Orador Convidado
Rossana Tazzioli (Université de Lille)
Rossana Tazzioli is professor of the history of mathematics at the University of Lille (France). She is a specialist in 19th and 20th century mathematics, in particular the relationship between differential geometry and mathematical physics. She has also dealt with mathematics and mathematicians during the First World War and the history of the Italian Mathematical Union during the fascist regime.
Some recent publications:
F. Cardin, R. Tazzioli, Levi-Civita simplifies Einstein. The Ricci rotation coefficients and unified field theories, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 2023, 78 (1), pp.87-126.
L. Giacardi, R. Tazzioli, Le Bollettino dell’Unione Matematica Italiana (BUMI) et ses enjeux politiques et idéologiques (1922-1943), Circulations mathématiques dans et par les journaux : histoire, territoires et publics (edited by H. Gispert, P. Nabonnand, J. Peiffer), College Publications, to appear in 2024.
L. Mazliak, R. Tazzioli, Mathematical Communities in the Reconstruction After the Great War, 1918-1928, Springer, 2021.
The Italian Mathematical Union, 1922-1939. Individual trajectories and collective dynamics
The Italian Mathematical Union (Unione Matematica Italiana, UMI) was established in 1922, coinciding with the emergence of the first fascist government. By delving into documents from the UMI Archives (housed in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bologna), we aim to uncover the responses of its members to significant events during the tumultuous inter-war period.
How did Italian mathematicians judge the contentious establishment of this institution amidst the political upheaval? What role did the society play in organizing the Bologna Congress in 1928, which marked the first truly International Congress of Mathematicians after the First World War? Additionally, how did the UMI address the requirement to pledge loyalty to the Fascist regime and the reprehensible racial laws that compelled Jewish mathematicians to depart from academia?
Ultimately, we show the impact of political developments on Italian mathematicians and the field of mathematics as a whole. This analysis will extend to examining mathematical contributions published in the UMI's journal, the Bollettino, shedding light on the intertwining of politics and mathematics during this turbulent period.