Natural sciences
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and Johannes (Hans) Oerlemans
Video link to Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and Hans Oerlemans as they give accounts of their careers during the 2022 Balzan Prizewinners Forum at the Accademia dei Lincei.
Arts
Philip V. Bohlman
Performance of Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets, Christoph Rilke (music by Viktor Ullmann; prose-poem by Ranier Maria Rilke) by Philip Bohlman (narrator) and Christine Wilkie Bohlman (piano) for the 2022 Forum at the Accademia dei Lincei.
Mathematics, physics, and technology
Robert Langer
Video link to Robert Langer’s account of his career during the 2022 Balzan Prizewinners Forum at the Accademia dei Lincei.
Medicine
Jeffrey I. Gordon
Jeffrey I. Gordon provides a panoramic synthesis of current human microbiome research and gives an account of how his lab’s work research on gut microbiome development and childhood undernutrition has evolved.
History
Marilyn Kelly and Giorgio Buccellati
The Buccellatis’ finds from the excavation of Urkesh (4000 BCE) reveal the intricate relationship between artifacts, the dirt they are found in, and the digital tools employed to decipher their meaning.
Mathematics, physics, and technology
Alessandra Buonanno and Thibault Damour
Buonanno and Damour present the field of gravitational-wave astronomy, opened in 2015, 100 years after Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, when gravitational waves were first observed using laser interferometers.
History
Saul Friedländer
Friedländer reflects on his Holocaust experiences, suggesting that the lessons of history are often overlooked and emphasizing the need for continued exploration of historical evidence to uncover hidden or heretofore unrevealed perspectives.
Philosophy and Letters
Martha C. Nussbaum
Video link to Martha C. Nussbaum’s account of her career during the 2022 Balzan Prizewinners Forum at the Accademia dei Lincei.