Partial history of Cargèse Summer Schools on String Theory, QFT and Related Topics

Advanced Summer Institutes and Summer Schools have been taking place at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse since around 1972. Below is a partial list of the more recent sessions.
Some remarks about the history of the schools can be found on the institute website, as well as on the memorial page (in French) in honour of Maurice Lévy, who initiated the IESC.

1995: "Low Dimensional Applications of Quantum Field Theory"

Dates: July 11-29, 1995

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • V. Kazakov
  • M. Picco
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • O. Alvarez
  • D. Bernard
  • A. Bilal
  • F. David
  • P. di Francesco
  • R. Dijkgraaf
  • M. Douglas
  • T. Eguchi
  • J-L. Gervais
  • K. Intriligator
  • I. Kostov
  • R. Laughlin
  • Y. Matsuo
  • A. Migdal
  • S. Mukhi
  • G. Mussardo
  • S. Polyakov
  • E. Rabinovici
  • H. Saleur
  • M. Staudacher
  • E. Verlinde
  • H. Verlinde
  • P. Wiegmann
  • A. Zamolodchikov
  • A. Zamolodchikov
  • J-B. Zuber

1997: "Strings, Branes and Dualities"

Dates: May 26-June 14, 1997

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • P. di Francesco
  • M. R. Douglas
  • V. Kazakov
  • M. Picco
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • I. Antoniadis
  • B. de Wit
  • R. Dijkgraaf
  • T. Eguchi
  • M.B. Green
  • J. Harvey
  • B. Julia
  • C. Kounnas
  • J. Louis
  • J. Maldacena
  • E. Martinec
  • D. Olive
  • A. Polyakov
  • L. Susskind
  • P. Townsend
  • E. Verlinde
  • H. Verlinde

1999: "Progress in string theory and M-theory"

Dates: May 24-June 5, 1999

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • M. B. Green
  • M. Picco
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • C. Bachas
  • A. Sen
  • H. Verlinde
  • W. Lerche
  • P. Townsend
  • J. Harvey
  • J. Maldacena
  • E. Martinec
  • J. Schwarz
  • S. Shenker
  • A. Strominger

2002: "Progress in String, Field and Particle Theory"

Dates: June 25 - July 11, 2002

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • J. Harvey
  • B. Pioline
  • E. Rabinovici
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • O. Aharony
  • I. Antoniadis
  • R. Bousso
  • J. Harvey
  • I. Klebanov
  • D. Friedan
  • S. Minwalla
  • E. Martinec
  • N. Nekrasov
  • E. Rabinovici
  • A. Sagnotti
  • A. Strominger
  • E. Verlinde
  • B. Zwiebach

Website: 2002 School

2004: "String theory: from gauge interactions to cosmology"

Dates: June 9-17, 2004

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • E. Rabinovici
  • J. de Boer
  • B. Pioline
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • D. Bernard
  • R. Brandenberger
  • R. Dijkgraaf
  • S. Elitzur
  • D. Gross
  • I. Klebanov
  • A. Morozov
  • I. Okun
  • H. Ooguri
  • S. Pokorski
  • J. Polchinski
  • A. Tseytlin

Website: 2004 School

2006: "Strings and Branes: the Present Paradigm for Gauge Interactions and Cosmology"

Dates: May 22-June 3, 2006

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • J. de Boer
  • M. R. Douglas
  • E. Rabinovici
  • P. Vanhove
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • I. Antoniadis
  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • M. Berkooz
  • A. Connes
  • A. Dabholkar
  • B. de Wit
  • G. Gabadadze
  • J. Harvey
  • S. Kachru
  • W. Lerche
  • O. Lunin
  • N. Nekrasov
  • A. Uranga
  • U. Seljak
  • A. Strominger
  • H. Verlinde

Website: 2006 School

2008: "Theory and Particle Physics: the LHC Perspective and Beyond"

Dates: June 16-28, 2008

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • J. de Boer
  • M. Douglas
  • E. Rabinovici
  • P. Vanhove
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • T. Banks
  • J. Barbon
  • M. Dine
  • A. Giveon
  • G. W. Moore
  • R. Myers
  • M. Sakellariadou
  • M. Staudacher
  • A. Strominger
  • A. Sen
  • D. T. Son
  • L. Randall
  • S. Thomas

