- January 8–11, 2025
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The program includes the following sessions relevant to the history of mathematics and its use in teaching:
AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, organized by Victor J. Katz, Deborah Kent, Elizabeth Hunter, and Sloan Evans Despeaux.
POM SIGMAA Guest Lecture by Dr. Rajesh Kasturiragan, organized by Steven M. Deckelman and Bonnie Gold.
JMM Panel on The 1988–91 AMS “Computers and Mathematics” Initiative to Promote and Support the Use of Computers in Research & Education—And What Followed, organized by Keith J. Devlin
NAM Special Session on the Legacy of Elbert Frank Cox: First African American PhD in Mathematics, organized by Asamoah Nkwanta and Edray Herber Goins.
- January 16, 2025
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Hugh Griffiths will explore the life, unusual character, and contributions to electrical engineering of the self–taught Heaviside (1850–1925). It marks 100 years since his death.
- January 16, 2025
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Forum of the History of the Mathematical Sciences Virtual Group, History of Science Society
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FoHoMS members meet monthly at 1:00 pm CST to discuss various significant articles and books in the history of mathematics. Contact
E. A. Hunter for Zoom details and a copy of this month’s reading, which is John Stillwell’s translation of Felix Klein’s article on non–Euclidean geometry (Mathematische Annalen 4 (1871) 573—625).
- January 16, 2025
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The PASHoM seminar meets both in person and virtually on Zoom, with one speaker per month each semester. In the January talk David Richeson, Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dickinson College, will present The Heart of Mathematics: The Ubiquitous Cardioid. All seminar talks will begin at 6:30 pm ET.
Contact Alan Gluchoff for parking or Zoom details.
- January 2–24, 2005
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The first research seminar on the history of mathematics at the Isaac Newton Institute will begin with a workshop that is open both to in–person seminar participants and online guests. Each speaker will respond to “What do you consider to be the most significant open question, or lacuna, in your area of the history of mathematics?” Registration is free for virtual participants, but it must be completed by 22 September 2024.
Additional information is available
here.
- February 4–5, 2025
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The History for Diversity in Mathematics Network, and the Isaac Newton Institute Modern History of Mathematics programme, are running a 2–day workshop on the History of Modern Mathematics in Higher Ed Mathematics Teaching in Cambridge on 4–5 February, to which all are welcome. The Programme and Registration are now available. Registration is free but essential and has a tight deadline of 19 January. In person and online options are available; the workshop has budget to cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs for up to 20 people. If you will require such funding in order to attend, contact
Isobel Falconer.
- February 7, 2025
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The series of online talks from the History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association continues with Alicia Zelenitsky Hill, Simon Fraser University, who will speak about Karine Chemla’s algorithmic approach to analyzing mathematical texts from ancient China beginning at 11:00 AM Pacific Time, 2:00 PM Eastern Time.
- February 13, 2025
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Forum of the History of the Mathematical Sciences Virtual Group, History of Science Society
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FoHoMS members meet monthly at 1:00 pm CST to discuss various significant articles and books in the history of mathematics. Contact E.A. Hunter for Zoom details and a copy of this month’s reading, which consists of excerpts from Felix Klein’s Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint: Geometry. The full book is in the
Internet Archive.
- February 13, 2025
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The PASHoM seminar meets both in person and virtually on Zoom, with one speaker per month each semester. In the February talk Maryam Vulis, CUNY, York College, will present Remarkable Achievements of the American Scientist and Mathematician Ernest Wilkins. All seminar talks will begin at 6:30 pm ET.
Contact Alan Gluchoff for parking or Zoom details.
- February 22, 2025
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BSHM’s annual meeting that provides an opportunity for graduate students in any area of the history of mathematics to present their work to a friendly and supportive audience. Abstracts are due to
Christopher Hollings by 30 November 2024.
- March 7, 2025
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The series of online talks from the History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association continues with E. A. Hunter, University of Chicago, who will speak about Archimedes Calculating π and Eating It Too beginning at 11:00 AM Pacific Time, 2:00 PM Eastern Time.
- March 12, 2025
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This play reveals the life and work of this most influential 20th–century mathematician and will be performed at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London on March 12 at 7:00 pm. Book tickets at the link above.
- March 20, 2025
The PASHoM seminar meets virtually on Zoom this month. Tomas Guardia of Gonzaga University will present Rithmomachia and Fiboquadratic Numbers. All seminar talks begin at 6:30 pm ET. Contact
Alan Gluchoff for Zoom details.
- February 13, 2025
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The PASHoM seminar meets virtually on Zoom this month. Tomas Guardia of Gonzaga University will present Rithmomachia and Fiboquadratic Numbers. All seminar talks begin at 6:30 pm ET.
Contact Alan Gluchoff for parking or Zoom details.
- March 29, 2025
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Join the BSHM for a trip to two excellent museums in the history of computing and mathematics. Tickets cost £29 for BSHM members, £39 for non-members, and £5 for students, and
can be purchased here. The ticket price includes entry to both museums, and a guided tour of Bletchley Park in the morning.
- April 3, 2025
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Where Did AI Come From? William Gates Building, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, England
The Isaac Newton Institute programme on Modern History of Mathematics is hosting a consideration of the origins of AI by a historian, a computer scientist, and a museum curator. Find abstracts and a registration link here. This in–person event will run from 13:30–18:00 GMT.
- April 10, 2025
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The PASHoM seminar meets virtually on Zoom this month. Professor Rob Bradley of Adelphi University will present Lagrange, Servois and the Foundations of Calculus. All seminar talks begin at 6:30 pm ET.
