Celebrating May 12 at Mathematics Münster

At Mathematics Münster, we are celebrating gender diversity with several events and digital activities throughout the week from 8-12 May in the context of the May12 initiative.

Join in! Everybody is invited. We especially encourage FLINTA* people to join.

Photo gallery of the events

Programme:

Monday, 8 May, 1:15 pm, Common Room
Short movie about Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya
Her theorems shaped the modern theory of PDEs of mathematical physics. Free screening is offered by the May12 initiative.
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Tuesday, 9 May, 5 pm, SRZ 216/217
Discussion on "Achieving gender balance in science" with Eva Maria Feichtner
Prof. Dr. Eva Maria Feichtner is the founder and co-director of ALTA (Institute for Algebra, Geometry, Topology and their Applications), University of Bremen, and was the vice president of internationalisation and diversity until last year.
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Wednesday, 10 May, 12.15 pm, SRZ 216/17
3rd lunch time lecture on Gender Biases
"Do we still need equality measures? Gender Biases in Academia and how to reduce them" by Dr. Lisa Horvath
For investigators.
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Thursday, 11 May, 6.30 pm, Restaurant Lido
Joint dinner
We welcome female, inter, nonbinary, trans and agender scientists for a joint dinner on thursday evening.

Friday, 12 May, 2 pm, SRZ 216/217
MM Connect meets Women in Maths
Research talks by MATHRIX professors Franziska Jahnke and Marlies Pirner, afterwards tea time in the SRZ lounge.

Über die Faszination der Mathematik

Das Social Media-Team der WWU hat einige unserer Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen gefragt, was sie an der Mathematik besonders faszinierend finden. Die Bildergalerie mit den Statements ist weiter unten, bei Instagram oder Facebook zu sehen.

Tingxiang Zou: Math is a sea of mountains, covered by mist. I can only see a tiny part from the ground I stand. I follow people and still feel so lost. Some great minds can climb high up and see where the mountains merge, but also see more rising up. It is an endless tough journey, but strangely fascinating.
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Pia Dillmann: An Mathematik fasziniert mich besonders das Zusammenspiel aus visuellem Denken und abstrakten Konzepten. Meine geometrische Intuition hilft mir, algebraische Konzepte tiefer zu verstehen. Um zu einer rigorosen Beweisidee zu kommen, male ich oft erst viele Bilder!
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Alex Tullini: I see maths as a language unlike any other, whose greatest property is the absolute effectiveness at testing some of the limits of human thinking while simultaneously identifying pillars of truth within such limits.
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Margarete Ketelsen: Wenn ich Mathematik mache, kann ich alles um mich herum vergessen und in eine andere, faszinierende und herausfordernde Welt eintauchen. Am schönsten ist es, dabei nicht alleine zu sein und mit den Mitstreiter:innen Frust und Freude zu teilen.
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Estefania Loayza-Romero: What I love about doing mathematics is that it does not matter what your mother tongue is, or where you were born, it only matters how passionate you are about it. Having the opportunity of meeting people from all over the world with the same passion is just fascinating.
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Luisa Meinke: An der Mathematik fasziniert mich besonders, dass sie die unterschiedlichsten Menschen zusammenbringt. Gemeinsam erarbeiten wir Ergebnisse, die universell gültig sind und in fast allen Bereichen des täglichen Lebens einflussreiche Anwendung finden.
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Impressionen von unseren Veranstaltungen rund um den 12. Mai

Fotos

Monday: Opening and film screening "Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya"
Monday: Opening and film screening "Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya"
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  • Monday: Film screening "Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya"
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  • Monday: Film screening "Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya"
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  • Monday: Film screening "Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya"
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  • Tuesday: Discussion on gender balance in science with Prof. Dr. Eva Maria Feichtner
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  • Tuesday: Discussion on gender balance in science with Prof. Dr. Eva Maria Feichtner
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  • Wednesday: Lunch time lecture on gender biases
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  • Thursday: FINTA dinner of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Restaurant Lido
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  • Thursday: FINTA dinner of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Restaurant Lido
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  • Friday: MM Connect meets Women in Maths with MATHRIX professor Franziska Jahnke
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  • Friday: MM Connect meets Women in Maths with MATHRIX professor Marlies Pirner
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  • Friday: Get-together after MM Connect in the Common Room
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Movie "Olga Ladyzhenskaya"

This year, courtesy of Ekaterina Eremenko, the May12 initiative offers the screening of the 30 minutes-length movie "Olga Ladyzhenskaya".
This movie was first presented during the World Women in Maths meeting in 2022 and tells the story of Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhnskaya, whose 100th birthday was in 2022.
You can discover the trailer on Youtube.

About the International Women in Maths Day

Der Tag bietet eine gute Gelegenheit für die mathematische Gemeinschaft auf der ganzen Welt, Frauen in der Mathematik zu feiern und ihre Erfolge sichtbarer zu machen. Ziel ist es, Menschen zu inspirieren und ein offenes, einladendes und integratives Arbeitsumfeld für alle zu fördern.

Der 12. Mai ist das Geburtsdatum von Maryam Mirzakhani, der ersten und bisher einzigen weiblichen Gewinnerin der Fields-Medaille. Sie starb 2017 im Alter von 40 Jahren an Krebs. Ihre wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse sowie ihr Leben und ihre Karriere sind eine Inspiration für alle, Frauen wie Männer. Ihr Geburtsdatum, wurde für den "International Women in Maths Day" ausgewählt, um Frauen in der Mathematik in ihrem Gedenken zu feiern.

More information on the May12 initiative: may12.womeninmaths.org

Explanation of FLINTA*: This German acronym stands for women, lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans and agender people. The * is meant to include all people who do not identify with the terms mentioned, but are patriarchally discriminated against because of their gender.