An event not run by the BSHM that may still be of interest to our members.
Shakespeare scholar Darren Freebury-Jones and mathematician Rob Eastaway will explore the fascinating connections between Shakespeare, numbers and Elizabethan history. In this illustrated joint talk followed by moderated discussion and questions, Shakespeare scholar Darren Freebury-Jones and maths author Rob Eastaway explore Shakespeare from a fresh angle – through numbers. They reveal new insights into the social, cultural, […]
The upcoming Kirk Distinguished Visiting Fellow Public Lecture by Professor Clemency Montelle, titled "The Ocean of Numbers: How India shaped the way we calculate", will be on Thursday 12 March 2026 at 4 p.m. in Seminar Room 1 at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge. The talk will also be streamed online via the INI website: Kirk […]
The LMS is hosting the 2026 Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meeting and Hirst Lecture, comprising two lectures by Professor June Barrow-Green (The Open University) and Dr Brigitte Stenhouse (The Open University). This meeting will take place both in person and online. The meeting features the Hirst Lecture 2026, given by the winner of the Joint […]
The History of Science Society and the European Society for the History of Science will have their first joint meeting 13–16 July 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland, with the support of the British Society for the History of Science. The theme of the conference is: Shifting Perspectives: Plural Worlds, Contested Sciences. The call for papers is now […]