The History of Computing beyond the computer

The Oxford Mathematics Institute and the British Society for the History of Mathematics host “History of Computing beyond the Computer"  on 21-22 March, with speakers Marie Hicks, Andrew Hodges, Adrian Johnstone, Cliff Jones, Julianne Nyhan,  Mark Priestly, and Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze, with a focus on the people and the science underpinning modern  programming, from Charles Babbage’s hardware design language to the systematic exclusion of  women. Full programme below and booking here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-history-of-computing-beyond-the-computer-tickets-40057294446 The event is colocated with HAPOP, the Fourth Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming, taking place on 23 March 2018 https://www.shift-society.org/hapop4/ The events coincide with the Oxford Literary Festival, where  Ursula Martin and Miranda Seymour will be talking about their new books on Ada Lovelace on 19 March 2018

http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2018/march-19