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Jeffrey Kotyk

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Historian, translator, writer. Nam studere servire Deo est. 子曰：「學而時習之，不亦說乎？」

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy to see my book on display at #AAS2025.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 1d

Registered for the AAS Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada from March 12-15, 2026.

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 7d

Honored that my book has been shortlisted for the Late Antiquity Book Prize in Memory of Bill Podmore (1933-2016).
vcla.org.uk/bookprize/

Late Antiquity Podmore Book Prize

Late Antiquity Book Prize in memory of Bill Podmore (1933-2016), awarded by the VCLA.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 12d

Visiting the Yale University Art Gallery.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 13d

The generals in the Beinecke edition of the omenology manuscript (天元玉曆祥異賦). The qi 氣 of the general will manifest in the sky in various ways.

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 13d

Rain this morning but still warm. High of 27'c tomorrow.

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 13d

At the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, examining a copy of a Ming-era omenology manual (天元玉曆祥異賦) from 1425, but I think this manuscript dates to the early Qing.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 14d

At Yale University. Checking out the used bookstores.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 15d

Important forthcoming volume. Astrologers at Work: Essays on the Practices and Techniques of Astrology in Memory of Helena Avelar.
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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 25d

We had a joint summer school program at Beijing between University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG). I had a lot of fun in Beijing.

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · 25d

Coming soon: "Astrologers at Work brings together fourteen scholars to explore the history of astrological practice, focusing on techniques, doctrines, and methods of interpretation across cultures and centuries."
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Astrologers at Work

"Astrologers at Work" published on 30 Oct 2025 by Brill.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jul 26

Too many centipedes in the house. 天稚彦物語絵巻. Humboldt Forum.

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Jörg Matthias Determann @determann.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you and 감사합니다 to Sooyeun Yang for sending me photos from the panel I chaired at the Meeting of ‪ @bshsnews.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk. Po-Hung Liu, @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social, @busradede.bsky.social and Majideh Qazizadeh gave spectacular presentations. conference.bshs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jul 8

I'm in Cambridge for the annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Science.

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jul 7

British Society for the History of Science: Annual Conference, from July 8 to 10, 2025, in Cambridge. I'll be presenting on "Scientific Astronomy and Horoscopes in Medieval Japan."
conference.bshs.org.uk/programme/#6g

Programme – BSHS annual conference

conference.bshs.org.uk

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jul 6

A positive review of my book (in Turkish) by Muammer İskenderoğlu.
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/irani...

Jeffrey Kotyk. Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity: China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium

İran Çalışmaları Dergisi | Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1

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Jörg Matthias Determann @determann.bsky.social · Jun 28

I would like to add to my expression of gratitude to @samhistsci.bsky.social by thanking him for allowing me to chair a panel at the conference of @bshsnews.bsky.social with Po-Hung Liu, @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social, @busradede.bsky.social and Majideh Qazizadeh. conference.bshs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jun 15

My recent presentation in Paris: "Astral Icons in the Taizō Maṇḍala 胎藏曼荼羅 versus Textual Descriptions." MANTRATANTRAM project, 30 May 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcz...

MANTRATANTRAM_VID_TantricBorderlands_Paris_30_05_2025_Kotyk

YouTube video by Andrea Acri

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'll be at the British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference, July 8 to 10, in Cambridge. I'll speak on "Scientific Astronomy and Horoscopes in Medieval Japan."
conference.bshs.org.uk/programme/

Programme – BSHS annual conference

conference.bshs.org.uk

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · May 29

Première visite au Campus Condorcet. 🇫🇷

Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · May 20

Depictions of signs of the zodiac from Brauweiler Abbey, before 1141. Shell limestone, recycled Roman architectural pieces.Dauerleihgabe des Museum Schnütgen, Köln.

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · May 19

Many thanks to Prof. Ralph Kauz and Bonn University for the opportunity to present my book.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 19

Much belated intro of our interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk about his book which builds on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer by utilising classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a new light for both Iranologists & Sinologists.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · May 19

Heading to Bonn now to give a lecture and present my book.
www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/sin/de/nachr...

Vorankündigung: Bonner Sinologisches Kolloquium (19.05.2025) - Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk

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Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social · May 14

Upcoming conference in Paris.
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