British Logic Colloquium

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British Logic Colloquium
Formation1977;47 years ago (1977)
TypeCharity
Region
United Kingdom
President
Jonathan Kirby
Website https://blc-logic.org/

The British Colloquium for Logic (BLC) is registered charity, founded in 1977, with an aim for promoting formal and mathematical logic, and subjects related to formal and mathematical logic in the UK. [1] [2]

Contents

The BLC operates under the direction of a committee, with an executive consisting of a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The current president is Jonathan Kirby.

Purpose

The purpose of the BLC is:

  1. to support, promote, and foster the study of logic. [3]
  2. to encourage the communication of logicians across disciplines within the UK. [3]
  3. to provide financial support for logic-related conferences, workshops, summer schools, and research visits across the UK. [4]
  4. to hold an Annual Meeting with talks on logic in mathematics, philosophy and computer science. [1]

Activities

In pursuit of these aims, the BLC organises an annual conference for researchers in logic. A central aspect of the annual BLC Conference is a workshop for PhD students, and support for PhD students is a key criterion in the awarding of funding. The scope of the annual BCTCS Conference includes all aspects of logic, including mathematical logic, logic in computer science, philosophical logic, and the history of logic. To represent the breadth of logic within the UK, the BLC always actively solicits participants from all of the above areas to offer an environment where members of the various logical communities can meet and exchange ideas.

Additionally, the BLC provides resources, to both members and non-members, relating to logic in all its forms, [5] and members of the BLC are entitled to reduced subscription rates to the journal History and Philosophy of Logic. [6]

History of the BLC

The BLC grew out of informal meetings of logicians first arranged by Arthur Prior in the 1950s. These meetings were first formalized in 1965, by Robin Gandy and John Shepherdson. The BLC was registered as a charity in 1978. [1] [7] [8] [9]

Past officers of the BLC

Presidents

  1. Robin Gandy
  2. John Shepherdson
  3. Wilfrid Hodges [10]
  4. Stan Wainer
  5. Jeff Paris (2005–2007)
  6. Martin Hyland (2008–2013)
  7. Dugald Macpherson (2014–2016)
  8. Philip Welch (2017–2022)
  9. Jonathan Kirby (2023-)

Vice-presidents

  1. Martin Hyland (2005–2007)
  2. Prof Williamson (2008–2013)
  3. Philip Welch (2014–2016)
  4. Volker Halbach (2017–2022)
  5. Sara L. Uckelman (2023-)

Secretaries

  1. David Miller (1999) [11]
  2. Mirna Džamonja (2005–2007) [12]
  3. Natasha Alechina (2008–2013)
  4. Paulo Oliva (2014–2022)
  5. Paul Shafer (2023-)

Treasurers

  1. Roy Dyckhoff (-2005)
  2. Dugald Macpherson (2005–2012)
  3. Charlotte Kestner (2014–2022)
  4. Johannes Stern (2023-)

BLC Conferences

Source: [13]

YearVenueCity/TownCountryDatesNotes
1996 University of Oxford Oxford England5 - 6 July
1997 University of Leeds Leeds England6 - 13 July
1998 University of Cambridge Cambridge England21 - 22 September
1999 Gregynog University Gregynog Wales23 - 25 September
2000 University of East Anglia Norwich England7 - 9 September
2001 University of Manchester Manchester England6 - 8 September
2002 University of Birmingham Birmingham England12 - 14 September
2003 University of St Andrews St Andrews Scotland3 - 6 September
2004University of LeedsLeedsEngland6 - 8 September
2005 University of Bristol Bristol England1 - 3 September
2006University of OxfordOxfordEngland7 - 9 September
2007 De Morgan House, Hardy Room [14] London England6 - 8 September
2008 University of Nottingham Nottingham England4 - 6 September
2009 Swansea University Swansea Wales3 - 5 September
2010University of BirminghamBirminghamEngland2 - 4 September
2012University of ManchesterManchesterEngland12 - 18 July
2013University of LeedsLeedsEngland5 - 7 September
2014 University of Central Lancashire Preston England3 - 5 September
2015 Isaac Newton Institute CambridgeEngland1 - 4 September
2016 Informatics Forum Edinburgh Scotland6 - 9 September
2017 University of Sussex Brighton and Hove England7 - 9 September
2019University of OxfordOxfordEngland6 - 7 Septemberorganized by Jochen Koenigsmann, Jonathan Pila, Volker Halbach, and Sebastian Eterović [15]
2021 Durham University Durham England2 - 3 Septemberheld online [16]

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