Dear colleagues,
Please find below, as well as in the attached documents, na updated call for application for a Ph.D. scholarship in the history of mathematics. The deadline to send your application to Karine Chemla and Patrick Popescu-Pampu, who will serve as co-advisers, is *June 6th 2022** (*see details below). Don't hesitate to get in touch with us and to circulate this announcement broadly. Please consult the new calendar in the documents here – in English <https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcz0v25fqb8tgxn/2022-05-19-Call%20for%20Application%20PhD%20contract%20CNRS_2022-2025-Def---EN--Updated.pdf?dl=0> and in French <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku667swt93xh090/2022-05-19-Appel-Bourse%20Doctorale%20CNRS_2022-2025-Def--FR-mis%20%C3%A0%20jour.pdf?dl=0).> Moreover, the expected beginning of the contract is *October* *1st,* *2022*, or shortly thereafter (and not September 1st, 2022, as previously announced). *Call for application for a full-time Ph.D. scholarship on the topic * *Interactions* *between* *mathematics and the history of* *mathematics:* *A historical approach based on the* *report by Alexander Brill* *&* *Max Noether titled* *Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Functionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit* *(1894)* Project of the Mission for Transversal and Interdisciplinary Initiatives *Interactions between mathematics and the history of mathematics*: Historical approaches and present-day perspectives PI Karine Chemla <http://www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/spip.php?article78> (SPHERE UMR 7219) Patrick Popescu-Pampu <http://math.univ-lille1.fr/~popescu/)> (Laboratory Paul Painlevé UMR 8524) The collaborative project “Interactions between mathematics and the history of mathematics: Historical approaches and present-day perspectives”, in which a collective composed of historians and philosophers of mathematics as well as mathematicians takes part, calls for applications for a Ph.D. scholarship. *General aims of the collaborative project* The report that Alexander Brill and Max Noether published in 1894 under the title *Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Functionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit* (which can be downloaded from this link <https://www.dropbox.com/s/cll18tkzhe7jw3t/Brill%20Noether%20Bericht%20PPN37721857X_0003.pdf?dl=0>is the center of our project. This book remains of interest for present-day mathematicians. It also constitutes a remarkably interesting document for historians and philosophers of mathematics interested in the history of the history of mathematics, and in particular in the history of mathematics practiced by 19th century mathematicians. Their common goal is to understand how these mathematicians’ mathematical work *stricto sensu* meshed with their historical researches. Brill and Noether’s text has close to 500 pages, and it is a difficult read. This is why it has to be the object of a collective work, which will constitute the natural environment for the PhD student’s work. The project aims to bring together a group of historians and philosophers of mathematics as well as mathematicians to work on an annotated English translation as well as a historical, philosophical and mathematical analysis of *Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Functionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit.* Our cooperation can help make available to English readers an important work which, since its publication in 1894, has become intellectually difficult to access and yet contains treasures for all. *Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Functionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit* offers a historical approach to algebraic functions that is remarkably broad. It was composed in a context in which the German Mathematical Society (DMV: Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung), founded in 1890, started the production of synthetic reports on different branches of mathematics. Brill and Noether gave a genuinely deep historical treatment of algebraic functions and their use in the study of algebraic curves and abelian integrals—an ample generalization of elliptic integrals What is the part played by the history of mathematics for these German mathematicians who practice it extensively? First, how do they practice history? How does the synthesis they aim at achieving require historical reflection, and how does the latter underlie the practice of synthesis? Finally, and most importantly, how does the historical work of these mathematicians relate to their more purely mathematical research? These are some of the key questions around which the collaborative project will revolve. On the occasion of the work on Brill and Noether's report, the members of the collective project will offer a historical reflection on the impact that research on the history and philosophy of mathematics, on the one hand, and mathematical research, on the other, have had on each other. *Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Functionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit* by Brill and Noether is a broad and powerful historical and philosophical reflection on a mathematical field that both authors practiced. It is therefore natural to explore the links between their historical and philosophical work and their mathematical research. *Description* *of the subject of the Ph.D. dissertation/Activities* *and* *Missions* *of the PhD candidate* The present call for applications aims to support the Ph.D. research of a doctoral student whose work will focus on *a part* of *Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Functionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit.