Doing Mathematics in the Archive – A Joint BSHM Meeting with the INI

Burbanks, A. (Participant)

School of Mathematics & Physics

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Description of Activity

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.

Including: 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."

Period	16 May 2026
Event type	Workshop
Location	Cambridge, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National

Documents & Links

https://bshm.ac.uk/
https://www.newton.ac.uk/
https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/mhm/