I organise the History of Mathematics Colloquium of the History Group of the Mathematics Department at the UU.

Upcoming talks:

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List of past talks:

• Mireia Martínez i Sellarès, “On the history of affinity in mathematics” (10 July 2026)
• Nicolas Michel, “Concepts, words, and signs: Eduard Study and the algebraization of geometrical mechanics” (18 May 2026)
• Bas Griffioen, “Beautiful mistakes” (10 April 2026)
• Bram van den Berg, “Future predictions in early medieval manuscripts on chronology” (20 March 2026)
• Jeanine Daems, “Derdegraads vergelijkingen oplossen met kegelsneden met Stampioen” (6 February 2026)
• Rob van Gent, presentation and workshop “The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry and the Medieval Perpetual Calendar” (16 January 2026)
• Marieke Gelderblom, “The graphic method in 19th-century Dutch statistics” (28 November 2025)
• Jan Hogendijk, “The manual on sundials by Taqi al-Din ibn Ma`ruf (ca. 1570)” (3 October 2025)
• Rienk Vermij, “Copernicanism and astrology in the work of Nicolaus Biesius” (1 August 2025)
• Michael Korey, presentation “Of wondrous planets and heavenly machines: Princely astronomy and innovative geared mechanisms in the 16th century” and workshop “BEHIND THE STARS – an interactive educational app for teaching naked-eye astronomy using historical astronomical instruments” (24 June 2025)
• Rob van Gent, “Predicting Eclipses in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period” (21 February 2025)
• Frank Verbunt, “Van Babylon naar Alexandrie: het begin van wetenschappelijke sterrenkunde” (24 January 2025)
• Anne van Weerden, “The strange case of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, en waarom ik dat zo nodig moest doen” (13 December 2024)
• Jan Hogendijk, “Taqi al-Din's text on sundials” (8 November 2024)