Nico van Kampen Colloquium in Theoretical Physics
Nico van Kampen Colloquium in Theoretical Physics
Wednesdays
Time: 16h00 – 17h00
Schedule 2023-2024 Nico van Kampen Colloquium
Colloquia will be in a hybrid or virtual format (on MS Teams) and will begin at 4pm, unless stated differently.
2025
Fourth period begins: Tuesday 22 April 2025 ( week 17 )
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL
Speaker: Anuradha Samajdar (UU, GRASP)
Title: A light in the dark - electromagnetic signature from dark mergers
Place & time: 16h00 in Ruppert 042
Host: Tanja Hinderer
WEDNESDAY 7 MAY
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Ruppert 042
Host: Eric Laenen & Erik Plauschinn
WEDNESDAY 21 MAY
Speaker: Andrina Nicola, from University of Bonn.
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Ruppert 042
Host: Elisa Chisari
WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE
Speaker: Mike Cates (University of Cambridge)
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Ruppert 042
Host: Joost de Graaf
WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Ruppert 042
Host: Cristiane Morais Smith
Semester 1
First Period: Monday 1 Sep - 7 November 2025 ( week 36 - 45 )
WEDNESDAY 10 September 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Stefan Vandoren
WEDNESDAY 24 September 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Cristiane Morais Smith
WEDNESDAY 8 October 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Umut Gürsoy
WEDNESDAY 22 October 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Farshid Jafarpour
Second Period: Monday 10 November 2025 - 30 Jan 2026 ( week 46 )
WEDNESDAY 19 November 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Tomislav Prokopec
WEDNESDAY 3 December 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Lars Fritz
WEDNESDAY 17 December 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Ro Jefferson & Umut Gürsoy
2026
WEDNESDAY 14 January 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Matthieu Verstraete
NWO Physics 2026: 20 and 21 January at NH Koningshof, Veldhoven.
Week 4: EXAM WEEK
Semester 2
Third Period: Monday 2 Feb 2026 ( week 5 ) - 17 April ( week 15 )
WEDNESDAY 11 February 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Rembert Duine
WEDNESDAY 25 February 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Rene van Roij
WEDNESDAY 11 March 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Wilke van der Schee
WEDNESDAY 25 March 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Dirk Schuricht
WEDNESDAY 8 April 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Ro Jefferson
Fourth Period: Mon 20 April 2026 ( week 16 ) - June 26
WEDNESDAY 22 April 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Tanja Hinderer
WEDNESDAY 6 May 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Henk Stoof
WEDNESDAY 20 May 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Eric Laenen
WEDNESDAY 3 June 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Elisa Chisari
WEDNESDAY 17 June 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00
Host: Joost de Graaf
Summer Recess: Jun 29 - Aug 28 2026
Locations
The Nico van Kampen Colloquium is usually held in hybrid form: in person in the scheduled lecture hall and online via MS Teams. If you are not a member of the V-ITP Team, subscribe to the mailing list to receive the links. Location of the colloquium is not fixed. Some of the locations are as follows:
- Ruppert Building, lecture rooms Wit, Paars or Blauw, Leuvenlaan 21, Utrecht
- Koningsberger Building, (KBG), lecture rooms ATLAS, COSMOS or PANGEA, Budapestlaan 4a-b, Utrecht
- Willem C. van Unnikgebouw, lecture room 211, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht
- Bolognalaan 101 building
- Educatorium, lecture room Theatron, Leuvenlaan 19, Utrecht
Organizer
Tomislav Prokopec (t.prokopec@uu.nl)
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Note that according to the rules, students are required to attend 18 colloquia to complete the course. There are additional requirements regarding alumni talks and career events.
Furthermore, supervisors in the second year should write colloquium attendance as student’s (bi-)weekly activity.