COMING SOON: TRIUMPHS Virtual Reading Group - Spring 2026!

Upcoming Events:

Upcoming Events:

TRIUMPHS Virtual Reading Group #1-Jan 16, 2026 @ 6-8:00 ET / 3:00-5 PT and Jan 17, 2026 @ 11:00-1 ET / 8:00-11 PT (Tentatively)

• Hosted by: Domonic Klyve and Danny Otero

• Topic: Euclid's Elements, Book II or Archimedes' The Sand Reckoner

TRIUMPHS Virtual Reading Group #2-April 10, 2026 @ 6-8:00 ET / 3:00-5 PT and April 11, 2026 @ 11:00-1 ET / 8:00-11 PT (Tentatively)

• Hosted by: Domonic Klyve and Danny Otero

• Topic: Isidore of Seville's Etymologies

TRIUMPHS Virtual Reading Group #3-July 17, 2026 @ 6-8:00 ET / 3:00-5 PT and July 18, 2026 @ 11:00-1 ET / 8:00-11 PT (Tentatively)

• Hosted by: Domonic Klyve and Danny Otero

• Topic: Brahmagupta's Brāhmasphuțasiddhānta (the Eulcidean algorithm, Diophantine equations)

TRIUMPHS Virtual Reading Group #4-Oct. 23, 2026 @ 6-8:00 ET / 3:00-5 PT and Oct. 24, 2026 @ 11:00-1 ET / 8:00-11 PT (Tentatively)

• Hosted by: Domonic Klyve and Danny Otero

• Topic: Omar Khayyam's Algebra (on cubic equations)

TRIUMPHS PSP Discussion #1 - April 28, 2025

• Hosted by: Danny Otero and Dominic Klyve:

• Here is a link to the recording of the session.

• The following two Primary Source Projects (PSPs) were featured:
  

  • “The Trigonometric Functions Through Their Origins: Varahamihira and the Poetry of Sines” by Danny Otero

  • “The Derivatives of the Sine and Cosine Functions” by Dominic Klyve

TRIUMPHS PSP Discussion #2 - May 7, 2025

• Hosted by: Ken Monks and Carl Lienert

• Here is a link to the recording of the session.

• The following two Primary Source Projects (PSPs) were featured:

  • “Braess’ Paradox in City Planning: An Application of Multivariable Optimization” by Ken Monks

  • “Lagrange’s Alternate Proof of Wilson’s Theorem” by Carl Lienert

Archived Events:

TRIUMPHS PSP Discussion #3 - Sept. 17, 2025

• Hosted by: Ken Monks

• Here is a link to the recording of the session.

• The following two Primary Source Projects (PSPs) will be featured:

  • "The Fourth Root of 2,741,583,974" by Abe Edwards and Bob Bell

  • "An Independent Theory of Permutations: Early Group Theory in the Work of A.-L. Cauchy" by Janet Barnett

TRIUMPHS PSP Authorship #1 - Oct. 15, 2025 @ 2:00 ET / 11:00 PT

• Hosted by: Dominic Klyve

• Topic: Sourcing Good Primary Sources

• Here is a link to the recording of the session.

• Here is a link to the shared Google document for the session.

• The following paper will be featured:

  • Pitfalls and Potential Solutions to Your Primary Source Problems by Adam E. Parker

TRIUMPHS PSP Authorship #2 - Nov. 19, 2025 @ 7:00 ET / 4:00 PT

• Hosted by: Janet Barnett and Danny Otero

• Topic: The Task of Task Writing

• Here is a link to the recording of the session (You may need passcode: =ktznUE5)

• Here is a link to the shared Google document for the session

• The following paper will be featured:

  • Tagging opportunities to Learn: A Coding Scheme for Student Tasks by Janet Barnett, Cihan Can and Danny Otero.