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17FEB 2026
News
New Publication: Incognito: The secret lives of Liu Hui in 19th-century China
Fresh from the press ! An article based on Prof. Andrea Bréard‘s keynote at the UNESCO anniversary event in September 2024, supported academically by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to commemorate Liu Hui 劉徽, a 3rd century Chinese mathematician. I tried to answer the question how one can quantify long-term scientific impact beyond considering the […]
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11FEB 2026
Jobs
Now Hiring: 1 PhD and 2 Post-Docs in the History of Mathematics in China
The Chair for Sinology with a Focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China is currently hiring three early career scientists pursuing research in relation to the themes of the sin-aps project The Language of Algorithmic Mathematics. Mastery of German is no requirement. The deadline for application is March 1st, 2026. For more details, […]
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01FEB 2026
Event
EACS Autumn School 2025: 字 and the search for universalism
In 2025, the EACS Summer School was (temporarily?) renamed. A three-day “Autumn School” on the theme of ‘字 and the Search for Universalism’ took place at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from November 14 to 16, supported financially with funds from the EACS and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and organized by Profs. Andrea Bréard and Michael Höckelmann. […]
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20NOV 2025
Algorithms
Online Workshop (2-3 December, 2025): Conceptual Engineering in the World History of Mathematics
In this workshop, hosted by sin-aps and generously supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, we will approach the global pre-modern history of mathematical concepts in a new light. Dr. Vincenzo de Risi (CNRS, Paris) will give the keynote talk on The Ground of Axioms: New Ideals of Scientific Proofs in the Middle Ages. As […]
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11JUL 2025
Language of Mathematics
sin-aps goes to Zürich (11–13 July, 2025)
Two sin-aps members, Eva Henke and Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard will participate in a workshop on Discursive and Non-Discursive Reasoning in Chinese Philosophy organized by Polina Lukicheva (University of Zurich), Kai Marchal (National Chengchi University Taipei), Grzegorz Polak (Maria Sklodowska-Curie University Lublin, UMCS), and Rafael Suter (University of Zurich). The workshop explores how processes of thinking […]Two sin-aps members, Eva Henke and Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard will participate in a workshop on Discursive and Non-Discursive Reasoning in Chinese Philosophy organized by Polina Lukicheva (University of Zurich), Kai Marchal (National Chengchi University Taipei), Grzegorz Polak (Maria Sklodowska-Curie University Lublin, UMCS), and Rafael Suter (University of Zurich). The workshop explores how processes of thinking […]
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08JUL 2025
Event
Upcoming 16–17 July 2025: Quantifying Education in 20th Century China
On July 16 and 17, 2025, sin-aps will host a workshop on Quantifying Education in 20th Century China: Schools as Production Sites and Repositories of Statistics on. This workshop aims to explore schools as institutions central to the production, storage, and communication of population data. It seeks to bridge scholars using educational statistics with historians […]
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