Midwest Topology Seminar

The Midwest Topology Seminar has run since the middle 1960's, meeting Fall, Winter and Spring of most years. Originating in the desire of topologists in Chicago in the mid 1960s to meet to discuss recent developments, it grew into a meeting of algebraic and geometric topologists from the whole great lakes, upper midwest, region, regularly drawing participants from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ontario, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kansas. Speakers are drawn from around the world, though, naturally, the majority come from the region. It is an especially useful way for students to make contacts.

Now that we have gone online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seminar has expanded its reach. Long-term, of course we hope that the pandemic will end.

Upcoming meetings

• The Midwest Topology Seminar in Fall 2020 will be held in an online format on October 8, 2020.

  Three 45-minute talks will be separated by two 30-minute coffee breaks. The breaks will be structured to provide an opportunity for small group conversation in breakout rooms. Participants will be able to move themselves between rooms, and will be able to see who is in other rooms. (Note: Breakout room functionality works imperfectly with a smartphone or tablet. It’s best to use a computer for this.)

  Schedule: Thursday October 8 (all times eastern) (times to be anounced)

  • J. D. Quigley, Cornell University
  • Inbar Klang, Columbia University
  • Maria Yakerson, Universität Regensburg

  Please visit the seminar's website to register and obtain a link to the Zoom meeting.

Connections

Lists of meetings:
    Here are some sources for information about conferences in the field.

• Alg-Top Conf: Niles Johnson's list of conferences of interest to algebraic topologists.
• The York University Topology Atlas list of conferences and seminars.
  (Includes lists of past meetings as well as upcoming ones.)
• The K-Theory Calendar

Related sites:

• Algebraic topology discussion list
• arXiv
• British Topology
• Cascade Topology Seminar
• Hopf archive
• Transpennine Topology Triangle

Midwest Topology Seminar Mailing List:
   The MWTOPSEM mailing list has been retired. Announcements are now made through this web page, through Don Davis' AlgTop-L list , and through Alg-Top Conf Niles Johnson's list of upcoming conferences.

Participating Institutions: These are the home institutions of the regular participants in the Seminar.

• Calvin College
• Cleveland State University
• Illinois State University
• Indiana University
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• John Carroll University
• Kansas State University
• Michigan State University
• Northwestern University
• Ohio State University
• Purdue University
• Purdue University Calumet
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Kentucky
• University of Michigan
• University of Minnesota
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Wisconsin
• Wayne State University
• Western Michigan University

Still to come

Other things which might go here are:

1. An archive of past meetings. I have what can be gleaned from Larry Taylor's MWTOPSEM archive, but that only goes back to 1994. It would be nice to get copies of the schedule of talks from early meetings. If you have such, I can scan them if they are in good condition, or find someone to transcribe them, if not.
2. Something about the history of the Midwest Topology Seminar, as it is a rather unique non-institution.
3. Directions to the meeting sites. (After a few rounds this ought to be pretty complete, and serve as an easy way to find directions to any department in the midwest with algebraic topologists in it.)
4. Pointers to other algebraic topology web pages.