Nobel In Africa

Nobel in Africa is a STIAS Initiative in partnership with Stellenbosch University, under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with funding from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

The first Nobel Symposium held in Africa was hosted at STIAS from 18 October to 2 November 2022 in the area of Physics. Public Lectures were organised as part of the symposium, titled the NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES. These were presented on several campuses across South Africa. NITheCS assisted with this outreach programme.

The full set of lectures in the Outreach Programme are listed below.

Nobel Symposia Series

Oct 18

NOBEL IN AFRICA – A STIAS INITIATIVE – NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES ‘Cosmology: A Golden Era’

Prof Yin-Zhe Ma (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

Oct 20

NOBEL IN AFRICA – A STIAS INITIATIVE – NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES ‘The Quantum Universe’

Prof Viatcheslav Mukhanov (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität)

Oct 20

NOBEL IN AFRICA – A STIAS INITIATIVE – NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES ‘The Mystery of Black Hole Entropy’

Prof Erik Aurell (Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm (KTH))

Oct 21

NOBEL IN AFRICA – A STIAS INITIATIVE – NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES ‘Entanglement: From Theory to Quantum Computers’

Prof Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch University and Interim Director of NITheCS)

Oct 21

NOBEL IN AFRICA – A STIAS INITIATIVE – NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES ‘Rise and Take Your Position’ and ‘Universe’

Dr Thifhelimbilu Daphney Bucher (Cape Peninsula University of Technology)

Oct 24

NOBEL IN AFRICA – A STIAS INITIATIVE – NOBEL SYMPOSIA SERIES ‘How Quantum Physics Democratised Music: A Meditation on Physics and Technology’

Prof Sir Michael Berry (Bristol University)

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