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30.06.2022
University of Bern | Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences

Balzan Prizewinners Interdisciplinary Forum

The Live-Stream will start at 1:30 p.m. on 30 June.

 

The International Balzan Foundation and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences are pleased to invite you to the 2021 Balzan Prizewinners Interdisciplinary Forum which will be hosted by the University of Bern (aula main building), on Thursday 30 June 2022 at 1:30 p.m. (registration opens at 1:00 p.m.).

 

The 2021 Balzan Prizewinners

 

will present their studies and interact with experts and the audience.

 

To sign up for the event, register here.

 

If you need more information, please write to swiss-academies@balzan.it. We are looking forward to welcome you at the event.

 

Programme details

 

  • 13:00 Registration
  • 13:30 Musical Opening I Quartet Inferno
  • 13:35 Welcome Address I Prof. Christian Leumann, Rector of the University of Bern
  • 13:40 Opening Address I Prof. Marcel Tanner, President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
  • 13:45 Introductory Speech I Prof. Alberto Quadrio Curzio, President of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize”
  • 13:50 Musical Intervention I Quartet Inferno

 

  • 13:55 Chair: Part I I Prof. Luciano Maiani, Chairman of the Balzan General Prize Committee

 

Microbiome in Health and Disease

  • 14:05 Announcement of the 2021 Prizewinner I Prof. Peter Suter, Member of the Balzan General Prize Committee
  • 14:15 Presentation by Prof. Jeffrey Gordon, 2021 Prizewinner
  • 14:35 Questions and Discussion

 

Gravitation: Physical and Astrophysical Aspects

  • 14:45 Announcement of the 2021 Prizewinners I Prof. Paolo de Bernardis, Member of the Balzan General Prize Committee
  • 14:55 Presentation by Prof. Alessandra Buonanno & Prof. Thibault Damour, 2021 Prizewinners
  • 15:15 Questions and Discussion

 

15:25 Coffee Break

 

  • 16:10 Chair: Part II I Prof. Alberto Quadrio Curzio, President of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize“

 

Holocaust and Genocide Studies

  • 16:15 Announcement of the 2021 Prizewinner I Prof. Thomas Maissen, Member of the Balzan General Prize Committee
  • 16:25 Presentation by Prof. Saul Friedländer, 2021 Prizewinner
  • 16:35 Presentation of Friedländer’s Balzan Research Project by Prof. Christina Morina, Deputy Supervisor
  • 16:45 Questions and Discussion

 

Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

  • 16:55 Announcement of the 2021 Prizewinners I Prof. Peter Kuon, Vice-Chairman of the Balzan General Prize Committee
  • 17:05 Presentation by Prof. Giorgio Buccellati and Prof. Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, 2021 Prizewinners
  • 17:25 Questions and Discussion
  • 17:35 Joint session of Q&A with all the Prizewinners
  • 17:55 Closing Remarks I Prof. Marcel Tanner, President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, and Prof. Alberto Quadrio Curzio, President of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize”