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Roland Glowinski: The Unconventional and Unexpected Path of a Mathematician
2009
More than 10 years have elapsed since the conference, “Computational Science for the Twentieth Century”, was held in Tours, France. The Tours event honored the 60th birthday of Roland Glowinski. The world has witnessed many changes in the last decade, but Roland and his lovely wife, Angela, seem to barely have changed at all. Indeed, they are like fine French wine or Tennessee whiskey; they improve with age. As we reflect upon the career of Roland, it is important that we not underestimate the role of Angela. Everyone knows the old saying, Beside every great man stands a great woman.
Foundations and Foundation Myths of the Troubadours
2019
A review of several origin myths relating to the creation of medieval Occitan lyric poetry. We see a preference for a “great man theory” of origins, though the “great man” may be a fictional woman. Medieval and early Renaissance Occitan authors, including Uc de Saint Circ, Guilhem Molinier, and Jean de Nostredame, used differing origin myths to validate literature in a language that was perceived not to carry the prestige of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Latin or fifteen- and sixteenth-century French.