List of public lecture series
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Recurrent series of notable public lectures are presented in various countries.
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General
=Australia=
- The Boyer Lectures delivered by prominent Australians, broadcast annually by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- The Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture, held annually at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
- The George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology, held annually at the Australian National University in Canberra.
=Canada=
- The Massey Lectures are held at and sponsored by Massey College at the University of Toronto annually
- The Watts Lectures are held several times each year at the University of Toronto Scarborough
=Denmark=
- The H.C. Ørsted Lectureship held at and sponsored by The Technical University of Denmark, annually
- Public Lectures in Science (In Danish: Offentlige Foredrag i Naturvidenskab) sponsored by Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, and held in Vejle, Horsens, Herning and Aarhus.{{cite web|url=http://scitech.au.dk/foredrag/|title=Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet - Livestream og live|website=scitech.au.dk}}
=India=
- Vasant Vyakhyanmala is a traditional annual spring lecture series held in Pune, India, for the last 140 years and hosted by Vaktruttvottejak Sabha.{{cite news|title=Vasant Vyakhyanmala to start from April 21|url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4714231410731082713&SectionId=5171561142064258099&SectionName=Pune&NewsDate=20110419&NewsTitle=Vasant%20Vyakhyanmala%20to%20start%20from%20April%2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225212301/http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4714231410731082713&SectionId=5171561142064258099&SectionName=Pune&NewsDate=20110419&NewsTitle=Vasant%20Vyakhyanmala%20to%20start%20from%20April%2021|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 25, 2014|accessdate=9 December 2014|agency=sakaltimes|issue=19 April 2011|publisher=sakal news papers|date=19 April 2011}}{{cite news|title=Month-long spring lecture series that has been a tradition for centuries in Pune will be held till May 20.|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-vasant-vyakhyanmala-a-century-old-lecture-series-kicks-off-in-pune-1980780|accessdate=9 December 2014|agency=dna|publisher=dna}}
- NITI (National Institute for Transforming India), India lectures series: Transforming India{{cite web|url=http://niti.gov.in/content/niti-lectures-transforming-india|title=Lecture 3: Competitiveness Of Nations & States - New Insights - NITI Aayog, (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of India|website=niti.gov.in}}
=New Zealand=
=United Kingdom=
- The Dingwall Beloe Lecture Series, held at the British Museum annually, intended to make new contributions to the history of horology, with a particular international focus.
- Gresham College gives free public lectures since it was founded in 1597
- The Reith Lectures, broadcast annually on the BBC, founded in honour of Lord Reith
- The Romanes Lectures, on "any topic in the Arts, Science, or Literature", given annually at the University of Oxford founded by George Romanes
- The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have presented scientific ideas to young people in an entertaining manner since 1825.
=United States=
- The Art, Technology, and Culture (ATC) Lecture Series, at University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
- The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA
- Distinctive Voices, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, presents lectures on a wide range of scientific and technical topics at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA and the Jonsson Center in Woods Hole, MA{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/distinctive-voices/ |title=Distinctive Voices Home |publisher=Nasonline.org |date= |accessdate=2013-06-17}}
- The Morgenthau Lectures, at the Carnegie Council in New York
- The Watson Lecture Series, at the California Institute of Technology, which began in 1922, presents lectures on science and engineering from the institute's researchers{{cite web|url=https://events.caltech.edu/series/watson |title=The Watson Lecture Series|publisher=caltech.edu |date= |accessdate=2023-12-01}}
Social and political
=United States=
- The Irving E. Carlyle Lecture Series at Wake Forest University
- Landon Lecture Series at Kansas State University{{cite web|url=http://ome.ksu.edu/lectures/landon/index.html |title=Landon Lecture Series - Home Page - KSU-OME |publisher=Ome.ksu.edu |date=2004-07-31 |accessdate=2013-06-17}}
- Whizin Center Public Lecture Series at the American Jewish University{{cite web|url=http://wcce.ajula.edu/Content/forms/pls2009.asp?CID=1137&t=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228063147/http://wcce.ajula.edu/Content/forms/pls2009.asp?CID=1137&t=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 December 2008|title=2OO9 PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES - WHIZIN CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION ( WCCE ) American Jewish University ( AJULA ) formerly University of Judaism ( Form )|date=28 December 2008}}
Aeronautics and astronautics
=United States=
- Evolution of Flight Lecture Series from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Computer science
=Canada=
=Greece=
- Distinguished Lecturer Series - Leon The Mathematician] at School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki{{cite web|title=Leon the Mathematician|url=https://www.csd.auth.gr/en/news/lectures/|publisher=Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – School of Informatics|date=28 March 2017}}
=United States=
- CDS Lecture Series at Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory, Institute for Systems Research at University of Maryland, College Park
- MURL Lecture Series at Multi-University/Research Laboratory (MURL) as a group of institutions:[https://web.archive.org/web/20040331171652/http://murl.microsoft.com/ Seminar series: recently added lectures], Multi-University/Research Laboratory, March 31, 2004.
