Former Team Members
Eleonora Sammarchi, Postdoctoral Researcher 2020-2024
From March 2020 to September 2024. I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Chair of History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), ETH-Zürich. My research focuses on the history of algebra with a specific focus on Arabic and Latin sources. The title of my postdoctoral project was “A history of algebraic expressions before the introduction of the term 'polynomial'”. Besides the already published papers, the results of my project will be published in a monograph.
Research interests
General: History and philosophy of science; Global history, Intellectual history; Science and Mediterranean societies
Specific: History of algebra and arithmetic (9th-17th c.); Arabic and Latin mathematics; Al-Zanjānī’s life and scientific production
Current position
Since Oct. 2024 I am a SNSF Assistant Professor and P.I. of the SNSF Starting Grant Project
“Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics (MediMath)”.
I am also Associate Member (Chercheuse associée) of Laboratoire SPHere (UMR 7219), Université Paris Cité.
Previous positions
March 2020 - September 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at Chair of History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), ETH-Zürich.
2018 - 2019 Temporary Lecturer (Chargée de cours) at École Normale Supérieure, Bachelor CEPES, Université Paris Sciences Lettres, and at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Cité.
March - July 2018 DAAD postdoctoral research grant at Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (IZWT), Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
2014 - 2016 Research and Teaching Assistant (Attaché Temporaire de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche) at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
2011 - 2014 Funded PhD-candidate, with complementary teaching activity at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
Education
16.12.2017 PhD in Epistemology, History of Sciences and Technologies at Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot.
2011 Master in Logic, Philosophy, History and Sociology of Science at Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Université Paris Diderot.
2011 Master (Laurea magistrale) in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science at Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Firenze.
2008 Bachelor in Philosophy at Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna.
Teaching activity at the ETH
2020 – 2024 Direction of the courses (ETH-Zürich): Global history of mathematics (HS23); Medieval and Early Modern Science and Philosophy (FS24, FS23, HS21, FS21); History of mathematics from Antiquity to 17th century (HS22, FS22, HS20).
Coordination of the MAGPW Methoden Seminar (HS23) and of the MAGPW Studierendenkolloquium (FS22, FS21).
Organization of research and scientific meetings
2024 Co-organization of the 3-sessions symposium “Describing reality through mathematical models”, ESHS Meeting, Barcelona.
Organizing and Scientific Committee of the 11th SCIENTIAE annual meeting, Brussels.
Organizing and Scientific Committee of the “Luigi Maierù’s International School in the History of Mathematics”, Cetraro.
Organization of the conference in honor of Pascal Crozet “Savoirs scientifiques en Méditerranée”, Lab. SPHere, Paris.
Organizing Committee of the series of surprise events in honor of Karine Chemla, Lab. SPHere, Paris.
2023 Organization of the panel “Early Modern Mathematics in Europe and China”, 10th SCIENTIAE annual meeting, Prague.
Organization of the session “Categories with which historians and philosophers work: geographies”, Seminar of the Center CHPSAAA, Lab. SPHere, Paris.
2022 – 2024 Program coordinator of the Seminar of the Center for the History of Philosophy and Science seen from Asia, Africa, and so on (CHPSAAA), SPHere, Paris
Review Activity
2024 Editorial board of Arabic Science and Philosophy (Cambridge University Press)
2023 Peer reviewer of Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche, SCIAMVUS, Arabic Science and Philosophy, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.
Active membership in scientific societies
Since 2011 Member of the Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabes et Islamique
Since 2011 Member of the Società Italiana di Storia delle Matematiche
2022 – 2023 Member of the Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza