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HPM

HPM is the International Study Group on the Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, affiliated to the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).

By combining the history of mathematics with the teaching and learning of mathematics, HPM is the link between the past and the future of mathematics. The HPM Study Group aims to investigate different conceptions and views of mathematics. Its members study different eras, mathematicians, regional and national mathematical schools, mathematical textbooks, and many other topics from the rich history of mathematics. They seek to connect the history of mathematics as a discipline, its roles in education, and the roles that it continues to have in developing mathematical instruction and the curricula around the globe.

Among the members of this group we find researchers in mathematics education, mathematicians, historians of mathematics, teachers of mathematics and curriculum developers.

The HPM Group has a chair appointed every four years, an advisory board of scholars and teachers from around the globe, and an executive board which works more closely with the group’s chair.

Regular Activities

  • ICME Satellite Meetings of HPM, every 4 years since 1984 on the occasion of the International Congress on Mathematical Education
  • European Summer University on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education, every 3 years since 1993
  • The HPM Newsletter 3 times per year
  • HPM at Erme (European Society for Research in Mathematics Education)

Other Activities

  • Regional meetings all over the world
  • Sessions of the ICMI Affiliated Study Groups in the context of the ICME
  • Publication of collective volumes, either of Conference proceedings, or based on contributions in conference proceedings, etc.

For more information on activities and publications please consult the HPM Newsletter, available on the HPM website. The newsletter co-editors are Janet Heine Barnett, Snezana Lawrence, Antonio M. Oller-Marcén, and Luis Puig. The newsletters are published online in March, July, and November every year.

Chair for 2024-2028 is Antonio M. Oller-Marcén, Spain.

The Executive Group consists of

Évelyne Barbin, France
Janet Heine Barnett, USA
Renaud Chorlay, France
Snezana Lawrence, UK
Luis Puig, Spain
Michael N. Fried, Israel

Advisory Group of HPM consists of

Adriano Demattè, Italy
Aline Bernardes, Brasil
Bjørn Smestad, Norway
Constantinos Tzanakis, Greece
David Guillemette, Canada
David Pengelley, USA
Desiree Agterberg, Netherlands
Ewa Łakoma, Poland
Frédéric Métin, France
Gail FitzSimons, Australia
Gert Schubring, Germany
Helder Pinto, Portugal
Helena Durnová, Czech Republic
Iran Mendes, Brasil
Jean Michel Delire, France
Johanna Pejlare, Sweden
Leo Rogers, UK
Luis Carlos Arboleda, Colombia
Marc Moyon, France
Maria Rosa Massa, Spain
Maurice O'Reilly, Ireland
Olivera Đokić, Serbia
Po-Hung Liu, Taiwan
Teresa Costa, Portugal
Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Denmark
Yi-Wen Su, Taiwan

Honorary Members

Abdellah El Idrissi
Abraham Arcavi
Anjing Qu
Chris Weeks
Fulvia Furinghetti
George Booker
Hans Niels Jahnke
Kathleen M. Clark
Kristín Bjarnadóttir
Luis Radford
Manfred Kronfellner
Robert Stein
Ubiratan D' Ambrosio
Victor Katz
Wann-Sheng Horng

To get in touch please email the Chair.