events-data.js

// =========================================================================
// HAMIEN LIVE NETWORK EVENTS REPOSITORY
// =========================================================================

const HAMIEN_EVENTS = [
  /* =========================================================================
     🔒 EVENT BLOCK SYNTAX
     =========================================================================
 {
    title: "",
    startDate: "",
    endDate: "",
    locationType: "",
    venue: "",
    description: ""
  },
  */
  /* =========================================================================
     🔒 EVENT BLOCK SYNTAX EXPLAINED
     =========================================================================
    {
    // MANDATORY: The main headline text of your session
    title: "Event Title Template",

    // MANDATORY: Write Year-Month-Day ("YYYY-MM-DD")
    // To include time, add "THH:MM:SSZ" using 24-hour time notation.
    startDate: "2026-11-20T14:30:00Z",

    // OMITTABLE: Remove this entire line if you don't have a specific finish time.
    // If included, the page will automatically render a clean clock range.
    endDate: "2026-11-20T16:00:00Z",

    // OMITTABLE: Remove this entire line if the location is completely unconfirmed.
    // Acceptable parameters (must be lowercase text inside quotes):
    // "online"    -> displays 🖥️ Online
    // "in-person" -> displays 📍 In-Person
    // "both"      -> displays both 🖥️ Online and 📍 In-Person badges side-by-side
    locationType: "both",

    // OMITTABLE: Remove this entire line if session is purely online or venue is unknown.
    // If included, this text automatically appends to the In-Person badge.
    venue: "Science Museum, London",

    // OMITTABLE: Remove this entire line if you have no text body notes.
    // Any web addresses typed here are turned into clickable links automatically.
    description: "Type event notes, sign-up forms, or Jiscmail links here: https://jiscmail.ac.uk"
  },

  */
  /* =========================================================================
     🔒 HIDDEN REFERENCE EXAMPLES (Commented out - copy these to add new events)
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  {
    title: "Example A: Just a Date & Online Location",
    startDate: "2026-11-04", 
    locationType: "online", // Options: "online", "in-person", or "both"
    description: "Use this layout when a date is fixed but the time schedule is unconfirmed."
  },
  {
    title: "Example B: In-Person twilight session with specific venue",
    startDate: "2026-11-18T16:30:00Z",
    endDate: "2026-11-18T18:00:00Z", 
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "Science Museum, London", // Displays nicely as -> 📍 In-Person: Science Museum, London
    description: "Perfect for physical gatherings, museum workshops, or seminar rooms."
  },
  {
    title: "Example C: Hybrid Multi-Day track showing both individual badges",
    startDate: "2027-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    endDate: "2027-01-16T16:00:00Z", 
    locationType: "both", // Displays BOTH individual Online & In-person labels side-by-side
    venue: "Middlesex University", 
    description: "Use this when a session runs in a room and streams to a digital portal simultaneously."
  }
     ========================================================================= */


