Looking for Byzantine and Latin twists in medieval algebra? Then join us either in person or on Zoom!
(send me an email for the link)

Yael Kedar and I have organized a reading group on #RogerBacon 's Communia mathematica. Next Friday, Aurélien Robert will guide us through the first distinctio of the text. Fear not the #Latin! Fear not the #mathematics! It's about time to take this bull (Bacon's Communia mathematica) by the horns!

Join us next week to assess ⚖️📏 the role quantity played in diverse premodern cultural domains and practices.
It is possible to attend on Zoom (if you send me an email).

Congrats to new PhD Silvia Cerasaro, who last week defended her thesis at the Dept. of Mathematics, Tor Vergata (Rome)! She showed how history of math can support math teaching in primary school. Fibonacci on fractions was her case study. I advised her on the medieval side of the project.

Premodern Mathematical Thought is out! I'm so grateful to the brilliant contributors who trusted me as editor. Among them: Mancosu,Trifogli, Rommevaux, Majcherek, Robert, Di Liscia, Roudaut, Biard, De Risi, Clucas, Goddu, & myself.
Time to show this gem some love!
Thanks @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Heading to Venice for this cool workshop. Excited to connect with colleagues working on 12th-c logic!

And I'll be giving a (two-fold) talk at the CHPS on Friday, to present my new book and a bit of my current research project. It's hybrid, so if you want to join, drop a line to @grazianaciola.bsky.social

I’m visiting the Center for the History of Philosophy and Science at Radboud University. Very excited to get to know people that are the authors of some of my favorite studies!

Very happy to be at @harvard.edu for the centennial meeting of the @medievalacademy.bsky.social

After all, like Federspiel said in one of his articles
« la droite euclidienne est devenue, en tant que droite, un être mathématique au contenu intuitif extrêmement pauvre, pour ne pas dire nul – aussi nul, peut-être, que celui du schmilblic hilbertien ».

The @historyscience.bsky.social introduces the John E. Murdoch Prize.

It is awarded for an original graduate student essay examining ancient or medieval ideas in science, mathematics, or natural philosophy, within the Greek, Latin, Arabic, Persian, or Hebrew tradition.

hssonline.org/page/murdoch