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Dear colleagues,<br>
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The following CfP might be of interest for members of this list.<br>
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David Nofre<br>
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<p><strong>Texts and Contexts: The Cultural Legacies
of Ada Lovelace</strong></p>
<p><em>“That brain of mine is more than merely mortal;
as time will show.”</em></p>
<p>A workshop for graduate students and early career
researchers</p>
<p>Tuesday 8th December 2015</p>
<p>Mathematics Institute and St Anne’s College, Oxford</p>
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<p>The mathematician Ada Lovelace (1815-1852),
daughter of poet Lord Byron, is celebrated as a
pioneer of computer science. The notes she added to
her translation of Luigi Menabrea’s paper on Charles
Babbage’s analytical engine (1843) are considered to
contain a prototype computer program. During her
short life, Lovelace not only contributed original
ideas to the plans for this early computer; she also
imagined wider possibilities for the engine, such as
its application to music, and meditated on its
limitations. Lovelace leaves a legacy not just as a
computer scientist, but also as a muse for literary
writers, a model to help us understand the role of
women in science in the nineteenth century, and an
inspiration for neo-Victorian and steampunk
traditions.</p>
<p>As part of the University of Oxford’s celebrations
to mark the 200th anniversary of Lovelace’s birth,
this one-day workshop will bring together graduates
and early career researchers to discuss the varied
cultural legacies of this extraordinary
mathematician. The day will feature an expert panel
including graphic novelist <strong>Sydney Padua</strong>
and biographer <strong>Richard Holmes</strong>.</p>
<p>The day will conclude with a reception and buffet
when there will be opportunities to meet with
speakers from the Ada Lovelace 200 Symposium, which
will also take place in the Mathematics Institute on
the following two days (9th-10th December).
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to
submit proposals for papers on the influences of
Lovelace’s work, on topics including, but not
limited to, literature, history, mathematics, music,
visual art, and computer science. This might
include:</p>
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<li>Lovelace’s place in the study of the history of
science.</li>
<li>Lovelace and <strong>women in science</strong>
in the nineteenth century</li>
<li>Early nineteenth-century <strong>scientific
networks</strong>, including Lovelace’s
relationship with such individuals as Charles
Babbage and Mary Somerville.</li>
<li>Lovelace and discussions about the <strong>role
of the imagination in scientific practice</strong>
in the nineteenth century.</li>
<li>Lovelace as <strong>translator and commentator</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Mathematics and music</strong>, and the
musical possibilities Lovelace envisaged for
Babbage’s engine.</li>
<li>Lovelace’s own <strong>textual legacies</strong>,
such as her correspondence, childhood exercises
and mathematical notes held in the Bodleian.</li>
<li>Lovelace’s <strong>technological legacies</strong>,
from her seminal work on Babbage’s Analytical
Engine to her impact on computer programming
today.</li>
<li>Lovelace’s role in the <strong>steampunk
tradition</strong>, from Gibson and Sterling’s <em>The
Difference Engine</em> to Sydney Padua’s <em>The
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage</em>,
and neo-Victorian fashion.</li>
<li>Efforts and activities to <strong>commemorate
and memorialise </strong>Lovelace, from the
recent Google Doodle to the annual Ada Lovelace
Day.</li>
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<p>Proposals, not exceeding 250 words, for 15-minute
papers should be submitted to <a
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by <strong>5pm, Friday 28th August 2015</strong>.
Those who are accepted to speak at this graduate
workshop will also be offered free registration for
the Ada Lovelace 200 Symposium taking place on the
following two days. For more information, please
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