About MACAS | Symposium MACAS

The symposium series MACAS (Mathematics and its Connections to the Arts and Sciences) was founded in 2005 by an international group of researchers and held for the first time at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany. In 2019, the 6th symposium took place at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (click here).

The vision behind the MACAS initiative is to achieve a humanistic mode of education, that is, to combine various disciplines into a single curriculum, an approach that was suggested by Renaissance philosophers. According to this philosophical view, the goal is to educate students by allowing them to pursue various fields of study while being introduced to a more holistic perspective through multiple connections between mathematics, the arts, and sciences. Given the challenges of the 21st century, a modern interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary education has taken on new and greater importance. In this context, the field of mathematics plays a key role because it is linked to all other disciplines and can serve as a bridge between them. This is the approach of MACAS - Mathematics and its Connections to The Arts and Sciences.

MACAS brings together educators and researchers focused on or connected to these fields of study: both those well-established at the forefront of international research and practice, and emerging young talents. The conference will provide a breeding ground for scientific exchange, new partnerships and reflection on commonalities and differences between different viewpoints and approaches.