Projects

History of Vernacular and practical mathematics in South Asia and Europe

Preparation of a new project and development of new institutional partnership with the French Institute of Pondicherry (India)

The overall goal of the current project is to prepare a long term research project and to develop cooperation between our chair and the external pageFrench Institute of Pondicherry (IFP)call_made in Tamil Nadu, India. The focus of the research project and the cooperation with IFP will be on the history of vernacular and practical mathematics in South Asia and Europe. To prepare the research project, the partners are identifying relevant researchers in India and Europe, locate relevant archival material, formulate strong research questions and a coherent work plan, and publish preparatory academic materials.

This initial project has been supported by a seed grant from the ETH and an Endangered Archives Project funded by the British Library, in which Roy Wagner and Senthil Babu from IFP have been the principal investigators.