Third International Conference on

the History and Education of Modern Mathematics

 20～25 September 2014  Hangzhou, CHINA

The First Circular (Sept 2013)

 Organized by

Zhejiang University of Science and Technology，Hangzhou

Department of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi’an

In Association with

REHSEIS (SPHERE), CNRS & University Paris Diderot

Dept of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University

Chinese Society for the History of Mathematics

I.   Organization

 Scientific Committee

* Qu Anjing (Northwest University, Xi’an, China, Co-Chair)

* Tom Archibald (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada,Co-Chair)

*Karine Chemla (REHSEIS—SPHERE, CNRS & University Paris Diderot, Paris, France)

* Niccolò Guiccardini (University of Bergamo, Italy)

* Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (Roskilde University, Copenhagen,Denmark)

* Norbert Schappacher (Université de Strasbourg, France)

* Ueno Kenji (Seki Kowa Institute of Mathematics, Japan)

 Local Organizing Committee

  Zheng Youqu (Zhejiang University of Science and technology,Zhejiang China,Chair)

  Cen Gang(Zhejiang University of Science and technology ，Zhejiang China)

  Tao Xiangxing(Zhejiang University of Science and technology，Zhejiang China)

  Yuan Min(Northwest University, Xi’an, China)

  Ruan Shiping(Zhejiang University of Science and technology，Zhejiang China)

  Xue Youcai(Zhejiang University of Science and technology，Zhejiang China)

  Qiu Binqiang(Zhejiang University of Science and technology，Zhejiang China,)

Yin Weidong(Zhejiang University of Science and technology, Zhejiang China)

  Wang Wenbin(Zhejiang University of Science and technology, Zhejiang China) 

II. Program

 Four days of scientific sessions are planned.

1. Plenary Invited Lectures

       Invited lectures will be announced later.  

2. Scientific Sessions for Contributed Papers

       Parallel sessions will be organized on specific topics. 

3. One day sight-seeing 

4. Language: English 

5. Tentative Schedule

       Sept 20, arrival, registration, getting together

       Sept 21-24, Scientific program

       Sept 25 Sightseeing 

6. Topic

Contemporary Research in the History of Modern Mathematics and Applications to Pedagogy

Research in both the history of mathematics and the applications of history of mathematics to pedagogy have in recent years been enriched by new directions. The results have included new emphases in both disciplines, with diverse and far-reaching consequences. On the side of history, we see a renewed interest in the philosophical issues of various kinds, on the transmission of mathematical knowledge from local settings to global norms, on networks of scholars and networks of texts, on the nature and importance of application in mathematics, and on a reassessment of the importance of computation in all its forms. On the side of education, we see an expansion of the strategic use of history as a tool, going beyond cross-cultural comparison to being an ingredient in various theoretical approaches.  

The purpose of the meeting proposed is to assemble senior scholars active in these fields, junior scholars whose work promises to be transformative, and scholars who are ambitious to acquire new approaches while presenting contributed papers on work of their own for comment by their peers.

With a broadly inclusive scope we hope to build on the positive experiences of earlier meeting to continue to build a Chinese and international research community and to build links for the future.

       We are deeply convinced that the better understanding of modern mathematical activity that such an approach can yield will be helpful for mathematics education at all levels, and that the presence of researchers with education as a primary focus will enhance this aim.