Hardy Lectureship


The LMS Hardy Lectureship is named after G.H. Hardy, former President of the Society and De Morgan Medallist. Originally awarded to a distinguished overseas mathematician in odd-numbered years.

The LMS Hardy Lecturer visits the UK for a period of about two weeks, and gives the Hardy Lecture at a Society meeting, normally held in London in July. The LMS Hardy Lecturer also gives at least six other lectures, on different topics, at other venues in the UK; the schedule is decided by the LMS Society, Lectures and Meetings Committee in consultation with the LMS Hardy Lecturer, and is designed to allow as many UK mathematicians as possible to benefit from the LMS Hardy Lecturer's presence in the UK.


Hardy Lectureship Tour 2025:

The London Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the LMS Hardy Lecturer 2025 is Professor Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University).

Professor Riehl will undertake a lecture tour of the UK in June and July 2025, which will include the Hardy Lecture at the Society Meeting on Friday 4 July in London.

If your institution would be interested in hosting a lecture and reception for Professor Riehl as part of the Hardy Lectureship. please contact lmsmeetings@lms.ac.uk.


Hardy Lectureship Guidelines


Hardy Lectureship Tour 2023

The Society was pleased that Professor Eva Miranda (UPC, Barcelona) visited the UK as the most recent Hardy Lecturer. She visited the UK in May, June, July and September 2023 and gave the Hardy Lecture at the General Meeting of the Society on 30 June 2023. She also gave lectures at the following departments around the UK:


Travel/Caring Grants to attend the Hardy Lectures.

Travel/Caring grants of up to £50 to support attending the Hardy Lectures, which are at universities on the Hardy Lecture Tour, were available to mathematicians who are based at neighbouring universities to those universities and would require financial support.

For future Hardy Lecture Tours, if you require support, please complete the application form as soon as you can and at least 3 working days before the Hardy Lecture you wish to attend.  Please note that there are limited funds available and so grants may be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any queries, please email lmsmeetings@lms.ac.uk


For general enquiries about the Hardy Lectures, please contact lmsmeetings@lms.ac.uk