Presentations

Selected talks

Karam, R. (2025, September). La complejización de la física: Episodios históricos e implicaciones educativas. Invited speaker at the 50th anniversary of the Department of Mathematics Education CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico. Available on YouTube.

Karam, R. (2025, July). The complexification of physics: Historical episodes and educational implications. Opening keynote lecture at the GIREP-EPEC 2025, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Karam, R. (2024, June). Invited contributor to plenary panel Mathematics and other disciplines: epistemological issues and their impact on teaching practices at tertiary level at INDRUM 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Karam, R. (2024, October). Didaktische Anwendungen historischer Quellen der Quantenmechanik. Invited speaker at the in-service teacher education Workshop on the History of Quantum Mechanics, Bad Honnef, Germany. Program here.

Karam, R. (2024, November). On the role of complex numbers in the birth of quantum mechanics: Heisenberg vs. Schrödinger. Invited contribution to the symposium Complex Numbers in Quantum Theory at the PSA 2024 biennial conference, New Orleans, USA.

Karam, R. (2022, December) Invited talk at the seminar series from the Southern California Philosophy of Physics group, whose program regularly features leading international experts in philosophy of physics.

Karam, R. (2019, November). Schrödinger’s Struggles with a Complex Wave Function. Talk at the conference History for Physics – Quantum foundations, Vienna, Austria. Available on YouTube

Pospiech, G., Karam, R. (2009, August). Mathematics in physics lessons: problems and perspectives. Symposium organized at the GIREP-EPEC & PHEC 2009 Conference, Leicester, UK.

Complete list (under construction)

Karam, R. (2025, November). Invited panelist at the workshop Revisiting the History of Quantum Physics, Berlin, Germany. Program here.

Karam, R. (2025, July). The complexification of physics: Historical episodes and educational implications. Opening keynote lecture at the GIREP-EPEC 2025, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Karam, R. (2025, March). Invited speaker at the Science Learning Innovation Workshop at Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (Untirta), Serang, Indonesia. Podcasts on Youtube [1] and [2]

Karam, R. (2025, March). Invited guest to give seminars at Medan State University (UNIMED), Medan, Indonesia. Press release and pictures.

Karam, R. (2021, June). Fontes primárias no ensino de física. Invited online talk at CICTA UFPA, Belém, Brazil. Available on YouTube

Karam, R. (2020, November). Decodificando Heisenberg. Invited online seminar at Mestrado Profissional de Ensino de Física, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Available on YouTube

Karam, R. (2020, Outubro). Números complexos na física: Episódios históricos e implicações didáticas. Invited online seminar at Mestrado Profissional de Ensino de Física, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Available on YouTube

Karam, R. (2019, November). Schrödinger’s Struggles with a Complex Wave Function. Talk at the conference History for Physics – Quantum foundations, Vienna, Austria. Available on YouTube

Karam, R. (2018, August). Números complexos na Física: Episódios históricos e implicações didáticas. Opening keynote lecture at the V Escola Brasileira de Ensino de Física (V-EBEF). Available on YouTube

Karam, R. (2017, September). Original uses of complex numbers in 19th-century optics. Invited talk at the Danish Society for the History of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Karam, R. (2016, November). Historical examples of the complexification of physics. Invited speaker at the Physics Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society, Natal, Brazil.

Karam, R. (2014, August). Analogies and metaphors in teaching Maxwell’s equations: Analyzing the didactic discourse of a distinguished physics professor. Oral communication presented at the 9th International Conference on Conceptual Change, Bologna, Italy.

Karam, R. (2014, April). Framing the structural role of mathematics in physics lectures: a case study on electromagnetism. Research seminar, PER group at CU Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Karam, R., & Krey, O. (2014, March). Was zu beweisen war: Formelverständnis in der Physik- Lehramtsausbildung. Oral communication presented at the annual conference of the German Physical Society (DPG 2014), Frankfurt, Germany.

Karam, R., Quale, A., Rowlands, S., Mäntylä, T. (2013, June). Mathematical models and the physical world: HPS aspects and educational issues. Symposium organized at the IHPST 2013 Conference Pittsburgh, June 19-22, 2013.

Karam, R. (2013, June). On the roles of mathematics in physics instruction. Research seminars given at RELATE MIT (D. Pritchard), Boston University (P. Garik), and University of Pittsburgh (C. Singh), Boston and Pittsburgh, USA.

Karam, R., & Mäntylä, T. (2013, August). Mathematical reasoning and knowledge organization: Comparing students’ conceptualizations of the electrostatic field. Paper presented at the ICPE-EPEC 2013 Conference Prague, Czech Republic.

Karam, R. (2013, August). Understanding physics equations and PCK: The case of centripetal acceleration. Paper presented at the ICPE-EPEC 2013 Conference Prague, Czech Republic.

Karam, R. (2012, October). The manifold character of physics’ mathematical nature: Analyzing didactical approaches. Paper presented at the NORD-HPS&ST2– Helsinki, Finland.

Karam, R. (2012, October). Comparing different teaching approaches about Maxwell’s displacement current. Poster presented at the NORD-HPS&ST2, Helsinki, Finland.

Karam, R. (2012, October). The manifold character of physics’ mathematical nature: Analyzing didactical approaches. Paper presented at the First IHPST Asian Regional Conference, Seoul, South Korea.

Karam, R., Brockington, G. (2009, August). Assessing physics’ teachers’ conceptions on the importance of symmetry. Poster presented at the ESERA Conference 2009, Instanbul, Turkey.

Pospiech, G., Karam, R. (2009, August). Mathematics in physics lessons: problems and perspectives. Symposium organized at the GIREP-EPEC & PHEC 2009 Conference, Leicester, UK.

Karam, R. (2009, September) Distorção do papel da Matemática na Resolução de Problemas de Física. Paper presented at VIII Congreso Internacional sobre Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias, Barcelona, Spain.