* The doctoral student will have to choose a significant part of the book to write a thesis on. The following parts are *excluded* from the possible choices: *Section I, subsections A-J; Section II, subsections A&B; Section V, subsection C; Section X, subsections A-B-C*, since they are already being handled by other members of the collective. The selected section will be in the hands of the doctoral student, who will have full responsibility for it. The Ph.D. project will include an annotated translation of the part chosen. For this purpose, the student will benefit from a unique scientific environment for developing a fine reading of German texts. He or she will be supported by a whole group of colleagues studying the same work (but not on his or her own part). The Ph.D. project will include a mathematical facet, with the explanation of the part of the work treated using modern mathematics. The Ph.D. project will also include some historical work that will serve as a basis for the whole project. For instance, we will need to elucidate the contexts in which the writing of this report was undertaken, the way in which Brill and Noether worked on it, the way in which the report can be situated in their careers, and the nature of the synthesis that the authors practiced. In particular, we will have to determine to what extent their synthesis involved or led to innovation. Finally, we will need to better understand how the work is situated in relation to other reports commissioned by the DMV. This Ph.D. thesis in the history of mathematics will thus be firmly rooted in mathematics. The two advisers of the project being, respectively, a historian of mathematics and a mathematician specialized in the study of singularities of complex analytic varieties, they will be able to supervise the doctoral student in the two aspects, historical and mathematical, of his or her research work. We also expect that the Ph.D. candidate takes part in the organization of the project. *Information* *on the* *contract and on the environment of the work* Work place: Laboratory SPHERE, Université Paris Cité, Campus Grands Moulins Type of contract: CDD Scientifique (Temporary scientific contract) Sections of the CNRS National Committee : « Philosophie, littératures, arts » et « Mathématiques et interactions des mathématiques » Duration of the contract : 36 months Expected beginning of the contract: September 1st, 2022, or shortly thereafter Work load: full time work Salary: around *1753* net euros monthly (amount that needs to be updated when the contract is signed, and to which one must add the reimbursement of half of the transportation expenses) Expected Degree: Master *Conditions for the job.* Candidates applying for this Ph.D. scholarship must have at the beginning of the doctoral contract a *Master's degree or equivalent in mathematics.* They must also have a background in the *history of science*. Finally, it is necessary that the candidates have *sufficient knowledge* *in* *reading German* and that they be fluent in *English*. Students of all nationalities are encouraged to apply. The application file must be composed of the following documents: - a curriculum vitae, including—if applicable—a list of publications ; - a cover letter (2 pages maximum) in which it should appear clearly the contribution that the applicant aims to make to the project, and in particular the part of the report on which he or she intends to concentrate (with the exception of Section I, subsections A-J; Section II, subsections A&B; Section V, subsection C; Section X, subsections A-B-C, which were already dealt with by other members of the collective); - one or more recent scientific writings (publication, master's thesis or dissertation); - a copy of the most recent degree awarded; - the transcripts of the two years of master's degree; - the name and e-mail address of two scientific personalities who may be contacted to offer an opinion on the application. The deadline to send your application to the Principal Investigators (see below) is *May 26, 2022*. The deadline for applying on the CNRS website, which we will indicate to you, is *May 28, 2022*. The position is to be filled on or as soon as possible after September 1, 2022. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by *June* *8* and they will be offered interviews via Zoom or Skype between *June* *11* *and 19, 2022*. Results will be announced immediately after the interviews are completed. This PhD funding is granted for three years. The research will be jointly directed by Karine Chemla and Patrick Popescu-Pampu. The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the Ecole Doctorale 623 " Savoirs, Sciences, Education " (https://ed623.u-paris.fr) of the Université Paris Cité. The candidate will have to fulfill all the conditions required by this institution for a registration in the Graduate School. The applications should be sent only by e-mail to Karine Chemla : che...@univ-paris-diderot.fr and to Patrick Popescu-Pampu : patrick.popescu-pa...@univ-lille.fr <patrick.pope...@math.univ-lille1.fr> It is highly recommended to ask for an acknowledgement that your application was duly received. -- Gisele Dalva Secco UFSM/Brasil <https://ufsmpublica.ufsm.br/docente/19518> +55 55 3220 8440 ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3290-746X> PhilPeople <https://philpeople.org/profiles/gisele-dalva-secco> -- LOGICA-L Lista acadêmica brasileira dos profissionais e estudantes da área de Lógica <logica-l@dimap.ufrn.br> --- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para logica-l+unsubscr...@dimap.ufrn.br. 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