I Wish You Are Here – Mathematics & Mathematicians From History

In this Public Lecture, Snezana Lawrence will discuss the questions: 'What is it that mathematicians do?' and 'Who gets to be called a ‘mathematician’ and why?' She will discuss major questions concerning the nature of mathematics, and will link mathematicians by the substance of their ideas, and the historical and personal contexts in which they were developed.

Snezana will focus on images of mathematics and mathematicians from a number of famous historical narratives, and compare them with the emerging new histories of mathematics. These will relate to modern difficulties in mathematics education and pose further questions for discussion.

Snezana Lawrence (Middlesex University, London) is a mathematical historian, with a particular interest in the links between mathematics, architecture, and the belief systems related to mathematics. Her work on the creativity, identity, and engagement in the learning of mathematics has taken her to be involved in national and international initiatives to promote the use of the history of mathematics in mathematics education.

Snezana is Chair of HPM (History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Study Group, an affiliate of International Mathematics Union) 2020-2024, and is the Diversity Champion and an elected Council Member of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications.

Twitter - @mathshistory, @snezanalawrence

Running order (all times GMT):

16:00 - Introduction

16:05 - Public lecture

16:40 - Q&A

17:00 - Event ends

This online event will be hosted on Zoom. Ticket holders will receive an email on the day of the event, with instructions on how to join the lecture and subsequent Q&A.

Registration will close at 10.00 on the day of the event.

This event is taking place as part of Maths Week England. For more information on their events programme, go to their website.

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