May 12 Celebration of Greek Women in Mathematics

Moreover, on May 15 our association, together with the students running the Lounge Seminar at the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences of NTUA, organise the following event:

From the Margins to Distinction: Women Mathematicians in History

It includes a talk by the writer Prof. Dimitrios Chassapis, on his recent book (in Greek) entitled "Women Mathematicians in the Margin of History", film screening and discussion. It will take place at 17:00 in the Seminar Room of the Department of Mathematics of SAMPS but will be also accessible via webex at: https://centralntua.webex.com/meet/sofial

Our events are only two of the numerous events that will be Celebrating Women in Mathematics around the world around May 12, 2025: See https://may12.womeninmaths.org

May 12th, 1977, is the birthdate of Maryam Mirzakhani. Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani was awarded the Fields Medal for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces, becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to be recognised for her mathematical achievements by this top mathematical prize. She died tragically from cancer in 2017 at the early age of 40.

On July 31st, 2018, in Rio de Janeiro, the Women’s Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society presented to the participants of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics, (WM)², a proposal that Maryam Mirzakhani’s birthday – May 12th – be recognised and supported to celebrate women in mathematics.