Each year the recipient of the Wallenberg Medal is invited to present a lecture at the University of
Each year the recipient of the Wallenberg Medal is invited to present a lecture at the University of Michigan. The medalists take the stage at Rackham Auditorium and share their stories with an audience drawn from our campus and many surrounding communities.
11/18/2025
The recording from the 2025 Wallenberg Lecture honoring Vladimir Kara-Murza is now available.
View the Wallenberg Lecture recording on YouTube:
2025 Wallenberg Lecture: Vladimir Kara-Murza Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author, historian, and former political prisoner, received the 2025 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan...
11/04/2025
TODAY! Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author, historian, and former political prisoner, will receive the 2025 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium. Event details: wallenberg.umich.edu
10/28/2025
ONE WEEK AWAY!
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author, historian, and former political prisoner, will receive the 2025 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium.
Event details: wallenberg.umich.edu
10/20/2025
2025 Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium
"Free People in an Unfree Country": Standing Up to Kremlin Tyranny, Past and Present
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Event details: https://myumi.ch/A1Wdy
Add to calendar: https://events.umich.edu/event/133144
09/30/2025
2025 Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
"Free People in an Unfree Country": Standing Up to Kremlin Tyranny, Past and Present
Vladimir Kara-Murza
November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium
Event details: https://myumi.ch/A1Wdy
Add to calendar: https://events.umich.edu/event/133144
04/08/2025
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author, historian, and former political prisoner, will receive the 2025 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium.
Event details: wallenberg.umich.edu
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03/19/2025
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01/27/2025
International Holocaust Remembrance Day - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Find out how to observe this important day.
01/20/2025
The Wallenberg Medal and Lecture continues to recognize outstanding humanitarians whose work perpetuates U-M alumnus Raoul Wallenberg’s extraordinary accomplishments and human values.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the disappearance of 🇸🇪 diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews from the . Wallenberg is a role model for everyone who believes in freedom, equality, and solidarity.
In 1981, he became an honorary citizen of the United States. Today, there are numerous monuments, statues, buildings and other works of art dedicated to Wallenberg across the 🇺🇸. In Washington, DC, for example, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is located on Raoul Wallenberg Place.
Let us honor his memory by continuing to stand up against antisemitism and racism - because .
10/01/2024
We are pleased to share the 2024 Wallenberg Lecture recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lZLAC-dsE.
Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation and a global environmental activist, received the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan.
Read about the Wallenberg Lecture in the University Record (https://record.umich.edu/articles/activist-bassey-stresses-shared-humanity-in-wallenberg-lecture/) and on our website (https://wallenberg.umich.edu/news-and-events/nnimmo-bassey-receives-2024-wallenberg-medal/).
2024 Wallenberg Lecture: Nnimmo Bassey Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation and a global environmental activist, received the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the U...
09/12/2024
Photos from the 2024 University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal and Lecture honoring architect, poet, and African environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation. Thank you to all who were able to attend. A recording of the lecture will be posted in the coming days to wallenberg.umich.edu.
Photos by Erin Kirkland, Michigan Photography, University of Michigan.