The Abel lectures

The Abel Prize Laureate 2025 Masaki Kashiwara opens the Abel Prize lectures.

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Georg Sverdrups hus

Time: May 21, 2025 10:00 – 15:00
Venue: University of Oslo, Georg Sverdrups hus, Moltke Moes vei 39, 0851 Oslo

The Abel Prize lectures is a tradition during the Abel week.
The Abel Prize Laureate 2025 and specially invited mathematicians give academically relevant lectures.

The Abel Prize lectures is open to the general public, but registration is required.

The lectures will later be made available on YouTube and on Abelprize.no

Program

09:30
Coffee and tea
10:00
Welcome remarks by:
Vice-rector Mette Halskov Hansen, Vice-rector, University of Oslo
Annelin Eriksen, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Professor, University of Bergen
Helge Holden, Chair of the Abel Committee and moderator, Professor, NTNU
10:15
Abel Prize Laureate Masaki Kashiwara
Professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS),
Universitetet i Kyoto,
Japan and Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Japan
Monoidal categories (non-commutative case)
Kashiwara
11:15
Professor Catharina Stroppel
Professor, University of Bonn, Germany
From Crystals to Categorification
12:15
Lunch
13:00
Professor Andrea D'Agnolo
University of Padua, Italy
Algebraic Analysis for beginners
14:00
Professor David Nadler
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Gaining momentum: on the global influence of Masaki Kashiwara's microlocal perspective
15:00 – 15:10
Avslutning, ved Ingrid Glad, leder Abelstyret, Professor, Universitetet i Oslo



Events during the Abel Prize week

Monday 19 May 

11.00-12.00: Holmboe Prize ceremony 
Oslo Katedralskole, Ullevålsveien 31
Open for all

17.00: Wreath laying ceremony by the Abel monument, Royal Palace Park
Open for all

Tuesday 20 May 

14.00: Abel Prize Ceremony
Oslo University Aula
Registration

19.00: Governmental Banquet
Akershus Castle
By invitation only

Wednesday 21 May 

10.00-16.00: Abel Prize Lectures, Georg Sverdrup's house, Blindern
Registration

19.00: Abel party
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,
Drammensveien 78
Registration

Thursday 22 May
The Abel Day in Trondheim, by NTNU