OIC's Ihsanoglu clinches Paris-based International Academy's

Jeddah, December 13, SPA -- The Paris-based International Academy of
History of Sciences has declared that it's Alexandre Koyré Medal, a
distinction award granted once every two years since 1968, will be
awarded to Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).


The Koyré medal is awarded to outstanding scholars for their
innovative achievements in the evolution of studies in the history of
science. The recipient of the medal is elected by a vote by the
members of the Academy.


Ihsanoglu is the first Turkish scholar to be awarded this medal,
which he will receive in a ceremony at the Academy in Paris, France,
according to a press release of the OIC issued yesterday.

Professor Ihsanoglu is to receive the medal for his outsanding and
innovative research and publications.


He is the author of a fifteen-volume work on the history of science
during the Otoman period, which took 25 years to put together with a
team of researchers under his direction.


Founded in 1927, the International Academy of History of Science
grants the Alexandre Koyré medal, which honours the publication of a
work in the history of science. The medal was granted for the first
time to Derek Thomas Whiteside who compiled Isaac Newton’s works,
while Guy Beaujouan was the last awardee.

--SPA