'She is an Astronomer' Events

2009 December 13 - 2010 April 4 - Germany - 'Women in Astronomy - Reaching for the Stars' (Astronominnen - Frauen die nach den Sternen greifen) Exhibition, lectures, discussions and more at Frauenmuseum Bonn (http://www.frauenmuseum.de/ausstellung_detail.php?ausstellung_id=17&richtung=zukunft&alter_startwert=0).

Opening on 13 December with Burgomeisterin Angelica Maria Kappel, Dr Helen Walker, Ulrike Tscherner-Bertoldi, Marianne Pitzen, Dr Nadya Ben Bekhti

2010 April 22/23 - UK - She is an astronomer conference - Royal Astronomical Society London

Past events

2009 January 31 onwards - Mexico -"Ella es astrónoma" exhibition of photographs by Robin Ceruttihttp://www.sc.eso.org/~jgirard/astronoma

2009 April 20 -23 - UK - Launch of international IYA2009 cornerstoneShe is an Astronomer at European Week of Astronomy and Space Science meeting (www.jenam2009.eu)

2009 May 14 - December 31 - Australia - 'Astronomy in a Nutshell' exhibition, with a section on women in astronomy, at Monash Science Centre (www.sciencecentre.monash.edu.au)

2009 May 21 - Portugal - Public lecture on Women in Astronomy by Rosa Doran atObservatory, Mira

2009 July 3 - Ireland- Dr Carolyn Porco -Saturn: Tripping the Light Fantastic (http://www.bco.ie/july/firstfridays.html)

2009 July 31 - Ireland - Jayanne English- Cosmos versus Canvas: Tensions between Art and Science in Astronomy Images(http://www.bco.ie/july/firstfridays.html)

2009 August 3 - 14 - Brazil - International Astronomical Union General Assembly - including sessions on women in astronomy (www.astronomy2009.com.br)

2009 August 9 - New Mexico - Astronomy special event for girls (http://www.astronomyworkshops.org/siaa.html)

2009 August 20 - September 6 - Australia - Play 'Razing Hypatia' by Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Stork Theatre, St Kilda(http://www.storkhotel.com)

2009 September 4 - Ireland - Deirdre Kelleghan -Our Moon, some Moon Stories and Moon News(http://www.bco.ie/july/firstfridays.html)

2009 September 7 - UK - Real life returners - the stories behind the success - British Science Festival - University of Surrey

http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/forms/festival/events/showevent2.asp?EventID=253

2009 September 7 - UK - Women doing science: She's an Astronomer - British Science Festival - University of Surrey

http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/forms/festival/events/showevent2.asp?EventID=243

2009 September 10- UK - Inspiring Women - British Science Festival- Women's Engineering Society, University of Surrey (http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/forms/festival/events/showevent2.asp?EventID=125)

2009 September 14 - USA - The Women Astronomer's journey - Millett Hall Atrium, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.http://www.wsuastronomy.org/)

2009 September 17 - Germany - She is a Planetary Scientist - European Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam, Germany. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2009/information/index.html

2009 October 8 - Rome, Italy - International Conference on Women and Space (http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/womenspa/)

2009 October 12-13 - Lisbon, Portugal - Women Empowerment in Science -II International Amonet Meeting (http://www.dq.fct.unl.pt/qoa/amonet/home.htm)

2009 October 17 - USA - New York Public Library - The Uptown Planetarium and Donna Stearns present: Minding the Heavens, The Life of Caroline Herschel by Dr Mark Littmann; Directed by Jerry Marco.

2009 October 21 - 23 - USA - Women in astronomy and space science: Meeting the challenges of an increasingly diverse workforce at College Park, MD

2009 October 27 - Belgium -Mesurer le Système Solaire : de Newton à GAIA (lecture) (http://perso.fundp.ac.be/~alemaitr/IYA2009/)

2009 November 3 - UK - Book launch: Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy by Mary Brück at Royal Astronomical Society London (http://www.springer.com/astronomy/book/978-90-481-2472-5)

2009 November 16 - Belgium - Le fond cosmique micro-onde: une fenêtre vers l’univers primordial (http://perso.fundp.ac.be/~alemaitr/IYA2009/)

2009 November 25/30 - Australia -Book launch: Under the Radar: Ruby Payne-Scott (pioneer in radio astronomy) by Goss and McGeeat Sydney University(25 Nov) and CSIRO Canberra (30 Nov) (http://www.springer.com/astronomy/book/978-3-642-03140-3)

2009 November 30 - Belgium - Les étoiles au plomb (http://perso.fundp.ac.be/~alemaitr/IYA2009/)