Past Events

17:00 - 18:30 | Event

On Friday 23 June 2017, Stanford professor Andrei Linde will give a free public lecture at the Stadsschouwburg in Leiden. Linde is one of the world's leading cosmologists. Besides his scientific achievements, he is ...

19:20 - 19:46 | Event

Tonight in the Dutch Science Programme 'De Kennis van Nu' a special report on dark matter. With Patrick Decowski (IOP/UvA, Nikhef) on the search for dark matter particles in Gran Sasso, and Erik Verlinde on his new ...

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Sunday 3 April, the city of Utrecht will turn into a giant, free accessible university, during Science in the City. With lectures by Delta physicists Henk Stoof and Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel Prize 1999), and many many ...

18:00 - 20:00 | Event

Einstein voorspelde honderd jaar geleden dat heel zware, versnellende objecten tot golven in de ruimtetijd zouden leiden. Nu zijn deze zwaartekrachtsgolven voor het eerst daadwerkelijk gemeten. De Amerikaanse ...

18:00 - 20:00 | Event

Black holes, gravitational waves and the origins of the universe: In celebration of a century of General Relativity, the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences presents a mini-symposium on Einstein's legacy. Friday 11 Dec, ...

20:00 - 22:00 | Event

2015 is het Jaar van het Licht en het Jaar van Einstein: de laatste vervolmaakte in 1915 zijn algemene relativiteitstheorie, en UNESCO heeft Licht tot cultureel thema van 2015 uitgeroepen. Profs. Kareljan Schoutens ...

19:00 - 22:30 | Event

The ultimate particle party, organised by New ScientistNL in Pakhuis de Zwijger (Amsterdam). With, amongst others, Ivo van Vulpen, Stan Bentvelsen and Robbert Dijkgraaf. Be there or be square!

15:00 - 17:30 | Event

On Monday 23 February 2015 (in the International Year of Light), the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences will host a symposium entitled Fantastic Light, in celebration of the award of the Lorentz medal to ...

11:00 - 13:00 | Event

In the first of this years Paradiso public lecture series, Erik Verlinde (UvA, ITFA) will talk about Isaac Newton and theories of gravity.

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

From underground experiments on earth to virtual laboratories in the sky - this episode of FNWI College Tour will focus on energy in our universe. What can we learn from/about the accelerator at CERN, black holes and ...

20:00 - 23:00 | Event

Prof. Carlo Beenakker (Leiden University) will give a layman's talk on quantum mechanics.

20:30 - 23:00 | Event

To celebrate 20 years of Spinoza laureates, the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) organises Spinoz@Night in Dudok Café Den Haag. The event is open for the general public, and can also be watched live ...

09:00 - 17:30 | Symposium

In this symposium, sponsored by the GRAPPA Institute and the Delta Institute of Theoretical Physics, six world-leading scientists who pioneered the discovery of dark matter and its detection strategies will discuss ...

19:15 - 22:00 | Event

On Wednesday evening the 4th of June, Prof. Robbert Dijkgraaf gives a public lecture in the 'Beurs van Berlage' in Amsterdam during the TIPP 2014 conference. The lecture is called "The frontiers of physics. From the ...

20:00 - 22:00 | Lecture

Erik Verlinde, Heino Falcke and Henk Stoof in Kenniscafé de Balie about the future of the black hole (April 14, Dutch website)

20:00 - 22:00 | Lecture

Theatercollege by VU professor Piet Mulders about Quarks, Higgs and Neutrino's

19:00 - 22:00 | Event

At this edition of KijkLive, prof dr Carlo Beenakker (Lorentz Institute, Leiden), explains quantum computing in 15 minutes. In Dutch.

20:00 - 21:45 | Lecture

Lecture by Erik Verlinde from the series 'Higgsdeeltje, snaartheorie en de Oerknal' (Beurs van Berlage)

09:00 - 17:00 | Event

Viva Fysica! A physics conference for high school teachers and students with lectures from Diego Hofman ("What is holography) and Jan de Boer ('What is vacuum).

20:00 - 21:45 | Lecture

Lecture by Gerard 't Hoofd in the series 'Higgsdeeltje, snaartheorie en de Oerknal' (Beurs van Berlage)