Registration (free but essential) is now open for the 'People, Places, Practices' Conference, the quinquennial joint meeting of the British Society for the History of Mathematics and the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics.
We have a very full programme of around 100 invited and contributed talks and activities, extending over the afternoon and early evening of 4 days (British Summer Time).
Invited talks include:
Évelyne Barbin (University of Nantes): "Introducing an historical perspective in mathematical teaching: meaning and practices"
Robin Wilson (Open University): "The diaries of Thomas Archer Hirst – Mathematician Xtravagant"
Colm Mulcahy (Spelman College): "The Scottish Irish Mathematical Trail"
Karen Parshall (University of Virginia): "People in New Places: The American Mathematical Research Community and the First Wave of Mathematical Émigrés, 1933-1938"
Brendan Larvor (University of Hertfordshire): "Mathematical Memes in the Age of Reason: the limits of understanding and the understanding of limits"
Full details and registration. Registration closes 9 July.
