Öffentlicher Vortrag und Diskussion
Emily Riehl: Queer in math and queering math: in celebration of Pride
Wann? Dienstag, 09. Juli 2024, ab 19:00 Uhr, Ende offen
Wo? Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics (HIM), Poppelsdorfer Allee 45, 53115 Bonn
Für wen? für alle aufgeschlossenen Menschen / for all open-minded people
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Queer in math and queering math: in celebration of Pride
Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University)
Abstract:
Queer theory challenges essentialist or normative conceptions of identity, often using personal stories to show the limits of conventional categories. In this talk, I will share my journey as a queer mathematician, tracing the formation of a pair of identities that were more often developed in parallel rather than fully integrated. I will also describe a recent "queering" of the concept of "identity" in mathematics, which enables a more expansive notion of mathematical equality than appears in traditional mathematical foundations.
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Emily Riehl
Emily Riehl is a Professor of Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In addition to her research, in category theory and homotopy type theory, she has written several books and expository articles directed at various mathematical audiences, most of which are freely available online. She has contributed a column "Should all mathematical proofs be checked by a computer?" for New Scientist and an article "Infinity-Category Theory Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of Mathematics" for Scientific American and appeared in YouTube videos explaining the mathematical concept of infinity and the stable marriage problem. She is proud to be a co-founder of Spectra: the organization for LGBTQ mathematicians.