LMS Society Meeting: Mary Cartwright Lecture 2026
The LMS is delighted to announce the 2026 Mary Cartwright Lecture will be given by Kasia Rejzner (University of York).
The Mary Cartwright Lecture is an annual lecture organised by the Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics and forms part of the annual programme of Society Meetings. The event was established by the LMS in 2000 and is named after Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright, the first female mathematician FRS, the first woman to receive the Sylvester Medal, the first woman to receive the LMS De Morgan Prize and the first female President of the LMS. The aim is to celebrate the achievements of distinguished women mathematicians; previous speakers include former LMS Presidents Dame Frances Kirwan, Caroline Series, Ulrike Tillmann.
This is a free event and we welcome all who are interested to attend this event, with registration open both to LMS Members and to non-members.
Programme (all times GMT)
| 13:00 |
Opening of the meeting and Society Business from Jens Marklof (LMS President) |
| 13:10 |
Sara Lombardo (LMS Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics Chair) will give some background on Mary Cartwright and introduce the first speaker. |
| 13:15 |
Supporting lecture TBC |
| 14:00 | BREAK |
| 14:10 |
2026 Mary Cartwright Lecturer Kasia Rejzner (University of York) Title abstract TBC |
| 15:00 | END |
Accessibility
This event is online only and will be streamed via Zoom.
Closed captions will be enabled on Zoom, and we will endeavour to upload this to our LMS YouTube channel as soon as possible after the event.
If you have any accessibility questions not covered by the above, please contact womenanddiversity@lms.ac.uk.
Registration
If you have any queries on any of the above, please contact womenanddiversity@lms.ac.uk
Grants of up to £200 are available to parents and carers who wish to attend this event and require help towards caring costs. Please see the Caring Supplementary Grants page on the LMS website. Please submit your application no later than 15:00 on Friday 30 October 2026. For any questions on Caring Grants, please contact caringgrants@lms.ac.uk.