School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand

30/10/2026

28/10/2026

PhD and advanced MSc students and postdocs, join the 16th Gauteng Mathematical Physics School: ‘Recent trends in CFT & the gauge/gravity correspondence’.
📅 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026
📍 University of Pretoria
Participation is free. Limited support is available for PhD students.
📩 Email [email protected] to apply by 30 October.
https://www.up.ac.za/physics/16th-gauteng-mathematical-physics-school

27/10/2026

Building strong foundations in Maths & Science starts with empowered ECD leadership.
The South African Institute for Principalship (SAIP), in collaboration with the South African Institute of Physics, will be training 300 ECD principals in Orange Farm.

Date: 26–28 October 2026
Time: 08:30–15:00
Venue: Orange Farm Community Hall, Ext 2

This training is exclusively for ECD principals. Registration is now open, with 300 spaces available.

For enquiries, contact Lorato Duma on 078 248 4840 or email [email protected]

27/10/2026

Fifteen innovators. Eleven countries. One live final in Johannesburg.
Join the Royal Academy of Engineering for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation final, hosted by Bryan Habana. Celebrate African ingenuity and discover which innovator will take home the £50,000 prize.
📅 Wed, 28 October 2026
🕟 16h30–21h30 SAST
📍 NH Johannesburg Sandton Hotel and online
🎟️ Free and open to the public
👉 Register: https://raeng.org.uk/events/2026/october/2026-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation-final-inperson/

27/10/2026

27/10/2026

Reminder: Register for the Nobel Symposia Series Public Talk, ‘Beyond AI: The Quantum Future of Computing’, with Prof Matthias Troyer (Microsoft).
📅 Wed, 28 October 2026
🕙 10h00 for 10h30–11h30 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
🔗 Register: https://mailchi.mp/nithecs/mt2026r

26/10/2026

26/10/2026

NITheCS & MITP Seminar: ‘Machine Learning Renormalisation Group Transformations for QCD’ with Prof Urs Wenger (University of Bern, Switzerland).

📅 Tuesday, 27 October 2026
🕐 13h15–14h15 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
🔗 https://mailchi.mp/nithecs/uw

26/10/2026

9th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School and Workshop 2027

The Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics (MITP) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is pleased to announce the 9th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School and Workshop, taking place from 7–13 January 2027 at Wits University.

Theme: Recent Developments in Finite N and Emergent Gravity

This exciting scientific meeting will bring together leading international researchers, academics, and postgraduate students to explore recent advances in theoretical high-energy physics, with a focus on finite-N phenomena and emergent gravity.

The School will feature pedagogical lectures designed to introduce graduate students to key concepts, alongside technical presentations. The accompanying Workshop will showcase cutting-edge research, foster scientific exchange, and create opportunities for new collaborations and research directions.

Featured School Lecturers

Robert de Mello Koch (Huzhou University, China) on Finite N Counting of States in Field Theory

Rodolfo Russo (Queen Mary University of London, UK) on Black Hole Microstates in the Context of AdS/CFT

Evgeny Skvortsov (Lebedev Institute of Physics, Russia) on Introduction to Chiral Higher Spin Gravity

The School and Workshop honour the legacy of Stanley Mandelstam, the distinguished South African-born theoretical physicist and Wits graduate whose seminal contributions to particle physics and string theory continue to inspire researchers worldwide.

Dates: 7–13 January 2027
Venue: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Website: http://neo.phys.wits.ac.za/mand9/

We look forward to an engaging week of stimulating lectures, frontier research, and meaningful scientific interactions that will help shape future directions in theoretical physics.

Please share this announcement with interested colleagues, researchers, and postgraduate students.

23/10/2026

How can you improve the impact of your papers? How do you communicate research effectively to international audiences?

Join us for the answers at the upcoming ICTP Physics Without Frontiers information session with a panel of experts on high-impact paper writing, hosted by ICTP Global Science Portal.

Join us online.

📍 2pm CET 28th October 2026, online.

Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/-1nkoLjcRHSq7-lgBhEFYw