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Public Lectures
A recent initiative, joint with the Friends of Stanford Mathematics, is a series of lectures, for the public, by outstanding mathematicians, who are also wonderful communicators.
To view the video of a past lecture, head to our videos page or select the lecture below and scroll to the bottom of the individual lecture page.
These lectures are free and open to all. If you wish to stay informed about upcoming public lectures, please click here to subscribe to our email list: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/mathpubliclecture
Past Speakers
Professor of Computer Sciences
Professor of Mathematics
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Statistics
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Statistics
Research Scientist
Professor of Mathematics
Math Educator, 3Blue1Brown
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Past Public Lecture Events
Date
Tue November 11th 2025, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Everett and Jane Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building of Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Speaker
Grant Sanderson
Date
Tue October 29th 2024, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford University
Speaker
Kevin Buzzard (Imperial College London)
Date
Thu April 11th 2024, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Everett and Jane Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building of Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Speaker
Leslie Lamport (Microsoft)
Date
Thu October 26th 2023, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford University
Speaker
Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin)
Date
Thu May 18th 2023, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Everett and Jane Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building of Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Speaker
Ravi Vakil (Stanford)
Date
Thu August 22nd 2019, 4:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)
Date
Wed May 22nd 2019, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Moon Duchin (Tufts University)
Date
Thu February 14th 2019, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Alain Goriely (Oxford University)
Date
Tue May 8th 2018, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
David Donoho (Stanford University)