Fwd: Call for applications: Summer School on Mathematical Philosophy for Female Students 2024

[Joao Marcos]

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Idea and Motivation
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the
Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy,
which will take place from Monday 22 July to Friday 26 July, 2024 in
Munich, Germany. Following a series of eight successful MCMP-organized
summer schools on mathematical philosophy for female students, the
MCMP will this year broaden its offering, with a summer school for
women and members of other groups that are under-represented in
mathematical philosophy. These groups include under-represented gender
identities, races and ethnicities, people with disabilities, people
from low income and non-academic family backgrounds.

The school's aim is to encourage students to engage with mathematical
and scientific approaches to philosophical problems, and thereby help
to redress the under-representation of women and other marginalized
groups in mathematical philosophy. It offers the opportunity for study
in an informal and interdisciplinary setting, for lively debate, and
for the development of a network of students and professors interested
in the application of formal methods to philosophy.

This edition of the summer school will feature lectures by:
Jingyi Wu (LSE): “Computational Models of Diversity and Injustice”
Sara Uckelman (Durham University): “What History of Logic Can Teach Us
About the Future of Logic”

In addition, there will be an evening lecture by Barbara Vetter (FU
Berlin): “First-generation philosophers: why they matter, and how to
support them”.

The summer school will also feature talks on mathematical philosophy
by members of the MCMP.

Please see the "Call for Application" below. For more information
about the program, please consult the summer school website at
<http://www.mathsummer.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de>. If you have any
further questions about the summer school, please contact the
organizing committee at maths...@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

The organizing committee consists of Nicola Bonatti, Vanessa Carr,
John Dougherty, Marta Ferreira Esteves, Levin Hornischer, Alessandra
Marra, Francesco Nugnes, Hannah Pillin, Toby C.P. Solomon, Tom
Sterkenburg, Zhouwanyue Yang.

Call for Application
We welcome applications from women and members of other
under-represented groups (including under-represented gender
identities, races and ethnicities, people with disabilities, people
from low income and non-academic family backgrounds) who want to
specialize in mathematical philosophy. The school is targeted to
students at an early stage of their philosophical careers – especially
MA and PhD students – and will introduce them to a selection of core
topics in mathematical philosophy.

The school will include structured lectures by the invited lecturers,
exercise sessions, short talks by members of the MCMP, as well as more
relaxed conversational settings for sharing ideas. There will be a
chance for students to present their own work, by taking part in a
poster session. We will also provide space for students to discuss
their experiences of academic philosophy within a roundtable session.
In addition, there will be an evening lecture on the topic of
first-generation philosophers.

When: 22 -26 July, 2024
Where: in-person, in Munich, Germany.
Participation fee: 75 euro. We have the possibility to grant a small
number of travel bursaries.
How to apply: Please submit a cv and a letter of motivation
highlighting i) your interest in mathematical philosophy, ii) your
belonging to the school’s target group, and (if applicable) iii) your
motivation for requesting a travel bursary. For administrative
reasons, travel bursaries require the recipients to present a poster
at the students’ poster session. Please submit your application
material to <https://www.efv.verwaltung.uni-muenchen.de/summerschoolmpforfemalestudents>
Application Deadline: March 29, 2024