The Nobel Laureates are required “to give a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded”, according to the Nobel Foundation statutes. The lecture should be given before, or no later than six months after, the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, which takes place in Stockholm or, in the case of the Nobel Peace Prize, in Oslo on 10 December.
Videos of Nobel Peace Prize lectures and acceptance speeches
2021
Nobel Prize lecture by Maria Ressa
“Antidote against tyranny”
Nobel Prize lecture by Dmitry Muratov
2020
Nobel Prize lecture by David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
2019
Forging A Durable Peace in the Horn of Africa
Nobel Prize lecture by Abiy Ahmed Ali
2018
Nobel Prize lecture by Denis Mukwege
Nobel Prize lecture by Nadia Murad
2017
Nobel Prize lecture by ICAN, delivered by Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow
2016
Peace in Colombia: From the Impossible to the Possible
Nobel Prize lecture by Juan Manuel Santos
2015
Nobel Prize lecture by the National Dialogue Quartet
2014
Let Us Globalise Compassion, and Set Our Children Free
Nobel Prize lecture by Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Prize lecture by Malala Yousafzai
2013
Working Together for a World Free of Chemical Weapons, and Beyond
Nobel Prize lecture by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), delivered by Ahmet Üzümcü
2012
From War to Peace: A European Tale
Nobel Prize lecture by Presidents Herman Van Rompy, José Manuel Barroso and Martin Schulz for the European Union (EU)
2011
A Voice for Freedom!
Nobel Prize lecture by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Nobel Prize lecture by Leymah Gbowee
In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful
Nobel Prize lecture by Tawakkol Karman
2009
A Just and Lasting Peace
Nobel Prize lecture by Barack H. Obama
2008
Nobel Prize lecture by Martti Ahtisaari
2007
Nobel Prize lecture by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Nobel Prize lecture by Al Gore
2006
Nobel Prize lecture by Muhammad Yunus
2005
Nobel Prize lecture by Mohamed ElBaradei
2004
Nobel Prize lecture by Wangari Maathai
2003
In the name of the God of Creation and Wisdom
Nobel Prize lecture by Shirin Ebadi (a summary)
1993
Nobel Prize lecture by Nelson Mandela
Nobel Prize lecture by F.W. de Klerk
1991
Nobel Prize lecture by Aung San Suu Kyi (delivered in 2012)
1989
Acceptance speech by the 14th Dalai Lama
1986
Acceptance speech by Elie Wiesel
1984
Acceptance speech by Desmond Tutu
1979
Acceptance speech by Mother Teresa
1964
Acceptance speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lectures with Nobel Peace Prize laureates
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