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Subject: Preliminary Announcement & Call for participation
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Preliminary Announcement & Call for Participation


The next Midwest Mathematics History Conference which will be held on the
campus of Iowa State University in Ames in the autumn of 1988.

One of the themes proposed for the 1998 Midwest Mathematics History
Conference is the use of history of mathematics in the teaching of
mathematics. We also anticipate organizing a session on the history of
logic. Plans are also afoot to include a lecture/demonstration on the
project to rebuild the Atanasoff-Berry computer, according to some the
first electronic digital computer, originally built at Iowa State
University in 1939/40.

If you would like to present a talk on any aspect of the history of
mathematics, please send your abstract to James Murdock, Department of
Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. If you would like to
present a talk on the history of logic, you may send your abstract to
Irving Anellis at Modern Logic Multimedia, Inc., 2408 1/2 W. Lincoln Way,
Ames, IA 50014-7217, or to Professor Murdock. 

As has become customary, Modern Logic Publishing plans to have an open
board meeting with an invited hour speaker and a closed editorial board
business meeting, and also hope to hold a special board session in the
form of a round table discussion for past and present editorial board and
advisory board on MLP's role in historiography of logic following an
account by Irving Anellis of the origins and history of the journal
"Modern Logic" and of Modern Logic Publishing.

In addition, a reception for current and past board editorial board
members and advisory board members will be held in the MLP editorial
office the evening prior to the start of the conference. Modern Logic
Publishing will hold an open house during the conference and everyone is
invited to stop by for a visit.

The organizing committee of the Midwest Mathematics History Conferences is
applying for a grant from the National Science Foundation, and we may
therefore be able to provide financial assistance for conference
participants.

The Midwest Mathematics History meeting will be held some time in late
September or early October; the currently anticpated dates for the
conference are 2-4 October 1998. Exact dates will be announced as soon as
confirmed and will not be finalized until the schedule for the Iowa State
University homecoming weekend has been determined.