6 seminars to get to know the Nobel Prizes
The Nobel Prize is the globally recognised award which is annually endowed to “those, who during the preceding years, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind”, through their research, discoveries and inventions, literary production and endeavour to support peace.
It was awarded in 1901 for the first time and ever since it particularly highlighted the importance of scientific research and its capacity to pave the way for new innovation opportunities and for the evolution of mankind.
This 6-seminar cycle organised by the University of Trento is targeted to students and citizens willing to better understand the reasons and scope of the Nobel Prizes 2014, through the voice of those, who in their daily research and teaching activity, debate the topics of the awards prizes.
It is a way to really experience events of global significance and understand them better. They will be explained in an easy language, more easily accessible for everyone: a way to be more aware of the possibility ahead of us in the future.
Programme
- Monday, 3 November 2014, at 6.00 pm
Department of Humanities (Room 004)
Nobel Prize for MEDICINE
awarded to John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser for “their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”
Speaker: Giorgio Vallortigara, CIMEC - Mind/Brain Centre - University of Trento
Video of the seminar
- Tuesday, 11 November 2014, at 6.00 pm
Department of Humanities (Room 007)
Nobel Prize for LITERATURE
awarded to Patrick Modiano for “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation”.
Speaker: Paolo Tamassia, Department of Humanities - University of Trento
Video of the seminar
- Tuesday, 18 November 2014, at 6.00 pm
Department of Humanities (Room 004)
Nobel Prize for PHYSICS
awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for “"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”.
Speaker: Lorenzo Pavesi, Department of Physics - University of Trento
Video of the seminar
- Wednesday, 26 November 2014, at 6.00 pm
Department of Humanities (Room 004)
Nobel Prize for CHEMISTRY
awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner for “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy”.
Speaker: Renzo Antolini and Albrecht Haase, Department of Physics - University of Trento
Video of the seminar
- Tuesday, 9 December 2014, at 6.00 pm
Department of Humanities (Room 004)
Nobel Prize for PEACE
awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”.
Speaker: Marco Pertile, Faculty of Law and School of International Studies - University of Trento
Video of the seminar
- Monday, 15 December 2014, at 6.00 pm
Department of Humanities (Room 111)
Nobel Prize for ECONOMIC SCIENCES
awarded to Jean Tirole for “for his analysis of market power and regulation”.
Speaker: Luigi Bonatti, Department of Economics and Management - University of Trento
Video of the seminar
