TEP Seminars       The goal of Theoretical Elementary Particle (TEP) physics seminars  is to attain a fundamental description of the laws of physics, the constituents of matter and their interactions.	SCSS The Southern California Strings Seminar (SCSS) is where we gather and discuss new ideas and developments, both general and specialized, in the field.
Bhaumik Luncheon The goal of this Seminar series is to learn about exciting new ideas from scientists in the department through short talks and discussions.	BLYSS The goal of this seminar is to learn about exciting new ideas from up-and-coming scientists in the department and from around the world.

TEP Seminars

Seminars are held in the UCLA Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) 4-740 Schwinger Lounge, Tuesdays 2-3pm unless otherwise noted.

 

Fall Quarter 2025

Bhaumik Lecture: Thursday, October 2nd: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard)
"String Theory and the Dark Sector"

Tuesday, October 7th: Diego Delmastro (UCLA)
"Noether theorem, non-local currents, non-invertible symmetries"

Thursday, October 15th: Sonja Klisch (Edinburgh)
"The soft physics of amplitudes in background fields"

Tuesday, October 21st: Adar Sharon (UCLA)
"Large charge and Moduli spaces"

Tuesday, October 28th: Jaewon Song (KAIST)
"Large N Universality of 4d N=1 SCFT and Holography"

Tuesday, November 4th: Fedor Popov
TBA

Tuesday, November 11th: Matteo Sergola (UCLA)
TBA

Tuesday, November 18th: Michael Saavedra
TBA

Tuesday, December 2nd: TBD
TBA

Tuesday, December 9th: TBD
TBA

 

Winter Quarter 2026

 

 

 

Spring Quarter 2026

 

 

TEP Lunch Seminars 

TBA 

 

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Bhaumik Luncheon Seminars

The Mani L. Bhaumik Institute of Theoretical Physics is pleased to present the Bhaumik Luncheon Seminar series. The goal of this Seminar series is to learn about exciting new ideas from scientists in the department through short talks and discussions. The Seminar is usually held once per academic quarter. Come, participate, and enjoy a light lunch.

Upcoming Bhaumik Luncheon Seminars:

 

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Bhaumik Luncheon Young Scientists Seminar (BLYSS)

Our new seminar series, the Bhaumik Luncheon Young Scientists Seminar (BLYSS) launched in Fall of 2017. The goal of this seminar is to learn about exciting new ideas from up-and-coming scientists in the department and from around the world.

Upcoming BLYSS:

 

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Southern California Strings Seminar 

The Southern California Strings Seminar returns to UCLA. We gather and discuss new ideas and developments, both general and specialized, in the field.