Set Theory in the United Kingdom 4, Oxford

We are happy to announce the fourth installment of the Set Theory in the 
UK series! This will take place in the Mathematical Institute at Oxford on 
the 14th of December. The STUK4 webpage has all the relevant information: 
https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/adamday/stuk4/

The two main speakers are Philipp Schlicht and Carolin Antos. Shorter 
talks will be given by John Howe, Joel David Hamkins, Philip Welch and 
Asaf Karagila.

The day opens with tea and coffee at 10:30am, with the first talk 
beginning in lecture room L3 at 11:00am. We conclude with a social dinner 
at 7:30pm in The Crown <https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/restaurants/southeast/thecrownoxford#> 
on Cornmarket Street.

We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford!

Kind regards,
Sam and Joel

Di Prisco Fest, Bogota

A conference in honour of Carlos di Prisco’s birthday will take plave at the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 27-29 Nov 2019. Carlos di Prisco, who has been a supporter of the ASL’s activities for many years, will turn 70 years old in October 2019. This conference is held in honor of his life and work. It is intended for a wide audience, especially for students, but will also include the participation of mathematicians who have worked with Carlos and are close to him. Please see the conference website: https://matematicas.uniandes.edu.co/eventos/2019/dipriscofest/ Invited speakers include: J. Bagaria, C. Brech, J. Lopez-Abad, N. Dobrinen, A. Arias, and X. Caicedo. Members of the Organizing Committee: A. Villaveces, C. Uzcategui and J. Mijares.

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Maître de conferences position, Reunion

A position as maître de conferences is opened in the University of Reunion (Indian Ocean, France).

Set theory and logic belongs to the priority areas.

The deadline is the 21/11/2019. The qualification of the French university system is needed to apply, so you need to have obtained this in the qualification round 2018-19 or before.

The salary of a maître de conferences in Reunion is 53% more than in the mainland of France.

More detailed information can be found here : https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/FIDIS/9740478B/FOPC_9740478B_4272.pdf

For further information, please contact Marc de Crisenoy: http://lim.univ-reunion.fr/staff/mdecrise.

XV International Luminy workshop in Set Theory

The 15th International Luminy workshop in set theory took place at the CIRM, Luminy near Marseille September 23-27 2019. The program and slides of some of the talks can be seen here:

https://conferences.cirm-math.fr/2052.html

Videos of some of the lectures can be seen here.

The conference photo is below.

Postdoctoral program: Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris – deadline December 2 2019

The Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris provides funding for 20 years of post-doctoral fellowships in mathematics and in computer science for the 2020-2021 academic year. Appointed fellows will hold one or two-year positions in affiliated research laboratories, starting in October 2020.

For more information please see: https://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/en/postdoctoral-programmes-247.htm

The deadline for applications is December 2 2019.

If you are interested in applying in logic and set theory, please contact: Boban Velickovic

Position as Maitre de conférence in mathematical logic, Paris (France), Deadline: 24 Oct 2019

There will be an opening for a Maitre de Conférence position (Assistant Professor) in Mathematical Logic at the University of Paris Diderot in 2020. Set Theory will be one of the priority areas. The hiring procedure in France requires candidates to go through a qualification procedure. This procedure is done by the CNU (ministry committee). More information can be found on the following website:

https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/cand_qualification_droit_commun.htm

In order to initiate the procedure the candidates should create an account on the website

https://galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/antares/can/index.jsp

The deadline for doing this is October 24 2019. The candidates then have till December 17 to upload their file (cv, publications, etc) . The committee then examines the files and the results are announced in February 2020. The actual positions will be announced in March 2020, but in order to apply the candidates already need to have the qualification.

For more information, please contact Boban Velickovic

Honorary doctorate for Saharon Shelah

Saharon Shelah will receive an honorary doctorate from TU Wien
(the Vienna University of Technology) on Dec 3, 2019.