From August 5 to 12, 2014, Montreal will host the International Union of Crystallography Congress (IUCr 2014). About 2500 delegates from around the world will attend.

The following three lectures will be delivered at McGill:


CristalesCrystals: A World to Discover

Public lecture presented by Professor Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, National Research Council of Spain and the University of Granada in honour of the International Year of Crystallography 2014


Wednesday, August 6, 2014

20:15 – 21:30 p.m.

Leacock 132

McGill University Campus


IsraelQuasi-Periodic Crystals – a Paradigm Shift in Crystallography​
Public lecture presented by Nobel Laureate Professor Dan Shechtman,

Technion (Technical Institute of Israel)​ in honour of the International Year of Crystallography 2014


Thursday, August 7, 2014

20:15 – 21:30 p.m.

Leacock 132

McGill University Campus


CrystalWhat is a Crystal? New Answers to an Old Question​
Public lecture presented by Professor Ron Lifshitz, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University And Condensed Matter Physics, California Institute of Technology in honour of the International Year of Crystallography 2014

Monday, August 11, 2014

20:15 – 21:30 p.m.

Leacock 132

McGill University Campus

For more details about the lectures, click here.

Contact: Dr. Louise Dawe: ldawe@wlu.ca.


July 30, 2014