News from Nobelprize.org

November 30, 2007

The yearly cycle of the Nobel Prize reaches its zenith next week as the new Laureates assemble in Stockholm and Oslo for the 'Nobel Week' celebrations. This annual program of events leads up to December 10th, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, which is always commemorated by holding the award ceremonies and banquets on that day.

Alongside the receptions, interviews, concerts and parties that punctuate the week lies the serious business of the Nobel Lectures. All Laureates are obliged to give a lecture, within six months of the prize-awarding ceremony at the latest, in order to receive their Nobel Prize. Nobelprize.org hosts transcripts of all lectures in all subjects since 1901, and these days we also broadcast every lecture online. There is usually something in there to tempt all tastes, and this year's lectures, for instance, range from Albert Fert on "The origin, the development and the future of Spintronics" to Doris Lessing's views "On not winning the Nobel Prize".

To whet the appetite, a selection of goodies from previous Nobel Weeks is given below. Check out the schedule of events for the week and join us for the festivities

Adam Smith
Editor-in-Chief

THE WEEK IN REVIEW
A collection of the main highlights from last year's Nobel Weeks in Stockholm and Oslo gives a good overview of the program of activities; a feast for the intellect and senses combined
Review the highlights »

THE LECTURE CIRCUIT
This year, audiences in Stockholm will benefit from 10 lectures from new Laureates in just two days, with Peace Laureate Al Gore delivering his lecture in Oslo a couple of days later. Visitors to Nobelprize.org can catch them all live too, or watch them as video on demand files, as with this example from V.S. Naipaul from 2001.
View the lecture »

A LONG TRADITION
The Nobel Prize award ceremony itself has changed little over the years. Take a glimpse at how things were done 73 years ago, in 1934.
Watch the video »

JOIN THE BANQUET
Take a 15 minute tour of the Nobel Banquet, held in the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall immediately following the award ceremony.
See the video »

KEEP IT SHORT!
After dessert, a representative Laureate from each discipline gives an after dinner speech. But they have to be quick, since the maximum allowed time is 2 minutes! Read Winston Churchill's contribution from 1953.
Read the speech »

ON THE MENU …
Want to recreate a particular Nobel Banquet? Or simply interested to know what was on offer to the guests? Every menu from 1901 to the present day is listed here (in French of course!).
Find a menu »

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
Philip Hench, one of the Nobel Laureates in Medicine for 1950, recounts his impressions of those fiftieth anniversary Nobel Week celebrations; events little different from those of today.
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