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Andrea Bréard (also published as Andrea Eberhard and Andrea Eberhard-Bréard) is a German
historian of mathematics The history of mathematics deals with the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the History of mathematical notation, mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples ...
and
sinologist Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilizatio ...
specializing in
Chinese mathematics Mathematics emerged independently in China by the 11th century BCE. The Chinese independently developed a real number system that includes significantly large and negative numbers, more than one numeral system (base 2, binary and base 10, decima ...
. She is
Alexander von Humboldt Professor The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is an academic prize named after Alexander von Humboldt and awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation since 2008. The prize is intended to attract internationally leading scientists from abroad to Ger ...
of Sinology in the Department of Classical World and Asian Cultures at the
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (, FAU) is a Public University, public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander is derived from the university's first ...
.


Education and career

Bréard earned a diploma in mathematics at the
Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; ) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Established in 1868 by King Ludwig II ...
in 1991. After continuing study in China at
Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...
, she returned to Germany for a PhD at
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...
in 1997, supervised by
Eberhard Knobloch Eberhard Knobloch (born 6 November 1943) is a German historian of science and historian of mathematics, mathematics. Career Knobloch was born in Görlitz. From 1962 to 1967 he studied classics and mathematics at FU Berlin and Technische Uni ...
. She earned a second doctorate in 1998 in France through
Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Diderot merged with Pari ...
, and completed a
habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...
at TU Berlin in 2008. She worked as a researcher at TU Munich from 1992 to 2004, under the direction of . From 2005 to 2017 she was
maître de conférences The following summarizes basic academic ranks in the France, French higher education system. Most academic institutions are state-run and most academics with permanent positions are French Civil Service, civil servants, and thus are Academic tenur ...
at the
University of Lille The University of Lille (, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the merger of three universities ...
in France, also holding various short-term positions in France, Germany, and the US. From 2017 to 2021 she held a professorship at
Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University (, ) is a combined technological research institute and public research university in Orsay, France. Paris-Saclay was established in 2019 after the merger of four technical ''grandes écoles,'' as well as several technol ...
, and in 2021 she moved to the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg as Humboldt Professor.


Recognition

Bréard was one of two 1998 recipients of the thesis prize of the Association française d'études chinoises. She was the 1999 recipient of the prize for young historians of the
International Academy of the History of Science The International Academy of the History of Science () is a membership organization for historians of science. The Academy was founded on 17 August 1928 at the Congress of Historical Science by Aldo Mieli, Abel Rey, George Sarton, Henry E. Sig ...
. Bréard was elected as a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2015. She was elected to the
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (), in short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academi ...
in 2021.


Books

Bréard's books include: *''Re-Kreation eines mathematischen Konzeptes im chinesischen Diskurs: "Reihen" vom 1. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert'' 'Re-creation of a mathematical concept in Chinese discourse: "Series" from the first to the nineteenth century''(dissertation, TU Berlin, 1997; Boethius: Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften, vol. 42, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999) *''Reform, Bureaucratic Expansion and Production of Numbers: Statistics in Early 20th Century China'' (Habilitationsschrift, TU Berlin, 2008) *''Nine Chapters on Mathematical Modernity: Essays on the Global Historical Entanglements of the Science of Numbers in China'' (Transcultural Research—Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context, Springer, 2019) *''Li Shanlan. Catégories analogues d'accumulations discrètes.'' 'Analogical categories of discrete accumulations''(Bibliothèque chinoise, vol. 40, Les Belles Lettres, 2023)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breard, Andrea Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German historians of mathematics German women mathematicians German women historians German sinologists Technical University of Munich alumni Technische Universität Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina