. Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma,

and Obs. del Teide, Tenerife)

invites applications for International Time Programmes (ITP)

on night-time telescopes installed at these Observatories.

The ITP offers up to 5% of the observing time (15 nights).

Details about the offered instruments, and practicalities can be

found at:  http://www.iac.es/gabinete/cci/tinoc1.htm

Deadline for applications is February 28th, 2007

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5. Starlight 2007 conference in La Palma (April 19-20)

The Instituto de AstrofМsica de Canarias, together with the La Palma

 Biosphere Reserve, the Canary Islands Government

and the Spanish Ministry of the Environment, are launching

the STARLIGHT initiative in defence of the

quality of the night sky as mankind's scientific, cultural

and environmental right, with the support of UNESCO and

the MaB (Man and Biosphere) Programme.

The first phase will culminate in April 2007 with the International

Conference "Starlight 2007". Among the main objectives of the conference is

the approval of a World Declaration on the

Right to Starlight as one of mankind's common heritages.

More details about the conference can be found at:

http://www.starlight2007.net/

Deadline for Abstracts submission: February 24, 2007

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6. ISSI call for proposals

The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland,

invites proposals from International Teams to conduct on its premises

study activities in Space Science (Earth System sciences, Solar and

Solar Terrestrial science, Planetary science, Astrobiology, Astrophysics

and Fundamental physics), based on the analysis

and evaluation of existing data from several spacecraft and

eventual integration with ground observations and theoretical models.

Detailed information on the format and contents of the proposal,

selection procedures, schedule and support from ISSI is to be found

on the ISSI site, at

http://www.issibern.ch/visitors.html

Letter of Intent:             February 19, 2007

Deadline for proposals:       March 27. 2007

For further questions and informations please contact the

Programme manager, Vittorio Manno

=============== 5 Jan 2007 =======================

Dear Colleagues,