Earlier Summer Schools for Graduate Students
"Grundlagen und neue Methoden der theoretischen Physik"

Daily Schedule of the School:

08:00     breakfast 
09:00     first lecture (90 mins, 15 mins break)
10:45     coffee break (change of lecturer)
11:15     second lecture (90 mins, 15 mins break)
13:00     lunch break 
16:00     exercises in small groups (with coffee/cookies)
19:00     dinner 
20:00     solution to problems: presentation, discussion

First School: Saalburg, 04-15.09.1995

Lecture Program:

Conformal Field Theory     A.N. Schellekens    NIKHEF, Amsterdam
BRST Quantization          N. Dragon           Hannover University
Topological Field Theory   G. Thompson         ICTP, Trieste
Liouville Theory           J. Schnittger       CERN, Geneva
Renormalization Group      P. Breitenlohner    MPI, Munich

Second School: Saalburg, 02-13.09.1996

Lecture Program:

The Supersymmetric Standard Model    J. Louis          Munich University
The Cosmological Standard Model      A. Wipf           Jena University
Field Theory with Temperature        W. Buchmüller     DESY, Hamburg 
Solutions of Einstein's Equation     J.W. van Holten   NIKHEF, Amsterdam
Duality in Gauge Theories            A. Bilal          Ecole Normale, Paris

Third School: Saalburg, 01-12.09.1997

Lecture Program:

Non-Perturbative Gauge Theory    P. van Baal   Leiden University
Standard Model Renormalization   E. Kraus      Bonn University
Anomalies                        H. Römer      Freiburg University
Quantum Aspects of Black Holes   H. Verlinde   Amsterdam University
Quantum Groups                   J. Wess       Munich University

Fourth School: Saalburg, 31.08.-11.09.1998

Lecture Program:

Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena        J. Zinn-Justin    Saclay, France
Neutrinos in Astrophysics and Cosmology            G. Raffelt 	     MPI for Physics, Munich
Introduction to String Theory                      O. Lechtenfeld    Hanover University
Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics   K. Schoutens      Amsterdam University
Modern Aspects of String Theory                    D. Lüst           Humboldt University, Berlin

Fifth School: Saalburg, 30.08.-10.09.1999

Lecture Program:

Supergravity                                          B. de Wit      Utrecht University
                                                      S. Theisen     Munich University
Integrable Quantum Field Theories in Two Dimensions   P. Dorey       Durham University
Field Theory on the Lattice                           K. Jansen      CERN, Geneva
Quantum Stochastic Description of Open Systems        K. Gheri       Innsbruck University
Monopoles, Instantons and Confinement                 G. 't Hooft    Utrecht University

Sixth School: Saalburg, 04.-15.09.2000

Lecture Program:

Gravitational Lensing                               J. Ehlers    AEI Golm near Potsdam
Precision Tests of the Electroweak Theory           W. Hollik    Karlsruhe University
Supersymmetric Gauge Theory in the Large-N Limit    N. Dorey     Univ. of Wales Swansea
The Standard Model at Low Energies                  G. Ecker     Wien University
Nonperturbative Theories of Quantum Gravity         R. Loll      AEI Golm near Potsdam

Seventh School: Saalburg, 03.-14.09.2001

Lecture Program:

Introduction to Supersymmetry and Supergravity    H. Nicolai     AEI Golm near Potsdam
The Wilsonian Renormalization Group               M. Reuter      University of Mainz
Gauge Theory on Noncommutative Spaces             P. Schupp      LM University of Munich 
The AdS/CFT Correspondence                        J. de Boer     University of Amsterdam
Quantum Information and Computing                 H. Briegel     LM University of Munich

Eighth School: Wolfersdorf, 02.-13.09.2002

Lecture Program:

Anomalies in quantum field theory                 A. Schwimmer     Weizmann Institute Rehovot
Instantons in supersymmetric field theories       S. Vandoren      Utrecht University
Introduction to chiral perturbation theory        H. Leutwyler     University of Bern
Quantum aspects of black holes                    C. Kiefer        University at Cologne
Extra dimensions                                  A. Hebecker      CERN Geneva

