About Sartoniana

Sartoniana is a yearly publication that publishes the lectures delivered as part of the Sarton Chair of History of Science at Ghent University.

All articles are published in open access, as of volume 40 with a CC-BY licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Volume 38 • 2025

Laudatio Rina Knoeff

  • Zoë Ghyselinck

Volume 38 • 2025 • 3–6

Medicine and the female body: A historical consultation

  • Rina Knoeff

Volume 38 • 2025 • 7–26

The epidemic constitution: Body, environment, and the idea of contagion

  • Rina Knoeff

Volume 38 • 2025 • 27–46

Laudatio Arno Dal Ri Jr.

  • George Martyn

Volume 38 • 2025 • 47–52

François Laurent in Brazil. The defense of the Principle of Nationalities that crossed the Atlantic (1899-1978)

  • Arno Dal Ri Jr.

Volume 38 • 2025 • 53–84

Laudatio Frank J. Lechner

  • Raf Vandersraeten

Volume 38 • 2025 • 85–88

What was sociology? Toward a new history of histories

  • Frank J. Lechner

Volume 38 • 2025 • 89–110

Laudatio Danny De Looze

  • Hans Van Vlierberghe

Volume 38 • 2025 • 111–112

The history of digestive endoscopy

  • Danny De Looze

Volume 38 • 2025 • 113–132

Laudatio Philippe Ciais

  • Greet Maenhout

Volume 38 • 2025 • 133–136

Recent trends and future risks for terrestrial carbon sinks

  • Philippe Ciais

Volume 38 • 2025 • 137–146

Laudatio Martin Valcke

  • Tammy Schellens

Volume 38 • 2025 • 147–150

How educational science evolved into a research-based design approach to educational practice

  • Martin Valcke

Volume 38 • 2025 • 151–160

Laudatio Kristine Walraevens

  • Thomas Hermans

Volume 38 • 2025 • 161–164

Groundwater as a driver for development

  • Kristine Walraevens

Volume 38 • 2025 • 165–184

Laudatio Robert Rubens

  • Maarten Van Dyck

Volume 38 • 2025 • 185–186

The Hippocratic Oath, similarity between the ancient Greek text and the pledge now used in Belgium

  • Robert Rubens

Volume 38 • 2025 • 187–198