Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture Explained

The Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture at Stockholm University, dedicated to the memory of the Swedish physicist Oskar Klein (1894-1977), is held annually since 1988 by a prominent physicist, who also receives the Oskar Klein Medal. The lecture is sponsored by the university and the Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

List of lecturers and recipients of the Medal

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• 2023 - Alessandra Buonanno
• 2022 - Igor R. Klebanov
• 2020 - Roy Kerr^[4]
• 2019 - Lisa Randall
• 2018 - Leonard Susskind
• 2017 - Sheldon Glashow
• 2016 - Kip S. Thorne
• 2015 - Rashid Sunyaev
• 2014 - Andrew Strominger
• 2013 - Frank Wilczek
• 2012 - Juan Maldacena
• 2011 - Joseph Silk
• 2010 - Alexei A. Starobinsky
• 2009 - Peter Higgs
• 2008 - Helen Quinn
• 2007 - Gabriele Veneziano
• 2006 - Viatcheslav Mukhanov
• 2005 - Yoichiro Nambu
• 2004 - Pierre Ramond
• 2003 - Stephen Hawking
• 2002 - Martin Rees
• 2001 - Andrei Linde
• 2000 - David Gross
• 1999 - Gerard 't Hooft
• 1998 - Edward Witten
• 1997 - P. J. E. Peebles
• 1996 - Alexander Polyakov
• 1995 - Nathan Seiberg
• 1994 - The Oskar Klein Centenary Symposium, September 19-21, 1994
• 1993 - Tsung-Dao Lee
• 1992 - John A. Wheeler
• 1991 - Alan Guth
• 1990 - Hans Bethe
• 1989 - Steven Weinberg
• 1988 - Chen Ning Yang

See also

• Lise Meitner Distinguished Lecture
• List of physics awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Earlier Lectures - Oskar Klein Centre . www.su.se . . 30 May 2023.
2. Web site: Earlier Lectures - Oskar Klein Centre . 2023-11-30.
3. Web site: About the centre - Oskar Klein Centre . 2023-11-30 . www.okc.albanova.se . en.
4. Web site: Kerr . Roy . Roy Kerr . Oscar Klein Lecture: Roy P. Kerr - Kerr Black Holes have no Singularities . Agenda (Indico) . . 17 December 2020.