Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures

Each year the Faculty of Science and Technology arranges the Celsius-Linnaeus honorary lectures in memory of Anders Celsius and Carl von Linné. The selected Celsius- and Linnaeus lecturers are at today's forefront within their field.

Celsius-Linnaeus Jubilee Event March 4, 2027

In 2027, Uppsala University will celebrate 550 years in the service of knowledge. The jubilee is an opportunity to deepen the conversation on the power of knowledge in society: what we have learnt from history, what we are doing today, and what ideas we carry with us into the future.

To celebrate this, the Celsius-Linnaeus lectures will be presented in an anniversary format bringing toghether Nobel laureates, leading scholars and critical voices to reflect on the legacy of science and its role in addressing contemporarry societal challenges.

Celsius-Linnaeus Lecturers

Anne L'Huillier is a French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter". Anne L'Huillier is a Professor at the Department of Physics, Lund University.

Giorgio Parisi is an Italian physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales". Giorgio Parisi is the Vice President of the Accademia dei Lincei, Italy and was appointed Celsius Lecturer in 1993.

Seminar lecturers

Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist and author, and an Assistant Professor of Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Angela Saini has published four books exploring cultures of science and research into human difference and will release her fifth book, on the topic of human classification, in January 2027.

Hans Ellegren is a Professor at the Department of Ecology and Genetics at Uppsala University and known for his extensive contributions to the understanding of molecular evolution and genomics. Hans Ellergren has also been active in the debate on research policy and academic freedom.