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Explore Kyoto Prize Laureates in Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts & Philosophy – visionaries shaping our world with groundbreaking contributions.

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Upcoming events

There are currently no scheduled events. We look forward to hosting the Kyoto Laureates at the Blavatnik School of Government in May 2026, so please check back soon.

 

Past Events

Paul Hoffman hiking
Public lecture

Paul F Hoffman: Dancing continents and frozen oceans

Dr Paul F Hoffman (2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences), a geologist who worked on proving Snowball Earth accelerating life evolution and plate tectonics dating back to the first half of Earth’s history, delivers a lecture as part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2025.

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Sir John Pendry teaching
Public lecture

Sir John Pendry: Metamaterials, invisibility & perfect lenses

Sir John Pendry (2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology), a theoretical physicist who contributed the theoretical construction of metamaterials to the field of materials science, delivers a lecture as part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2025.

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2024 laureates medal press conference
Panel discussion

Laureates' Panel 2025

In this panel discussion as part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford, the 2024 Laureates Sir John Pendry, Paul F Hoffman and William Forsythe engage in a conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the Blavatnik School, discussing insights from their careers.

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William Forsythe conducting
Public lecture

William Forsythe: "Hard to say, not knowin..."

Choreographer William Forsythe (2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy), who opened a new horizon of performing arts by radically renewing methodologies and aesthetics of ballet and dance, delivers a lecture as part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2025.

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