- April 14, 2025
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The Isaac Newton Institute Modern History of Mathematics programme is holding a satellite event that will bring together stakeholders in the mathematical community (Heads of Department, Directors of Research, representatives of Learned Societies and Funding Bodies); organisations using history of mathematics in high–level public engagement such as broadcasters and museums; and leading international mathematical historians of mathematics. The meeting will showcase the role, contribution, and potential of modern history of mathematics in mathematical research, teaching, public outreach and impact. Most participants will be invited by the organisers, but interested leaders can register at the link for the wait list.
- April 17, 2025
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Forum of the History of the Mathematical Sciences Virtual Group, History of Science Society
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FoHoMS members meet monthly at 1:00 pm CDT to discuss various significant articles and books in the history of mathematics. Contact
E.A. Hunter for Zoom details and a copy of this month’s reading, which is Karine Carole Chemla’s “Changes and Continuities in the Use of Diagrams Tu in Chinese Mathematical Writings (Third Century to Fourteenth Century)” (East Asian Science, Technology and Society 4 (2010) 303—326).
- May 12, 2025
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May 12 is the International Women in Mathematics Day, which was chosen to mark and celebrate the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, in 2014. In joining these celebrations all over the world, the leaders organize a symposium, which will address amongst others the following questions, but its topics will by no means be restricted within them:
How can we make sense of women mathematicians’ historical emergence as subjects of scientific knowledge, as well as creators of philosophy and culture?
In what ways can memory work in the archives motivate young women and girls to re-imagine themselves as mathematicians in the future?
Please send an abstract of around 200 words with a short bio to
Maria Tamboukou by June 30, 2024.
- May 31-June 2, 2025
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The CSHPM will hold its 2025 Annual Meeting in Toronto at George Brown College in conjunction with the 2025 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Kenneth O. May Lecturer for the Special Session will be Patricia Blanchette of the University of Notre Dame. Proposals are welcome for a Special Session on Conceptual Change in Mathematics and a General Session on all topics relevant to the history of mathematics, the philosophy of mathematics, or the use of history or philosophy in the teaching of mathematics. All talks are 20 minutes in length.
- June 2–6, 2025
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An exciting training program for master’s students, doctoral candidates, and early–career researchers focused on the history of astronomy will be held at the Paris Observatory. Participants will explore the latest developments in digital humanities and artificial intelligence as applied to the study of primary sources. A limited number of scholarships are available to support those who require financial assistance for travel and accommodation in Paris. Click the link above for details and application information before April 18.
- August 6–9, 2025
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MathFest 2025, the annual summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, is scheduled to be held at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, CA. History-related events include the following:
HOM SIGMAA Business Meeting and Invited Address, The HOM SIGMAA Business Meeting and Guest Lecture includes both the annual business meeting for the History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the MAA and a lecture by an expert in the history of mathematics. Organized by
Abe Edwards (Michigan State University) and
Ximena Catepillán (Millersville University).
Workshop,
Engaging and Inspiring Students in the Mathematics Classroom by Teaching with Primary Source Projects, sponsored by
HOM SIGMAA,
Euler Society, and
TRIUMPHS Society (TRansforming Instruction: Understanding Mathematics via Primary Historical Sources). Organized by Jennifer Clinkenbeard (California State University Monterey Bay), Abe Edwards (Michigan State University), Ken Monks (College of Southern Nevada), Daniel Otero (Xavier University), Adam Parker (Wittenberg University), Michael Saclolo (St. Edwards University), and Janet Heine Barnett (Colorado State University Pueblo).
Workshop, Exploring the Use of AI to Translate Early Modern Mathematics from Latin to English, organized by Christopher Goff (University of the Pacific) and Erik Tou (University of Washington-Tacoma).
Workshop, Reacting to the Past: Historical Roleplaying Games in Math Education, organized by Chad Curtis (Nevada State University) and Sungju Moon (Nevada State University).
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Workshop, We Integrate Differentials, Not Functions. The organizers propose that starting an Integral Calculus course by defining the integral as the limit of Riemann sums is not only historically inaccurate but more importantly, it is pedagogically unsound. Rigor has its place but its place is not at the beginning of the course where it hinders students’ use of integration as a problem-solving tool. This workshop will provide examples, problems, and approaches which will demonstrate the power of integrating differentials to solve (not necessarily calculus) problems. It will also provide motivation for the study of power series and ultimately numerical series and sequences as approximation techniques. Rather than treating these as a separate topic, which is often the norm, they can serve to begin the “crossover” into the abstraction and rigor of Riemann sums and power series.
Workshop, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Historical Approach to Fostering Mathematical Breakthroughs, organized by Cem Inaltong (Aeon Learning Sciences) and Austin Volz (Aeon Learning Sciences).
A History of Mathematics Trivia Contest, sponsored by
HOM SIGMAA and the Committee on Undergraduate Student Programming (CUSP). Come join fellow math enthusiasts for a fun time of team trivia. Questions will focus on the history of mathematics, as well as mathematical connections to the Hoosier State. Undergraduates are especially encouraged to attend, but the contest is open to everyone! Organized by
Ximena Catepillán (Millersville University of Pennsylvania), Greg Coxson (United States Naval Academy),
Abe Edwards (Michigan State University), and
Janine Janoski (King’s College).
Invited Paper Session, Looking at Complex Analysis and Geometry through the Lenses of Research, History, and Pedagogy, organized by Russell Howell (Westmont College), Michael Dorff (Brigham Young University), Beth Schaubroeck (United States Air Force Academy), and Mike Brilleslyper (Florida Polytechnic University).
Invited Paper Session, Philosophy of Mathematics: The View from Paradox, organized by Steven Deckelman (University of Wisconsin-Stout), Bonnie Gold (Monmouth University), and Thomas Drucker (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater).
NAM David Harold Blackwell Lecture, 100 Years of Inspiration: Elbert Frank Cox and the Future of Mathematics, delivered by Talitha Washington (Howard University).
