People, Places, Practices Joint BSHM - CSHPM/SCHPM Conference

Е-мейл Оргкомітету: ijf3@st-andrews.ac.uk

Організатори: British Society for the History of Mathematics and Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, in collaboration with HOM-SIGMAA, the History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the MAA.

Themes:

People, Places, Practices, will showcase a broad range of approaches to the history of mathematics:

• People allows discussion of the cultural roles of mathematical biography, the historiographic and technical challenges of writing mathematical biography, as well as more straightforward biographical approaches
• Places provides for the influence of location, geographical, spatial, conceptual or cultural, on mathematics and mathematicians
• Practices encompasses the ways in which mathematicians and mathematical practitioners work or have worked, along with the materials, devices, and ideas used

Confirmed Speakers include:

• Karen Parshall (University of Virginia)
• Edmund Robertson (University of St Andrews)
• Colm Mulcahy (Spelman College)
• Brendan Larvor (University of Hertfordshire)
• Serafina Cuomo (University of Durham)
• Valeria Giardino (University of Lorraine)
• Robin Wilson (Open University)

Веб-сторінка конференції: http://www.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/bshm-cshpm/index.shtml