Ninth School: Seifhennersdorf, 01.-12.09.2003

Lecture Program:

Algebraic quantum field theory                  K. Fredenhagen     Hamburg University
Integrable systems                              H. Grosse          Vienna University
Brane solutions in gravitational theories       E. Bergshoeff      Groningen University
Leptogenesis in the early universe              W. Buchmüller      DESY Hamburg
Gravitational waves in physics and astronomy    B. Schutz          Albert-Einstein-Institut Golm

Tenth School: Wolfersdorf, 30.08-10.09.2004

Lecture Program:

Introduction to supersymmetry              I. Sachs        University of Munich
Plane waves and Penrose limits             M. Blau         University of Neuchatel
From super-Yang-Mills to QCD               M. Shifman      University of Minnesota
Quantization of gauge systems              M. Henneaux     Free University Brussels
Matrix models                              G. Akemann      CEA Saclay

Eleventh School: Wolfersdorf, 05.-16.09.2005

Lecture Program:

Conformal field theory                    M. Gaberdiel          ETH Zürich
Lie algebras and their representations    D. Olive              University of Wales Swansea
Solitons and instantons                   P. van Nieuwenhuizen  SUNY at Stony Brook
Supersymmetric gauge theories             A. Smilga             Université de Nantes
Black holes                               T. Mohaupt            Universität Jena

Twelfth School: Wolfersdorf, 04.-15.09.2006

Lecture Program:

Introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence      J. Erdmenger       MPI für Physik München
Inflation and primordial fluctuations           V. Mukhanov        Universität München
Gauge theory and the Bethe ansatz               N. Beisert         Princeton University
Quantum actions, energies and forces            H. Gies            Universität Heidelberg
States of matter and phase transitions          H. Wagner          Universität München

Thirteenth School: Wolfersdorf, 03.-14.09.2007

Lecture Program:

Introduction to supersymmetry                  U. Theis           Universität Jena
Wess-Zumino-Witten theories                    J. Teschner        DESY Hamburg
Introduction to supergravity                   H. Samtleben       École Normale Supérieure Lyon
Topological solitons                           N. Manton          Cambridge University
Fundamental questions of quantum mechanics     T. Filk            Universität Freiburg

Fourteenth School: Wolfersdorf, 01.-12.09.2008

Lecture Program:

Functional determinants in quantum field theory     G. Dunne           Connecticut University
Beyond Standard Model phenomenology                 H. Dreiner         Bonn University
Lie algebras and applications                       H. Steinacker      Vienna University
Extra dimensions                                    R. Gregory         Durham University
On-shell methods                                    R. Roiban          Pennsylvania State University

Fiveteenth School: Wolfersdorf, 31.08.-11.09.2009

Lecture Program:

Infinite-dimensional symmetries               H. Nicolai         Albert-Einstein Institut Potsdam
Introduction to cosmology                     D. Schwarz         Bielefeld University
Geometric quantization and 
   hamiltonian analysis in field theory       V.P. Nair          City University of New York
Noncommutative field theory                   R. Szabo           Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
Introduction to lattice field theory          U.-J. Wiese        University of Bern

Sixteenth School: Wolfersdorf, 30.08.-10.09.2010

Lecture Program:

Introduction to anomalies                     L. Alvarez-Gaumé      CERN Genève
Canonical gravity                             D. Giulini            Universität Hannover
Functional renormalization group              J. Pawlowski          Universität Heidelberg
Scattering amplitudes                         J. Henn               Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
Trace anomaly and macroscopic gravitation     E. Mottola            Los Alamos National Laboratory

Seventeenth School: Wolfersdorf, 29.08.-09.09.2011

Lecture Program:

Conformal field theory                          C. Römelsberger        Universität München
Non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories      L. von Smekal          Universität Darmstadt
Spontaneous symmetry breaking                   A. Manohar             University of California at San Diego
Entanglement entropy in quantum field theory    J. Cardy               Oxford University
Quantum information                             R.F. Werner            Universität Hannover