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Meetings and Schools

The IUCr MaThCryst commission organizes, in cooperation with other IUCr commissions, Satellite Conferences and Schools on Crystallography. School are of two types:

  • general schools, targetting young scientists (PhD students, post-docs) or researchers from different fields who need to deepen their formation in mathematical and theoretical crystallography;
  • thematic schools, devoted to introducing more specific and advanced topics.

We plan to alternate the two types of schools, on the basis of the availability of the lecturers.

The forthcoming meetings scheduled so far are the following:


12 April 2010-16 April 2010 School on Fundamental Crystallography  Bloemfontein South Africa  [posted 19 Jan 2010]  
21 June 2010-2 July 2010 Summer Schools on Mathematical Crystallography  Nancy France  [posted 19 Jan 2010]  
27 August 2010-29 August 2010 MaThCryst Satellite Conference of ECM26  Darmstadt Germany  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
29 November 2010-3 December 2010 International Schools on Mathematical Crystallography  Montevideo Uruguay  [posted 19 Jan 2010]  

Planned meetings that have not been scheduled yet:

  • Thematic school on Graph theory in crystallography and crystal chemsitry
  • Workshop on generalised non-euclidean crystallography, tilings, entanglement, nets and patterns (Oceania)
  • Workshop on colour symmetry and crystalline networks (Manila)

For inquiries, suggestions and requests write to [email protected]



Past activities

14 August 2009-16 August 2009 Symmetry and Crystallography in Turkish Art and Culture  Istanbul Turkey  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
21 January 2009-27 January 2009 Crystallography online: International School on the use and application of the Bilbao Crystallographic Server  Bilbao Spain  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
27 April 2008-2 May 2008 Summer School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography  Lake Garda Italy  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
20 June 2005-24 June 2005 International School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography  Nancy France  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
4 August 2006-6 August 2006 Satellite Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography  Leuven Belgium  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
18 November 2006-19 November 2006 Theoretical Crystallography and Materials Science  Tsukuba Japan  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
28 August 2005-28 August 2005 Topology of crystal structures: nets, knots and surfaces  Florence Italy  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
15 July 2007-20 July 2007 International School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography  Havana Cuba  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
20 August 2007-22 August 2007 The enchanting crystallography of Moroccan ornaments  Marrakech Morocco  [posted 20 Jan 2010]  
24 August 2004-26 August 2004 International Workgroup on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography  Budapest Hungary  [posted 20 Jan 2010]