Editing List of public lecture series

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[[File:Faraday xmas detail.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|[[Michael Faraday]] delivering one of the British [[Royal Institution Christmas Lectures]] in 1856.]]
Recurrent series of notable [[public lecture]]s 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 [[Hans Christian Ørsted#Legacy|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scitech.au.dk/foredrag/|title=Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet - Livestream og live|website=scitech.au.dk}}</ref>

===India===
*[[Vasant Vyakhyanmala]] is a traditional annual spring lecture series held in [[Pune]], India, for the last 140 years and hosted by [[Vaktruttvottejak Sabha]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* NITI (National Institute for Transforming India), India lectures series: Transforming India<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===New Zealand===
* Victoria University of Wellington public lecture series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria University of Wellington public lecture series |url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/our-story/news-events/public-lecture-series |publisher=[[Victoria University of Wellington]] |access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>
 
===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 Lecture]]s, broadcast annually on the [[BBC]], founded in honour of [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|Lord Reith]]
* The [[Romanes Lecture]]s, 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===
* [[ATC Lecture Series|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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/distinctive-voices/ |title=Distinctive Voices Home |publisher=Nasonline.org |date= |accessdate=2013-06-17}}</ref>
* 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://events.caltech.edu/series/watson |title=The Watson Lecture Series|publisher=caltech.edu |date= |accessdate=2023-12-01}}</ref>

==Social and political==
===United States===
* [[The Irving E. Carlyle Lecture Series]] at [[Wake Forest University]]
* [[Landon Lecture Series]] at [[Kansas State University]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Whizin Center Public Lecture Series at the [[American Jewish University]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Aeronautics and astronautics==
===United States===
* Evolution of Flight Lecture Series from [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA)

==Computer science==
===Canada===
* UBC CS Distinguished Lecture Series<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.ubc.ca/events/seminars/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060808213204/http://www.cs.ubc.ca/events/seminars/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2006|title=UBC CPSC - Events and Seminars|date=8 August 2006}}</ref>

===Greece===
* Distinguished Lecturer Series - Leon The Mathematician] at School of Informatics, [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===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:<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040331171652/http://murl.microsoft.com/ Seminar series: recently added lectures], Multi-University/Research Laboratory, March 31, 2004.</ref>
** 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, Oxford|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 [[History of the book|book history]]
* [[Sandars Lectures]], given annually at [[Cambridge University]] on a topic in [[bibliography]] or [[History of the book|book history]]
* [[Lees Knowles Lecturer|Lees Knowles Lectures]], given annually military history at Trinity College, Cambridge
* Raleigh Lectures on History at the [[British Academy]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> London, England,
* [[Black History for Action]] at [[Lambeth Town Hall]], London, England.
* Keynes Lectures in Economics at the [[British Academy]], London, England.

===United States===
* [[A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts]]
*[[Alice G. Smith Lecture]], [[University of South Florida]]
* [[Chicago Humanities Festival]]
* [[Columbia Lectures in International Studies]]
* [[James Ford Bell Lecture]]
* [[Jefferson Lecture]]
* [[Massey Lectures (Harvard University)|Massey Lectures]]
* [[Sigmund H. Danziger Jr. Memorial Lecture in the Humanities]]

===Hungary===
* [[Eötvös József Lecture]]

===The Netherlands===
* [[Nexus Lectures]] since 1994 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activities/?event_type%5B0%5D=lecture#filter|title = Activities}}</ref>
* [[Mosse Lectures]], given annually in [[Amsterdam]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Journalism and media studies==
===United States===
* [[Robert C. Vance Distinguished Lecture Series]] at [[Central Connecticut State University]]

== Law ==
===United Kingdom===
* [[Hamlyn Lectures]]

==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 [[American Society for Psychical Research|the American Society for Psychical Research]]
* HHMI's Neuroscience Lecture Series at Howard Hughes Medical Institute<ref>{{cite web|title=Neuroscience|url=https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/neuroscience-collection|publisher=HHMI BioInteractive}}</ref>
* 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]]
* [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory#Jansky Prize|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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giuseppebigi.it|title=Associazione Giuseppe Bigi - Associazione Giuseppe Bigi|website=www.giuseppebigi.it}}</ref>

==Science==
===Spain===
* [[Program ConCiencia]] at the [[University of Santiago de Compostela]]

==References==
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