The Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics will host the 15th Joburg School on Theoretical Physics from 1-5 December 2025. The school is aimed at MSc and PhD students who already have a solid background in Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity. Postdoc students and staff working in the field are also welcome to attend.
The school aims to provide pedagogical introductions to a variety of exciting recent developments in string theory with broader applications. These include:
- Trace relations, branes and holography
- Quantum chaos in low dimensional gravity
- Planar integrability in supersymmetric gauge theory
There will be +/- 6 1-hour lectures per topic.
Lecturers
- Ji Hoon Lee (ETH Zurich)
- Jeremy van der Heijden (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
- Costas Zoubos (University of Pretoria)
Venue
University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)
Support
During the school, lunch will be provided. There will also be funding for accommodation and subsistence for students from South African universities other than WITS who wish to participate in the school. Please indicate on the registration form if support is required.
Organisers
Pallab Basu, Kevin Goldstein, Vishnu Jejjala, Anosh Joseph, Sam van Leuven, João Rodrigues, Costas Zoubos
Contact
For any queries, please contact Sam van Leuven at: sam.vanleuven@wits.ac.za
Acknowledgements
The organisers thank NITheCS for generously funding the school and WITS for their support.
