A day of talks reflecting on how archival work can be mathematically fruitful and how a deep engagement with the mathematical content of archival materials can reveal new historical or philosophical insight. This event takes place at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge (full details at the bottom of the page) and online via a zoom webinar.
Book your ticket for in-person or virtual attendance via Eventbrite: Doing Mathematics in the Archive Tickets, Sat, May 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite.
Programme
10.30 Arrival & Registration. Tea & coffee will be served.
11.00 Michael Potter (University of Cambridge). Archives in mathematical philosophy: Some case studies.
12.00 Aoife Kearins (University of Oxford). Epistolary Mathematics in the 19th Century.
13.00 Lunch (included with in-person ticket).
14.00 June Barrow-Green (Open University), Andrew Burbanks (University of Portsmouth), Dan Rust (Open University), Reem Yassawi (Queen Mary University of London). George Birkhoff’s forgotten manuscript.
15.00 Emmylou Haffner (CNRS). Collective and personal archives in the genesis of Bourbaki’s set theory book.
16.00 Tea & Coffee
17.00 Close of Meeting
A full book of abstracts is available here.
In-person registration fees include lunch and refreshments. If you have any special dietary requirements, please specify them when booking.
If you would like to take advantage of the BSHM Member pricing, membership starts from just £18 a year and can be purchased via the BSHM website.