- School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University;
- Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
- Microsoft Research;
- School of Engineering, Stanford University;
- Dept. of Computer Science, University of Washington; and
- Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
History and humanities
=United Kingdom=
- Caird Medal lecture series at the National Maritime Museum
- E. A. Lowe Lectures, given triennially at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, on palaeography
- Ford Lectures, given annually at Oxford University on British history
- Lyell Lectures, given annually at Oxford University on the history of the book or bibliography
- McKenzie Lectures, given annually at Oxford University on the history of the book, scholarly editing, textual criticism, or bibliography
- Panizzi Lectures, given annually at the British Library on a topic in bibliography or book history
- Sandars Lectures, given annually at Cambridge University on a topic in bibliography or book history
- Lees Knowles Lectures, given annually military history at Trinity College, Cambridge
- Raleigh Lectures on History at the British Academy,{{cite web |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/series.html |title=Information about the British Academy's Lecture series - British Academy |publisher=Britac.ac.uk |accessdate=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625095054/http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/series.html |archive-date=2008-06-25 |url-status=dead }} London, England,
- Black History for Action at Lambeth Town Hall, London, England.
- Keynes Lectures in Economics at the British Academy, London, England.
=United States=
=Hungary=
=The Netherlands=
- Nexus Lectures since 1994 {{Cite web|url=https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activities/?event_type%5B0%5D=lecture#filter|title = Activities}}
- Mosse Lectures, given annually in Amsterdam{{cite book|last=Grevelink|first=Maaike|year=2010|title=Lof van de lezing. Gids voor de 154 meest prestigieuze lezingen|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/grev037lofv01_01/grev037lofv01_01_0089.php|publisher=Elsevier|pages=191–192|isbn=978-90-6882-798-9|language=Dutch|trans-title=Praise of the lecture. Guide to the 154 most prestigious lectures}}
Journalism and media studies
=United States=
Law
=United Kingdom=
Mathematics and mathematical sciences
=United Kingdom=
- Sir David Wallace Lecture Series at Loughborough University
=United States=
- Spring Lecture Series at University of Arkansas
Neurosciences and mind/brain sciences
=Australia=
- The Melbourne Neuroscience Public Lecture Series at The Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, University of Melbourne
=Canada=
- Treva Glazebrook Lecture Series at University of Western Ontario
=United States=
- CSHL Adult Lectures at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Contemporary Neurology and Neuroscience Evening Lecture Series at Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
- Cognitive Neuroscience Lecture Series at Center for Neural Science|the Center for Neural Science, New York University
- Duke Neurobiology Lecture Series at Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
- Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture Series by the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory University
- Gardner Murphy Memorial Lecture Series by the American Society for Psychical Research
- HHMI's Neuroscience Lecture Series at Howard Hughes Medical Institute{{cite web|title=Neuroscience|url=https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/neuroscience-collection|publisher=HHMI BioInteractive}}
- IHF Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory at Irvine Health Foundation
- Interdisciplinary Seminar at Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience (OCNS)
- Distinguished Lecturer Series at UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
- Mind, Brain and Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series at Center for Cognitive Neurosciences, Duke University
- Mind/Brain Lecture Series at Swartz Foundation
- MNIF Public Lecture Series at Montana Neuroscience Institute Foundation
- Neuroscience Lecture Series at University of Wisconsin–Madison
- NRC Lecture Series at Neuroscience Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- NUIN Lecture Series at the Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience
- Pinkel Endowed Lecture Series at Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania
- Wyeth Distinguished Lecture Series in Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University
- Yerkes Neuroscience Lecture Series by Neuroscience Division, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Physics
=Canada=
- Perimeter Institute's Public Lecture Series at Perimeter Institute
=United Kingdom=
- Sir Nevill Mott Lecture Series at Loughborough University
=United States=
- Fermilab Lecture Series at Fermilab
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship before the American Astronomical Society
- Jansky Lectureship before the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Leon Pape Memorial Lecture Series at California State University at Los Angeles
- Lyman Parratt Lecture Series at Cornell University
- Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Richtmyer Memorial Award Lectureship, by the American Association of Physics Teachers
Medical sciences
=Italy=
- Giuseppe Bigi Memorial Lecture Series, Milan{{cite web|url=http://www.giuseppebigi.it|title=Associazione Giuseppe Bigi - Associazione Giuseppe Bigi|website=www.giuseppebigi.it}}