Nico van Kampen Colloquium in Theoretical Physics
Nico van Kampen Colloquium in Theoretical Physics
Wednesdays
Time: 16h00 – 17h00
Schedule 2025-2026 Nico van Kampen Colloquium
Colloquia will be in person and will begin at 4pm.
2025
Semester 1
First Period: Monday 1 Sep - 7 November 2025 ( week 36 - 45 )
WEDNESDAY 22 October 2025
Speaker: Pieter ten Wolde ( Amolf )
Title: The utility of information for navigation
Place & time: 16h00 in Minnaert 2.02
Host: Farshid Jafarpour
Second Period: Monday 10 November 2025 - 30 Jan 2026 ( week 46 )
WEDNESDAY 19 November 2025
Speaker: Henk Stoof ( UU )
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Minnaert 2.02
Host: Tomislav Prokopec
WEDNESDAY 3 December 2025
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Minnaert 2.02
Host: Lars Fritz
WEDNESDAY 17 December 2025
Speaker: Matthieu Schaller ( Universiteit Leiden )
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Minnaert 2.02
Host: Elisa Chisari
2026
WEDNESDAY 14 January 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in Minnaert 2.02
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: Tanja Hinderer
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: Ro Jefferson
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 person in the scheduled lecture hall. Location of the colloquium is not fixed. Some of the locations are as follows:
- , lecture rooms Wit, Paars, Blauw, or 042 Leuvenlaan 21, Utrecht
- , (KBG), lecture rooms ATLAS, COSMOS or PANGEA, Budapestlaan 4a-b, Utrecht
- , lecture room 211, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht
- Minnaertgebouw, lecture rooms 201, 202, Leuvenlaan 4, Utrecht
- 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, career events and questions to the speakers.
Furthermore, supervisors in the second year should write colloquium attendance as student’s (bi-)weekly activity.