tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post7506585841050597503..comments2023-11-03T08:02:25.369-04:00Comments on AmericanScience: A Team Blog: FIFA, IUPAC, and InternationalismDavid Roth Singermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12841041983824755867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-67484625233305660272014-09-14T22:09:20.049-04:002014-09-14T22:09:20.049-04:00The math olympiads are about a decade older than t...The math olympiads are about a decade older than the chemistry ones, and are definitely part of the internationalism story for mathematics. Still have to figure out just how, but one thing you'll note about Fields Medalists in the 21st century who came from outside the main 20th-century recruitment channels is how many of them got their start with the IMO. That includes this year's first female medalist (Mirzakhani) and the geopolitically significant recent medalists from Vietnam (Ngo, 2010) and Brazil (Avila, 2014).Michael Baranyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563498747614090260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-64550882744420700962014-09-12T09:10:38.798-04:002014-09-12T09:10:38.798-04:00Thanks, Michael! The World Anti-Doping Agency is ...Thanks, Michael! The World Anti-Doping Agency is one organization that falls smack in the middle of international science and sport (and is considered rather more professional and effective than nation-level agencies, I think). And I'd love to read something about international science and math competitions, like the International Math Olympiad - you have done some research on this, as I recall? The first International Chemistry Olympiad was held in Prague in June 1968, in the waning days of the Prague Spring - there must be a story there!Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18194354174479536249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-54886903712194695622014-09-11T19:59:59.792-04:002014-09-11T19:59:59.792-04:00Great post, Evan! I wonder how you would see the i...Great post, Evan! I wonder how you would see the interaction between sporting and scientific internationalism beyond just analogy? You mention doping, for one. One of the main characters in my dissertation is Harald Bohr (younger brother of Niels), who was an olympic medalist with the Danish football team and an important backer of the 1950 International Mathematical Union, though I haven't seen a way to link these.<br />You show really well how the different meanings of internationalism don't need to be resolved to do work for those who claim them. This ambiguity, I think, is a key part of what makes international institutions function. Imagine FIFA or IUPAC (or the IMU) trying to pin down just what kind of internationalism they sought (as an ideal, or as a standard for their legitimacy), and then having to match that standard to their day-to-day operations.Michael Baranyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563498747614090260noreply@blogger.com