Radó and Zassenhaus Lectures
Radó Lectures
The Radó Lectures are an annual event hosted by the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University in memory of Professor Tibor Radó, who was a member of the Department of Mathematics from 1930 to 1965. These lectures are to be given in some area of analysis, broadly interpreted. The following lectures have been held in this series:
2025 (Au): Hong Wang, NYU Courant Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, 2025
2025 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf] Videos
2024 (Au): Alexei Borodin, MIT Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, 2024
2024 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2023 (Au): Michael Freedman, Oct 23, Oct 24, Oct 25, 2023
2023 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf] Videos
2022 (Sp): Richard Schoen, University of California - Irvine, Mar 22, 23, 24, 2022
2022 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf] Videos
2019 (Au): Vaughan Jones, Vanderbilt University, Oct 23, 24, 25, 2019
2019 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf] Videos
2018 (Au): Ruth Charney, Brandeis University, Oct 1, 2, 3, 2018
2018 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf] Videos
2017 (Au): Carlos Kenig, University of Chicago, Nov 13, 14, 15, 2017
2017 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2017 (Sp):Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard University, Jan 18, 19, and 20, 2017
2017 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2015: Percy Deift, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (NYU), Oct 26, 27, and 28, 2015
2015 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2014: Luis Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin, Sep 29, Sep 30 and Oct 1, 2014
2014 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2013: Thomas Spencer, Institute for Advanced Study, Oct 28, 29 and 30, 2013
2013 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2012: Elon Lindenstrauss, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Feb 27, 28 and 29, 2012
2012 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2011: Charles Fefferman, Princeton University, Mar 7, 8 and 9, 2011
2011 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2010: Alain Connes, College de France, Apr 6-7, 2010
2010 Rado Lecture Poster [pdf]
2006: Elias M. Stein, Princeton University, Apr 18-20, 2006
2002: Timothy Gowers, Cambridge University, May 13-15, 2002
2002: Mikhael Gromov, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Feb 25-27, 2002
2001: Gang Tian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Einstein Metrics and the Complex Monge-Ampere Equations", Jan 22-24, 2001
1998: Jeff Cheeger, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (NYU), Oct 20-22, 1998
1996: Robert MacPherson, Institute for Advanced Study, "Topology of spaces with torus actions", Apr 17-19, 1996
Zassenhaus Lectures
The Zassenhaus Lectures were established to honor the memory of Hans Zassenhaus, who was a member of the department from 1963 until his death in 1991. These lectures are to be given in some area of algebra, broadly interpreted. The following lectures have been held in this series:
2026 (Sp): June Huh, Princeton University, Jan 20, Jan 21, Jan 22, 2026
2026 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2025 (Sp): Melanie Matchett Wood, Harvard University, April 7, April 8, April 9, 2025
2025 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2024 (Sp): Rahul Pandharipande, ETH Zurich, Mar 25, Mar 26, Mar 27, 2024
2024 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2023 (Sp): Bhargav Bhatt, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, and University of Michigan, April 17, 18, 19, 2023
2023 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster[pdf] Videos
2022 (Sp): Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah, April 4, 5, 6, 2022
2022 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster[pdf] Videos
2020 (Sp): Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah, April 6, 7, 8, 2020 (postponed)
2020 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster[pdf]
2019: Pavel Etingof, MIT, March 25, 26, 27, 2019
2019 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster[pdf] Videos
2018: Sergey Fomin, University of Michigan, April 16, 17, 18, 2018
2018 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster[pdf]
2017: Ravi Vakil, Stanford University, March 20, 21, 22, 2017
2017 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2016: Andrei Okounkov, Columbia University, April 11, 12, and 13, 2016
2016 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2015: Daniel Wise, McGill University, April 20, 21, and 22, 2015
2015 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2014: Alex Lubotzky, Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Jan 27, 28 and 29, 2014
2014 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2012: Gregory Margulis, Yale University, October 24, 25 and 26, 2012
2012 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2011: Persi Diaconis, Stanford University, October 17, 18 and 19, 2011
2011 Zassenhaus Lecture Poster [pdf]
2010: Christopher Hacon, University of Utah, May 11, 13 and 14, 2010
2009: John G. Thompson, University of Cambridge and University of Florida, March 19 and 20, 2009
2004: Peter Sarnak, Princeton University, "Arithmetic and analysis on locally symmetric spaces", November 3-5, 2004
2003: William Fulton, University of Michigan, "Eigenvalues and Schubert Calculus", February 6-7, 2003
2001: Vladimir Voevodsky, Institute for Advanced Study, "Motivic Homotopy Theory", April 17-19, 2001
2000: László Lovász, Microsoft Research, "Graphs, spectra and Steinitz representations", May 18-19, 2000
1999: Maxim Kontsevich, l'Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, "Operads and Deformation Quantization", Feb. 23-25, 1999
1998: Richard E. Borcherds, University of Cambridge, "Automorphic forms and infinite dimensional Lie algebras", Apr. 27-29, 1998
1994: Efim Zelmanov, University of Chicago, "On the Burnside problem and pro-p groups", Nov. 1-4, 1994