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Public Lectures Overview

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.

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

Upcoming Public Lecture Events

October
29
  • Lectures
Date
Tuesday, October 29, 2024. 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location
CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford University
Speaker:
Kevin Buzzard (Imperial College London)

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Past Public Lecture Events

Date
Thu November 3rd 2016, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Jordan Ellenberg (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Date
Thu May 5th 2016, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Susan Holmes (Stanford University)
Date
Thu April 21st 2016, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Matthew Brown (Director)
Date
Thu December 3rd 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Hewlett Building, Room 200
Speaker
Tadashi Tokieda (Stanford University)
Date
Tue May 19th 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Peter Sarnak (IAS, Princeton University)
Date
Tue November 4th 2014, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Tadashi Tokieda (Stanford University)
Date
Wed April 16th 2014, 7:30pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Étienne Ghys (UMPA, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
Date
Tue November 5th 2013, 7:30pm
Location:
CEMEX Auditorium
Speaker
Cedric Villani (University of Lyon, Paris)
Date
Tue May 14th 2013, 7:30pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Curtis McMullen (Harvard University)

Past Speakers

Professor of Computer Sciences
Univeristy of Texas at Austin
Professor of Mathematics
Princeton University
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Professor of Mathematics
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics
Duke University
Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Dave Donoho
Professor of Statistics
Stanford University
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Tufts University
Professor of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Professor of Mathematics
École normale supérieure de Lyon
Professor of Mathematics
University of Oxford
Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University
Professor of Statistics
Stanford University
Research Scientist
Microsoft
Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University
Professor of Mathematics
IAS
Professor of Mathematics
UCLA
Professor of Mathematics
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics
University of Lyon
Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University