The Historical Representation of Women in Mathematics @ MathsWorld Lates

Join Professor June Barrow-Green exploring the historical representation of women in mathematics, alongside the chance to visit MathsWorld!

This event takes place on Wednesday the 12th of August and is the ninth of MathsWorld London's year long programme of monthly evening talks and events.

From medieval times to the modern day, female mathematicians, real and fictional, have been represented in a variety of ways, both in pictures and in words. By studying such representations, we learn about the women represented and about the attitudes prevailing at the time the representations were created. But deeper questions are invited:

How did these representations shape the types of mathematical knowledge women were able to claim? What effect do these representations have on modern-day viewers and readers? Do they, for instance, continue to marginalise the mathematical expertise of women? How can they be used to encourage the participation of women in the mathematical community today?

Visitors will have the opportunity to arrive from 18.15 to explore the ground floor of MathsWorld before entry to the upstairs talk area opens at 18:50. The talk will begin at approximately 19.00, lasting approximately an hour, with the centre closing its doors at 21:00.