The Nagoya University Lectures

The Nagoya University Lecture is positioned to be the most important academic lecture at the University to be hosted by the President. The lecturers, selected from international researchers of the highest caliber, are awarded the Nagoya University Lectureships. It is open to the general public.

Nagoya University Lecture 2014 — Where are Science & Technology going? Message from Prof. Noyori to those who lead the next generation —
Date	February 1, 2014	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Ryoji NOYORI		University Professor, Nagoya University / President RIKEN	Where are Science & Technology going?
Kenji WATANABE		University Professor Trustee/ Tokyo University of the Arts	Special　Memorial Piano Concert

Nagoya University Lecture 2012 ーRevolution of the Light developed by Blue-light-emitting-diodeー
Date	October 6, 2012	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Isamu AKASAKI		University Professor, Nagoya University / Meijo University	Enchanted Journeys in Blue Light

Nagoya University Lecture 2012 ーTalking around Japanese Literature and Japanese Cultureー
Date	February 11, 2012	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Bunzo TORIGOE		Professor Emeritus, Waseda University	Performing Arts in Japanese Culture
Donald KEENE		Professor Emeritus, Columbia University	Japanese Literature in the World

Nagoya University Lecture 2010 ーUsing chemisty to unravel the secrets of life: From natural molecules to drugsー
Date	November 13, 2010	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Yoshito KISHI		University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor,Harvard University	Complex natural products: structure and synthesis
Koji NAKANISHI		University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor,Columbia University	A life spent in the discovery and structural elucidation of new natural products

Nagoya University Lecture  2010 ーWhat is Life? How DNA encode our bodyー
Date	March 31, 2010	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Masahiro SUGIURA		University Professor, Nagoya University	Determination of the complete nucleotide sequence from several chloroplast genomes
Masatoshi TAKEICHI		University Professor, Nagoya University/Director,RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology	Solving the mystery of tissue self-organization

In Commemoration of Winning the 2008 Novel Prize in Chemistry Nagoya University Lecture
Date	March 26, 2009	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Osamu SHIMOMURA		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Distinguished Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory	The Origin of the Research on Light-emitting Organism: Nagoya University

In Commemoration of Winning the 2008 Novel Prize in Physics Nagoya University Lecture
Date	February 7,2009	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Makoto KOBAYASHI		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)	CP Violation and Flavour Mixing
Toshihide MASKAWA		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University	What Does CP Violation Tell Us?

Nagoya University Lecture 2008
Date	July 12, 2008	Place	Toyota Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Sumio IIJIMA		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor, Meijo University	Observation
Harold W.KROTO		Professor, Florida State University

Nagoya University Lecture
Date	October 10, 2006	Place	Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Michel ZINK		Professor, Collége de France	Une Source de la poésie occidentale: les chansons des troubadours et leurs commentaires (An origin of poetry in the West: The chansons of the troubadours in the middle ages and their commentaries)