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About the Loeb and Lee Lectureships

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The Morris Loeb Lectureship The Morris Loeb Lectureship was established in 1953 by the Department of Physics under the terms of the bequest of Morris Loeb, A.B., 1883. Under this appointmen,t the lecturer presents two or more lectures on a research topic...

Loeb and Lee Lectures: 2000 -

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For earlier lectures, see Loeb and Lee Lectures Archive: 1953 - 1999 2026-2026 Loeb Lecturer: Andrea Ghez (UCLA, 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics) " Our Galactic Center: A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes" (3 lectures: 10/6, 10/7...

Loeb and Lee Lectures: 1953 - 1999

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For more recent lectures, see Loeb and Lee Lectures: 2000 - 1998-99 Loeb Lecturer: Leonard Susskind, Stanford University Colloquium: The Holographic Principle: A New Paradigm for the Foundations of Physics Lecture I: String Theory and M-Theory Lecture II...

Loeb and Lee Lectures

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For videos posted before 2018, please go to Loeb and Lee Lectures Archive. Please note: videos marked with an asterisk may only be viewed on a Harvard computer or via VPN.

Loeb Lectures in Physics: Andrea Ghez (UCLA), Oct 6-9, 2025

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Andrea Ghez Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles; Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2020 October 6-9, 2025 "Our Galactic Center: A Unique Laboratory for the Physics...

Loeb Lectures: Sara Seager (MIT)

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All lectures will be held in Jefferson 250 And also streamed live via Zoom (but we hope you will attend in person, with appropriate face covering) For Zoom link, please contact Jolanta Davis Monday, November 1, 4:30pm: "Exoplanets and the Search for...

Loeb Lectures in Physics: Zhi-Xun Shen

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ZHI-XUN SHEN Paul Pigott professor of Physical Sciences, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University Professor of Photon Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Monday, November 4, 2019, @4:30pm Jefferson Lab 250 Colloquium: "Angle...

Colloquium Archive: 1982/1983 - 1999/2020

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for Fall 2020 and later listings, go to the Colloquium Archive: 2020/2021 - for current and upcoming Colloquia, go to the Physics Event Calendar Jump to: 2019/2020 | 2018/2019 | 2017/2018 | 2016/2017 | 2015/2016 | 2014/2015 | 2013/2014 | 2012/2013 | 2011...

Loeb Lectures in Physics: Phiala Shanahan (MIT), Nov 18-21, 2024

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PHIALA SHANAHAN Class of 1957 Career Development Associate Professor of Physics, MIT all lectures will be held in Jefferson Lab 250 and streamed live through zoom (please see the link below) November 18 @4:30PM Colloquium: "The building blocks of the...

Loeb Lectures: Jun Ye (JILA)

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10/22/18 (Colloquium): " Quantum Matter and Atomic Clocks" 10/23/18 (Lecture I): " Frequency Comb Spectroscopy – from mid-IR to XUV" 10/24/18 (Lecture II): " Cold Molecules – a New Playground for Quantum and Chemical Physics"

Loeb Lectures: Donna Strickland (U Waterloo)

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03/04/19 (Colloquium): "From Nonlinear Optics to High-Intensity Laser Physics" ( a video of this lecture will not be posted) 03/05/19 (Lecture I): " Investigation of Multi-Frequency Raman Generated Spectra" 03/06/19 (Lecture II): " Two-Color CPA Laser...

Loeb Lectures: Margaret Murnane (JILA)

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04/10/18 (Colloquium): " Harnessing Quantum Light Science for Tabletop X-Ray Lasers, with Applications in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" Videos of the following two lectures will not be posted: 04/11/18 (Lecture I): "Capturing the Fastest Charge and Spin...