Duke Math Fall Colloquium: Performance of “Uniform Convergence” by Corrine Yap
Duke Math DEI Committee is extending a kind invitation to the NCSU community to attend their Fall Colloquium. They will welcome Dr. Corrine Yap from Georgia Tech, who will be performing a one-woman play called “Uniform Convergence” on Friday, October 27th at 3pm in Physics 128 (https://corrineyap.com/theater/). Dr. Yap has performed this play at many university colloquia as well as at JMM and MathFest, and has received wonderful reviews in AMS, AWM, and MAA newsletters.
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Abstract: Uniform Convergence is a one-woman play, written and performed by mathematician Corrine Yap. It juxtaposes the stories of two women trying to find their place in a white male-dominated academic world. The first is of historical Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, who was lauded as a pioneer for women in science but only after years of struggle for recognition. Her life’s journey is told through music and movement, in both Russian and English. The second is of a fictional Asian-American woman, known only as “Professor”, trying to cope with the prejudice she faces in the present. As she teaches an introductory real analysis class, she uses mathematical concepts to draw parallels to the race and gender conflicts she encounters in society today.
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