Doing Mathematics in the Archive

A day of talks reflecting on how archival work can be mathematically fruitful and how a deep engagement with the mathematical content of archival materials can reveal new historical or philosophical insight.

10.30 Arrival & Registration. Tea & coffee will be served.

11.00 Michael Potter (University of Cambridge). Archives in mathematical philosophy: Some case studies.

12.00 Aoife Kearins (University of Oxford). Epistolary Mathematics in the 19th Century.

13.00 Lunch (included with in-person tickets).

14.00 June Barrow-Green (Open University), Andrew Burbanks (University of Portsmouth), Dan Rust (Open University), Reem Yassawi (Queen Mary University of London). George Birkhoff’s forgotten manuscript.

15.00 Emmylou Haffner (CNRS). Collective and personal archives in the genesis of Bourbaki's set theory book.

16.00 Tea & Coffee

17.00 Close of Meeting

Registration fees include lunch and refreshments. If you have any special dietary requirements, please specify them when booking.

If you would like to take advantage of the BSHM Member pricing, membership starts from just £18 a year and can be purchased via the BSHM website.

Remote attendance will be via a zoom webinar. Talks will not be recorded.

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Host or Publisher the British Society for the History of Mathematics and the Birmingham & Midland Institute