  // =========================================================================
  // 🚀 ACTIVE DISPLAYED EVENTS (Visible on your website right now)
  // =========================================================================
 {
    title: "Research Project in a Milton Keynes Secondary School",
    startDate: "2024-11-04",
    endDate: "2024-12-17",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "Milton Keynes",
    description: "This was when Jason and Tom's original project took place, as described in our research paper, <i>Integrating history into mathematics teaching: An empirical study on years 7 & 8 students</i> (available at https://doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2026.2676448 (open access)). It was during analysis of the results and discussing the project with teachers that the idea for the HaMiEN began to form!"
  },
  {
    title: "Research in Progress 2025",
    startDate: "2025-02-22T09:43:00Z",
    endDate: "2025-02-22T18:00:00Z",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "The Queen's College, Oxford",
    description: "The 2025 installment of the BSHM's annual Research in Progress event. Jason and Tom presented on Using History as a Pedagogical Tool for Enhancing Affective Development and Academic Performance in Year 7 and 8 Mathematics Classrooms. \n The programme for this event (including a link to the Book of Abstracts) is available here: https://web.archive.org/web/20251016185807/https://www.bshm.ac.uk/events/research-progress-5"
  },
 {
    title: "Talking Maths in Public 2025",
    startDate: "2025-08-27",
    endDate: "2025-08-30",
    locationType: "both",
    venue: "Warwick University, Coventry",
    description: "Tom ran a networking activity called Finding Maths in Museums on the final morning of 2025's TMiP conference. \n Tom wrote an article for the Aperiodical here: https://aperiodical.com/2026/05/talking-maths-in-coventry-transport-museum/."
  },
 {
    title: "MathsConf39: History of Mathematics themes in Maths Lessons: Why and How?",
    startDate: "2025-10-11",
    endDate: "",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "Harris Academy, St John's Wood, London",
    description: "Jason and Tom provided a workshop at this one-day conference aimed at practising mathematics teachers."
  },
 {
    title: "Oxford History of Mathematics Forum talk: The Mathematicians' Library",
    startDate: "2026-01-21",
    endDate: "",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "The Queen's College, Oxford",
    description: "Tom presented about his book, The Mathematicians' Library, to the Oxford History of Mathematics Forum. \n Find out about The Mathematicians' Library at https://tkbriggs.co.uk/other-projects/publications/the-mathematicians-library/"
  },
  {
    title: "Oxford History of Mathematics Forum talk: History in Mathematics Lessons (a research project)",
    startDate: "2026-02-25",
    endDate: "",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "The Queen's College, Oxford",
    description: "Jason presented to the Oxford History of Mathematics Forum about his research project with Tom in which they taught a Year 7 and Year 8 class for a half-term, including history of maths themes in every lesson. The project took place at the end of 2024. \n A research paper on this project, published subsequently, is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2026.2676448"
  }, 
  {
    title: "Research in Progress 2026",
    startDate: "2026-03-26",
    endDate: "",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "The Queen's College, Oxford",
    description: "The BSHM's annual meeting at which researchers in a variety of themes within the history of mathematics present their ongoing work. \n An event report by Luke Wilkes is available at https://bshm.ac.uk/report-bshm-research-in-progress-2026/"
  },
  {
    title: "How History Can Enrich Maths Lessons (at BCME 10)",
    startDate: "2026-10-23T13:00:00Z",
    endDate: "2026-10-23T13:50:00Z",
    locationType: "in-person",
    venue: "Nottingham",
    description: "Rob Eastaway will be chairing a symposium in which he and Thomas K. Briggs discuss <i>how history can enrich maths lessons</i>. \n This is one session of many that comprise the 10th British Congress of Mathematics Education, an event which runs from 23rd to 24th October. \n For more information, including price, venue, and booking, visit https://www.bcme.co.uk/ ."
  },
  {
    title: "MathsJam Gathering 2026",
    startDate: "2026-11-14",
    endDate: "2026-11-15",
    locationType: "both",
    venue: "Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes",
    description: "The annual MathsJam Gathering isn't a history-specific event, but there are usually a few history-themed talks amongst the 40 or so 5-minute lightning talks that make up the bulk of the weekend. A great place to meet people who like maths recreationally (i.e. as more than just an education or work thing). Also on offer during the weekend: the MathsJam Jam, the Competition Competition, and the MathsJam Bake-Off. For more information including pricing and to book, visit https://www.mathsjam.com/gathering/uk/."
  },
  {
  title: "British Early Career Mathematicians’ Colloquium 2026",
  startDate: "2026-06-24",
  endDate: "2026-06-26",
  locationType: "in-person",
  venue: "University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK",
  description: "Jason delivered the keynote lecture <i>‘From the Mathematical Past to Human Understanding: Why History Matters’, exploring how the history of mathematics can deepen human, cultural, and educational understanding of the discipline.</i> Abstract: https://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/BYMC/documents/becmc_abstracts2026.pdf"
  },
  {
  title: "ESU-10: 10th European Summer University on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education",
  startDate: "2026-07-20",
  endDate: "2026-07-24",
  locationType: "in-person",
  venue: "Department of Mathematics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal",
  description: "Jason presented <i>‘Bringing the History of Mathematics into the Classroom: A Research-Informed Workshop for Teachers’</i>, co-authored with Tom. The workshop explored practical approaches to integrating historical material into mathematics teaching, informed by classroom research. Abstract: https://esu10.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/main_29.pdf"
  },
  {
  title: "The Pseudorandom Ensemble @ MathsWorld Lates",
  startDate: "2026-09-21T18:15",
  endDate: "2026-09-21T21:00",
  locationType: "in-person",
  venue: "MathsWorld UK, Arches, 6 Burrell St, London SE1 0UN",
  description: "A musical performance by the Pseudorandom Ensemble ('one of the UK's top ten mathematically-inspired musical combos'). They're a ~5-piece band that plays original music with lyrics based on mathematical themes (including plenty of history lessons!). The musical style is fairly eclectic, but it tends to hover around the folky end of things. Tom will be operating the music desk for the night. Tickets cost £8 per person (or £5 if you have an annual pass to Maths World UK). For more information and to book tickets visit https://mathsworld.com/events/PseudorandomEnsemble"
  },
  {
  title: "InHERited LINES @ MathsWorld UK",
  startDate: "2026-08-03",
  endDate: "2026-08-31",
  locationType: "in-person",
  venue: "MathsWorld UK, Arches, 6 Burrell St, London SE1 0UN",
  description: "Samira Mian's 'InHERited LINES' exhibition, which explores Islamic geometric compositions is at Maths World UK until the end of August (free with MathsWorld UK entry). As a bonus, <b>if you can visit on 13th August you can meet the artist herself</b>, as she'll be there from 10am to 5pm. More info here: https://www.samiramian.uk/inheritedlines"
  },
  {
  title: "The Historical Representation of Women in Mathematics @ MathsWorld Lates",
  startDate: "2026-08-12T18:15",
  endDate: "2026-08-12T21:00",
  locationType: "in-person",
  venue: "MathsWorld UK, Arches, 6 Burrell St, London SE1 0UN",
  description: "Professor June Barrow-Green will explore the historical representation of women in mathematics, asking questions about how these representations shaped the types of mathematical knowledge that women were able to claim, and what effect they have on modern-day viewers and readers. For a more detailed description, pricing, and to book tickets, visit https://mathsworld.com/events/HistoryOfWomenInMaths"
  },

];