Previous lectures
From 2003 to 2013, Leiden University organised a total of ten Niko Tinbergen lectures (as a successor to the Stephen Jay Gould lectures). These lectures were dedicated to the famous Leiden Nobel Prize winner and were delivered by top international experts in the field of evolution and behavioral biology. The main speakers of the Tinbergen Lecture have been:
- 2003 Tijs Goldschmidt
- 2004 Richard Dawkins
- 2005 Jared Diamond
- 2006 Edward O. Wilson
- 2007 Frans de Waal
- 2008 Neil Shubin
- 2009 Marc Hauser
- 2010 Sarah Blaffcr Hrdy
- 2012 Timothy Birkhead
- 2013 Steven Pinker
An honours course for selected top students was connected to the lectures. Media and organisation partners were NRC Handelsblad, NWO, Boerhaave museum and Naturalis. All lectures were well attended and attracted considerable media attention.