Marriages, Couples, and the Making of Mathematical Careers

This workshop proposes to explore the role of marriage and other domestic partnerships in the lived practice and constructed memory of mathematics.

A call for papers will be circulated in October 2020

Confirmed speakers include:

Brigitte Stenhouse, PhD candidate, Open University, UK Co-organizer: On Mary and William Somerville

David Dunning, Postdoc, Oxford, UK Co-organizer: On George and Mary Everest Boole

Ursula Martin, Professor, Oxford, UK: On computing pioneers

Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze, University of Agder, Norway: On Hilda Geiringer and Richard Von Mises

Jenne O’Brien, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton, USA: On the roles of Elise Riemann and Emilie Weber in the making of Riemann’s collected works

Donald Opitz, De Paul University, USA, and Brigitte van Tiggelen, Mémosciences, Belgium: Collaborative couples in the sciences

Further details will follow