History of the Novembertagungs

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The initiative behind the Novembertagungen began in Lamprecht 1990.

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1st Novembertagung, Wuppertal (D), November 1st to 4th, 1990.

Organizers: Thomas Hochkirchen, Uschi Guntermann e.a.

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2nd Novembertagung, Berlin (D), November 7th to 10th, 1991.

Organizers: Tilman Sauer, Sybilla Köhler, and Eisso Atzema.

 

3rd Novembertagung, Utrecht (NL), November 4th to 7th, 1992.

Organizers: Eisso Atzema and Gerard Alberts.

 

4th Novembertagung, Mainz (D), October 31st to November 2nd, 1993.

Organizers: Moritz Epple and Martin Mattheis.

 

5th Novembertagung, Dresden (D), 1994.

Theme: Wechselbeziehungen zwischen der Mathematik und anderen kulturellen Bereichen.
Organizers: Sybilla Köhler e.a.

 

6th Novembertagung, Hamburg (D), October 27th to 30th, 1995.

Theme: Wechselbeziehungen zwischen der Mathematik und anderen kulturellen Bereichen.
Organizer: Aendreas Wilke.

 

7th Novembertagung, Heidelberg (D), November 1st to 3rd, 1996.

Theme: Mathematik und Öffentlichkeit.
Organizers: Victor Wang and Barbara Gärtner.

 

8th Novembertagung, Paderborn (D), October 30 to November 2, 1997.

Organizers: Margret Amedick, Britta Habdank, Ulf Hashagen, Michael Mikolajzak, and Sybille Ohly.

 

9th Novembertagung, Nijmegen (NL), October 29th to November 1st, 1998.

Theme: Mathematisation.
Invited speaker: Gerard Alberts
Organizers: Danny Beckers, Katja Peters, and Carsten Vollmers.

 

10th Novembertagung, Holbæk (DK), Obtober 28th to 31st, 1999.

Theme: How can the Philosophy of Mathematics contribute to the History of Mathematics?
Invited speaker: Peter C. Kjærgaard
Organizers: Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Lise Mariane Jeppesen, Sigurd Elkjær, and Henrik Kragh Sørensen.

 

11th Novembertagung, Brno (CZ), November 2nd to 5th, 2000.

Theme: Mathematics and culture.
Invited speaker: Emil Simeonov 
Organizers: Stepanka Bilova, Lenka Cechova, Helena Durnova, Jitka Hrdlickova, and Michal Novak.

 

12th Novembertagung, Nancy (F), November 8th to 11th, 2001.

Theme: Tools and Objects in Mathematics.
Organizers: Frauke Böttcher, Caroline Brocker, and Ralf Krömer.

 

13th Novembertagung, Frankfurt am Main (D), October 31st to November 3rd, 2002.

Theme: Disciplinary bounderies and disciplinary intersections.
Organizers: Frauke Böttcher and Laura Rodrigues.

 

14th Novembertagung, Vienna (A), October 30th to November 2nd, 2003.

Theme: Traditions and Individuals in Mathematics.
Organizer: Emil Simeonov.

 

15th Novembertagung, Utrecht (NL), November 25th to 28th, 2004.

Theme: Reconstructions.
Invited speaker: Henk J. M. Bos
Organizers: Steven Wepster, Liesbeth de Wreede, Martina Schneider, and Silvia Harmsen.

 

16th Novembertagung, Paris (F), November 3rd to 6th, 2005.

Theme: Rigidity and fluidity of concepts (This theme was agreed upon in Utrecht but not explicit in the invitation or the programme).
Invited speaker: Norbert Schappacher
Organizers: Frédéric Brechenmacher, Jean Delcourt, Matthieu Husson, Guillaume Jouve, Brendan Larvor, Juliette Leloup, Sébastien Maronne, Amirouche Moktefi, Norbert Verdier, Elodie Vieille Blanchard.

 

17th Novembertagung, Edinburgh (GB), November 3rd to 5th, 2006.

Theme: (no theme?)
Invited speaker: David Bloor
Organizers: Josipa Petrunic, Daniel Friesner, Heather Murray, Simon Gardiner, Brendan Larvor, Snezana Lawrence.

 

18th Novembertagung, Bonn (D), November 1st to 4th, 2007.

Theme: Mathematical practice & development throughout history
Invited speaker: Leo Corry
Organizers: Eva Wilhelmus and Ingo Witzke.

 

19th Novembertagung, Holbæk (DK), November 5th to 9th, 2008.

Theme: What can we learn from the history of mathematics?
Invited speakers: Jesper Lützen, Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Kirsti Andersen, and Henk Bos
Organizers: Laura Turner, Mikkel Willum Johansen, Uffe T. Jankvist, and Henrik Kragh Sørensen.

 

20th Novembertagung, Twente (NL), November 4th to 8th, 2009.

Theme: How to put 'history' in the history of mathematics
Organizers: Arjen Dijkstra, Jantien Dopper and Tim Nicolaije.

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21st Novembertagung, Mainz (D), November 3rd to 7th, 2010.

Theme: Lost in Translation
Organizers: Eva Kaufholz and Philipp Kranz.

Invited speaker: Henrik Kragh Sorensen

 

22st Novembertagung, Paris (F), November 3-5, 2011.

Theme: Collectives in mathematical practice
Organizer: Jenny Boucard and Anne-Sandrine Paumier.

 

23rd Novembertagung, Wuppertal (D), November 7-9, 2012.

Theme: Writing and reading the history of mathematics
Organizers: Philipp Kranz, Desirée Kröger, Dagmar Mrozik, and Alfredo Ramírez.

 

24th Novembertagung, London (UK), November 20-22, 2013.

Organizers: Rosie Cretney and Mairi Walker

Invited speaker: June Barrow-Green

 

25th Novembertagung, Nancy (F), November 19-21, 2014.

Organizers: Anny Begard, Samson Duran, Simon Decaens and Christophe Eckes

Invited speakers: Martina Schneider

 

26th Novembertagung, Turin (I), November 26-28, 2015.

Organizers: Erika Luciano, Chiara Pizzarelli, Maria Anna Raspanti, Dalia Deias

Theme: Transfer of Mathematical Knowledge in Journals, Correspondence and Scientific Societies

 

27th Novembertagung, Sandbjerg (DK), November 24-26, 2016.

Organizers: Line Edslev Andersen and Antonella Foligno

Theme: The History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

Invited speakers: Bart Van Kerkhove and Henrik Kragh Sørensen

 

28th Novembertagung, Brussels (B), November 2-4, 2017.

Organizers: Colin Rittberg, Sven Delarivière, Lorenz Demey, Joachim Frans, Nicola Oswald, Nigel Vinckier, Lisa Rougetet.

Theme: Tools for research in mathematics, history and philosophy. 

Invited speakers: Liesbeth de Mol and Ralf Krömer 

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29th Novembertagung, Seville (Spa), Novmber 28-30, 2018.

Organizers: María de Paz, Eduardo Dorrego López, Elías Fuentes Guillén, Manuel J. García-Pérez, Brigitte Stenhouse, Elisa Turiello. 

Theme: History of Mathematical Concepts and Conceptual History of Mathematics.

Invited speakers: Karine Chemla and José Ferreirós

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