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{{short description|Lecture series established by the Association for Women in Mathematics}}

The '''Noether Lecture''' is a distinguished lecture series that honors women "who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences". The [[Association for Women in Mathematics]] (AWM) established the annual lectures in 1980 as the [[Emmy Noether]] Lectures, in honor of one of the leading mathematicians of her time. In 2013 it was renamed the AWM-AMS Noether Lecture and since 2015 is sponsored jointly with the [[American Mathematical Society]] (AMS). The recipient delivers the lecture at the yearly American [[Joint Mathematics Meetings]] held in January.<ref name=NoetherAWM>{{cite web |title=Noether Lecture |url=https://awm-math.org/awards/noether-lectures/ |publisher=Association for Women in Mathematics |accessdate=23 December 2018}}</ref>

The '''ICM Emmy Noether Lecture''' is an additional lecture series, sponsored by the [[International Mathematical Union]]. Beginning in 1994 this lecture was delivered at the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]], held every four years. In 2010 the lecture series was made permanent.<ref>{{cite web |title=ICM Emmy Noether Lecture |url=http://www.mathunion.org/activities/icm/emmy-noether-lecture/ |publisher=International Mathematical Union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805195846/https://www.mathunion.org/activities/icm/emmy-noether-lecture/ |archive-date=5 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 2021 Noether Lecture was supposed to have been given by [[Andrea Bertozzi]] of [[UCLA]], but it was cancelled. The duecancellation towas made during the [[George Floyd protests]]: "This decision comes as many of this nation rise up in protest over racial discrimination and brutality by police".<ref name=Bertozzi's>[https://awm-math.org/re-2021-noether-lecture/ connectionsRe: 2021 Noether Lecture]</ref> Although she intended to speak on other topics, Bertozzi is known for research on the mathematics of policing.,<ref>{{cite journal

| last = Castelvecchi | first = Davide

{{Failed verification|reason=Not specifically stated in source provided|date=May 2022}} The cancellation was made during the [[George Floyd protests]]: "This decision comes as many of this nation rise up in protest over racial discrimination and brutality by police".<ref name=Bertozzi>[https://awm-math.org/re-2021-noether-lecture/ Re: 2021 Noether Lecture]</ref>

| date = June 2020

| doi = 10.1038/d41586-020-01874-9

| journal = Nature

| publisher = Springer Science and Business Media LLC

| title = Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings| pmid = 34145406

}}</ref> and in a letter to the AMS, [[Sol Garfunkel]] concluded that "the reason for her exclusion was one of her areas of research".<ref>{{cite journal|title=False impressions|department=Letters to the Editor|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|page=1294|volume=67|issue=9|date=October 2020}}</ref> In an official blog of the AMS, a group calling themselves The Just Mathematics Collective called for a boycott of mathematical collaborations with police, dismissing Garfunkel's letter as "intended to further dismiss the boycott" and celebrating the cancellation of Bertozzi's lecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2020/10/21/jmc-openletter/|title=Towards a Mathematics Beyond Police and Prisons|date=October 21, 2020|author=The Just Mathematics Collective|work=inclusion/exclusion|publisher=American Mathematical Society|access-date=2024-05-23}}</ref>

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