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 normally 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.
Forder Lecturer 2018
The Forder Lecturer was Professor Valerie Isham who will visit New Zealand in 2018.
Previous holders of the Forder Lectureship have included:
| Year | Name | Year | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Christopher Zeeman | 2005 | Martin Bridson |
| 1989 | Michael Atiyah | 2008 | Peter Cameron |
| 1991 | Peter Whittle | 2010 | Ben Green |
| 1993 | Roger Penrose | 2012 | Geoffrey Grimmett |
| 1995 | Elmer Rees | 2015 | Endre Suli |
| 1997 | Ian Stewart | 2016 | Julia Gog |
| 1999 | Michael Berry | 2018 | Valerie Isham |
| 2001 | Tom Körner | 2020 | Julia Wolf |
| 2003 | Caroline Series |
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.
Aitken Lecturer 2019
Professor Bakh Khoussainov (Auckland) was the fifth holder of the Aitken Lectureship. He visited the UK in June-July 2019 and gave the Aitken Lecture at the General Meeting of the Society on 28 June 2019. He also gave lectures at departments around the UK as follows:
- Oxford (26 June), Automata and algebraic structures.
- LMS General Meeting & Aitken Lecture, Mary Ward House, London (28 June), Semigroups, groups, algebras, and their finitely presented expansions.
- Durham (3 July), Algorithmically random structures.
- St. Andrews (8 July), Semigroups, groups, algebras, and their finitely presented expansions.
- Liverpool (11 July), Games played on finite graphs.
- Manchester (12 July), Open questions on automatic structures.
- Swansea (15-16 July, date tbc) Semigroups, groups, algebras, and their finitely presented expansions.
- London Logic Colloquium at Birkbeck (17 July). Games played on finite graphs.
Previous holders of the Aitken Lectureship have included:
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Bakh Khoussainov |
| 2017 | Hinke Osinga |
| 2015 | Steven Galbraith |
| 2013 | Robert Mclachlan |
| 2011 | Geoff Whittle |
Submitted by Elizabeth Fisher on 25 July, 2019 17:39