Institut für Mathematik Universitaet Potsdam

Monthly Online Colloquium

Mathematics in Lebanon and beyond


Institute of Mathematics Potsdam

This colloquium will serve as a meeting place for scientific exchange, bringing together mathematicians from the Lebanese diaspora, friends of Lebanon from around the world, and researchers based in Lebanon. By nature, the colloquium will be interdisciplinary and speakers will be asked to prepare pedagogical talks addressed to a wide audience including non experts in the subject. Presentations can be given in French or English.


Farewell on February 20th 2024:

A year after the opening session (on February 7th 2023) of the monthly online colloquium

Mathematics in Lebanon and beyond

which was supposed to serve as a meeting place for scientific exchange, bringing together mathematicians from the Lebanese diaspora, friends of Lebanon from around the world, and researchers based in Lebanon, we unfortunately have to come to the sad conclusion that it has not served its purpose.
Indeed, in spite of the great efforts made by the speakers to deliver talks accessible to the lay person, the attendance has been very low and decreasing with time. The speakers made a special effort which resulted in many beautiful talks!
We have therefore decided to close the colloquium since we do not think it is fair to ask speakers to put so much effort into preparing a presentation of their research in a way that is accessible to a layman, knowing that the audience is so small and may even be reduced to the two organizers.
Lebanon is going through very tough times, which on the one hand motivated the idea of having a colloquium, and on the other hand, also partly explains why mathematicians in Lebanon do not have the time and energy to participate such a colloquium on top of their many teaching duties and own research activities.
Let us say our colloquium has gone into hibernation as spring approaches, and could be reactivated later at a more opportune time!
We thank those among you who contributed to the colloquium with a talk and those who supported the colloquium by a faithful attendance.

Thank you to all,
Take care,
Sylvie and Georges


Past talks:

Monday February 19th 2024

Monday January 22nd 2024 Monday November 20th 2023 Tuesday October 10th 2023
as part of the conference
"At the confluence of Geometry, Analysis and Mathematical Physics"
October 10-12, 2023, at the American University of Beirut
https://sites.aub.edu.lb/humboldt/workshops/meeting-2023/" Wednesday September 13th 2023 Tuesday June 6th 2023 Tuesday May 16th 2023 Tuesday April 4th 2023 Tuesday March 7th 2023

Opening session: Tuesday February 7th 2023


Contact:


Zoom link:
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https://uni-potsdam.zoom.us/j/8733076196
Meeting ID: 873 307 6196
Passcode: 29634559


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