Forder and Aitken Lectureship
Forder Lectureship
In 1986 the Council of the London Mathematical Society, in consultation with Officers of the New Zealand Mathematical Society, instituted a Lectureship to New Zealand. The Lectureship is named after the late Professor H. G. Forder, formerly of the University of Auckland, and a benefactor of the London Mathematical Society.
The Forder Lectureship occurs every two years (in even-numbered years) when a mathematician from the UK, who is a member of the London Mathematical Society and normally resident in the United Kingdom, is invited by both Societies to give lectures at most universities in New Zealand over a period of four weeks.
Forder lecturers are chosen for their eminent contribution as a research mathematician and who can also speak effectively at a more popular level. Previous holders of the Forder Lectureship have included:
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Christopher Zeeman |
| 1989 | Michael Atiyah |
| 1991 | Peter Whittle |
| 1993 | Roger Penrose |
| 1995 | Elmer Rees |
| 1997 | Ian Stewart |
| 1999 | Michael Berry |
| 2001 | Tom Körner |
| 2003 | Caroline Series |
| 2005 | Martin Bridson |
| 2008 | Peter Cameron |
| 2010 | Ben Green |
Aitken Lectureship
In 2009, the London Mathematical Society and New Zealand Mathematical Society agreed to set up a new lectureship which is named after Professor A. Aitken, one of New Zealand’s great mathematicians.
The Aitken Lectureship occurs every two years (in odd-numbered years) when a mathematician from New Zealand is invited by both Societies to give lectures at different universities around the UK over a period of several weeks.
Geoff Whittle is the first holder of the Aitken Lectureship and he will be giving talks during October 2011 at St. Andrews, Manchester, Cambridge, QMUL and Oxford.
Click here to view the Aitken Lecture Poster
Lecture 1 - Well-quasi-ordering Binary Matroids
Lecture 2 - Matroid Representation over In nite Fields
Submitted by Donald Eastwood on 14 September, 2011 12:27