Women in science in Africa, a silent revolution
Movie projection and discussion about women in mathematics and breast cancer prevention.
Movie Screening 'Women In Science In Africa, A Silent Revolution'
|
May 12, the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to be awarded a field medal is chosen to celebrate ‘Women in Mathematics’ worldwide. On this occasion, the Department of Mathematics, Abeda Inamdar Senior College, Pune, India has organized a movie screening event. All are welcome to be a part of the event. |
The event details are as under:
Celebration of Women in Math
As suggested by the May12 Initiative, we will be screening the award-winning film "Women in science in Africa, A SILENT REVOLUTION" (in English). In order to participate, please register at the following link: https://www.mis.mpg.de/calendar/lectures/2022/abstract-33934.html.
May 12 celebration at Utrecht University
May 12 was the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani (1977 - 2017), an Iranian mathematician and professor at Stanford University. She worked on geometry and dynamical systems and in 2014 she was the first woman to win the FIelds medal (the “Nobel prize of mathematics”). In her memory, May 12 was chosen as a day to globally celebrate women in mathematics.
The Mathematical Institute is therefore organising an event on May 12, 2022. Students, staff and other interested people are all very welcome!
The programme consists of two parts and will be as follows:
Screening of "Picture a Scientist" in IV LO in Lodz
Fourteen people registered in the school.
Projection of the Film Secrets of the Surface
The documentary film Secrets of the Surface by George Csicsery will be available for view by students and staff of the
Mathematics Department of the Université de Lille in France.
International Woman's Mathematics Day - USYD
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is hosting an in-person (and online) celebration for International Woman's Mathematics Day!
he 12th of May is the birthday of the extraordinary mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, who in 2014 became the first woman and the first Iranian to be awarded a Fields Medal. Maryam died of cancer in 2017, at just 40 years of age. We will host a free screening of the documentary:
Secrets of the Surface: the Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani
Collective Virtual Screening of Picture a Scientist!
We're hosting a virtual screening of the Picture a Scientist documentary, with virtual socialising before and after via Zoom
Collective Picture a Scientist viewing in New Zealand
We will be screening together the documentary: Picture a Scientist
Words of Women in Mathematics in the Time of Corona (launching)
Available for screening on May 12. Trailer. Film (preliminary version).
On May 12th, at 10 am, the filmmaker Irina Linke, and various women who contributed, will tell us about their experience around the project in a
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 850 7783 7874
Passcode: WWMTC
