Lecture of Edward Witten and 2nd Dutch-IFT School (BRAZIL)

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The 2nd Joint Dutch-IFT School on Theoretical Physics will be held
from February 14-18 at the IFT-UNESP in Sao Paulo. The opening lecture
"String Theory and the Universe" will be given by Prof. Edward Witten
(IAS, Princeton) at 10:15 on Monday Feb 14, followed by minicourses of
Prof. Eric Laenen (Utrecht/Nikhef/Amsterdam)
on "All-Order Aspects of QCD" and Prof. Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (Stony
Brook) on "Renormalization and Unitarity of
Gauge Theories". There will also be short talks by 27 Dutch doctoral
students and a guest lecture on Thursday Feb 17
at 18:00 by Prof. George Matsas (IFT-UNESP) on "Low-Energy Quantum
Effects in Gravity".

The complete schedule and more information is on the webpage
www.ift.unesp.br/holland . Participants do not need to register.

 

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Edward Witten gave a lecture with the same title "String Theory And The Universe" at the Institute of Physics' Newton prize ceremony last year, it's available online:

http://www.iop.org/resources/videos/lectures/page_44292.html

He's introduced by Michael Green and gives a historical overview of the develoment of String Theory and some brief comments about its current status and prospects. Those who have studied QFT and String Theory will probably enjoy the overview, it doesn't go into details for the unitiated (M-Theory is described as a ? (sic) theory encompassing five string theories and 11-dim SUGRA)

(There are other lectures at the site from people like Alan Guth)