This semester the seminar will meet either Mondays at 4:00 PM (in VV B239 or Chamberlin 4274 ) OR Tuesdays at 4:00 PM (in VV B139).        

David Tong (MIT)

``M-Theory on G_2 and Spin(7) Manifolds''
TIME: Monday, October 7 at 4:00 PM in VV B239

Ilia Zharkov (Duke)

``Integral Affine Structures on Metric Calabi-Yau Limits''
TIME: Monday, October 14 at 4:00 PM in VV B239

Alex Buchel (University of Michigan)

``Cosmological Backgrounds in Supergravity/String Theory''
TIME: Tuesday, October 22 at 4:00 PM in VV B139

Charles Doran (Columbia University)

``One Dimensional Families of Calabi-Yau 3-folds''
TIME: Monday, October 28 at 4:00 PM in VV B239

David Ben-Zvi (U. Chicago)

``Differential Solitons and Algebraic Geometry''
TIME: Monday, November 4 at 4:00 PM in VV B239

Lev Borisov (UW-Madison)

``Examples of Vertex Algebras (for mathematicians)''
TIME: Monday, November 11 at 4:00 PM in VV B239

Lev Borisov (UW-Madison)

``Vertex Algebras of Toric Mirror Symmetry (for mathematicians and physicists)''
TIME: Tuesday, November 12 at 4:00 PM in VV B139

Ernesto Lupercio (UW-Madison)

``Gerbes and Orbifold Twisted K-Theory in String Theory''
TIME: Monday, November 25 at 4:00 PM in VV B239

Hong Liu (Rutgers University)

``Cosmic Singularities and String Theory''
TIME: Monday, December 2 at 4:00 PM in 4274 Chamberlin [Note special room].

Eric Gimon (IAS Princeton)

``String Theory and Confinement in Field Theory''
TIME: Monday, December 9 at 4:00 PM in 4274 Chamberlin [Note special room].

Coffee, tea and cookies available on Mondays at 3:30 PM in the 9th Floor Lounge at Van Vleck Hall

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