Erdős Centennial

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Alfréd Rényi Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Eötvös Loránd University and the János Bolyai Mathematical Society announce that a conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Paul Erdős will be held in Budapest, Hungary, July 1-5, 2013. The topics of the conference include all basic [...]

Upcoming set theory conferences

January 23-29 Forcing in set theory, Kobe January 29-February 4 Winter school in abstract analysis, section set theory/topology, Hejnice February 10-11 Amsterdam workshop in set theory February 27-March 2 Second set theory and general topology week, Bahia March 3 Appalachain set theory, Carnegie Mellon March 31-April 3 ASL North American Annual Meeting, Madison April 7 [...]

In memoriam, James Baumgartner (1943-2011)

Dear colleagues, We are sorry to share the sad news that James E. Baumgartner, one of the greatest set theorists, died of a heart attack on December 28. Jim was born in 1943 and started as a student at Caltech and then moved to Berkeley where he received his PhD under the supervision of Robert [...]

Set Theory related activities for the summer 2011

There are several activities for this summer. 1) The Infinity Conference. 18-22 July, 2011. Bellaterra (CRM), Catalonia – Spain. (in progress) 2) 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. 19-26 July 2011. Nancy, France. 3) Modern Set Theory: Foundations & Applications. INFTY Workshop at the ESSLLI 2011. 1-5 August 2011. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 4) [...]

3rd European Set Theory Meeting – Scientific Program

The 3nd European Set Theory Meeting took place at the Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh, Scottland, July 4-7 2011. The scientific program can be found here. Below are the available slides from invited talks: Measuring sequences of closed sets together with CH, David Aspero Unprepared indestructibility, Andrew Brooke Taylor The descriptive set theory [...]

3rd European Set Theory Meeting

Organizers: J. Bagaria, M. Magidor, J. Vaananen, P. Welch The Third European Set Theory Meeting will take place July 4 -7 2011 in Edinburgh. The meeting is now open for applications for those who wish to attend. The conference is funded jointly by ESF-ERCOM and the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh (with further [...]

The Fourth Young Set Theory Workshop

The Fourth Young Set Theory Workshop will take place March 21-25, 2011 in Königswinter near Bonn. The aim of this conference is to bring together PhD students and postdocs in Set Theory in order to learn from leading researchers in the field, hear about the latest research and to discuss research issues in a cooperative [...]

11th International Workshop on Set Theory – Scientific Program

The 11th International Workshop on Set Theory took place at the CIRM, Luminy, October 4-8, 2010. The scientific program can be found here. The list of participants can be seen here. Minicourses were given by Ben Miller and Hugh Woodin. Notes taken by Andrés Caicedo of Woodin’s mini course can be found here here on [...]

3rd Young Set Theory Workshop

We are pleased to announce the third Young Set Theory Workshop which will take place between 15-19 February 2010 near Vienna. The aim of this conference is to bring together PhD students and postdocs in Set Theory in order to learn from leading researchers in the field, hear about the latest research and to discuss [...]

Young Set Theory Workshop 2009

The goal of these conferences is to bring together PhD students and postdocs in set theory in order to learn from senior researchers in the field, hear about the latest research and to discuss research issues in small focused groups. The second Young Set Theory Workshop will take place between 14-18 April 2009 at the [...]