Website: 2008 School

2010: "String Theory: Formal Developments and Applications"

Dates: June 21 - July 3, 2010

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • J. de Boer
  • M. Douglas
  • E. Rabinovici
  • P. Vanhove
  • P. Windey

Lecturers:

  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • Z. Bern
  • M.B. Green
  • K. Intriligator
  • Z. Komargodski
  • N. Nekrasov
  • R. Peschanski
  • A. Sen
  • Y. Sirvois
  • D. T. Son
  • A. Strominger
  • D. Zagier

Website: 2010 School

2012: "Gauge Theory and String Theory"

Dates: June 4 - June 16, 2012

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • K. Benakli
  • J. de Boer
  • M. Douglas
  • E. Rabinovici
  • P. Vanhove

Lecturers:

  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • T. Banks
  • Z. Bern
  • E. Bergshoeff
  • H. Elvang
  • M. Gaberdiel
  • S. Grushevsky
  • A. Hanany
  • R. Janik
  • Z. Komargodski
  • S. Minwalla
  • K. Schalm
  • A. Strominger
  • S. Vandoren

Website: 2012 School

2014: "String Theory and Holography"

Dates: June 2 - June 14, 2014

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • K. Benakli
  • N. Halmagyi
  • J. de Boer
  • E. Rabinovici
  • Z. Komargodski

Lecturers:

  • I. Antoniadis
  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • C. Bachas
  • T. Banks
  • A. Castro
  • S. Gukov
  • S. Hartnoll
  • J. Harvey
  • Z. Komargodski
  • J. Maldacena
  • Y. Oz
  • K. Papadodimas
  • S. Rychkov
  • A. Sever
  • D. T. Son
  • A. Strominger
  • E. Verlinde

Website: 2014 School

2016: "Quantum Gravity, Cosmology and Particle Physics"

Dates: June 13 - June 25, 2016

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • J. de Boer
  • E. Rabinovici

Scientific Committee:

  • K. Benakli
  • S. El Showk
  • N. Halmagyi
  • A. Ceresole
  • Y. Lozana
  • Z. Komargodski

Lecturers:

  • L. Anderson
  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • F. Benini
  • D. Green
  • Z. Komargodski
  • J. Maldacena
  • E. Martinec
  • S. Mukhanov
  • K. Papadodimas
  • S. Pasquetti
  • J. Penedones
  • A. Sen
  • S. Shenker
  • A. Strominger

Website: 2016 School

2018: "Quantum Gravity, Strings and Fields"

Dates: June 11 - June 23, 2018

Organizers:

  • L. Baulieu
  • K. Benakli
  • J. de Boer
  • M. Guica
  • B. Pioline
  • E. Rabinovici
  • P. Vanhove

Lecturers:

  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • M. Cheng
  • T. Damour
  • S. Gukov
  • K. Papadodimas
  • R. Roiban
  • Shlomo Razamat
  • A. Sen
  • A. Sever
  • S. Shenker
  • A. Strominger

Website: 2018 School

2021: Old and New Frontiers in Quantum Field Theory

Dates: July 9 to July 19, 2021

Organizers:

  • C. Bachas
  • L. Baulieu
  • K. Benakli
  • S. Rychkov
  • P. Tourkine
  • E. Rabinovici
  • E. Verlinde

Lecturers:

  • A. Almheiri
  • N. Arkani-Hamed
  • J. de Boer
  • N. Engelhardt (remote)
  • M. Kleban
  • J. Maldacena (remote)
  • J. Sonner
  • A. Strominger
  • H. Verlinde
  • X. Yin
  • A. Zhiboedov

Website: 2021 School

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2026: Advanced Summer School on Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity

Dates: June 23 to July 3, 2026

Organizers:

  • J. de Boer
  • M. Guica
  • P. Pioline
  • J. Sonner
  • P. Tourkine
  • B. van Rees
  • E. Verlinde

Lecturers:

  • M. Berkooz
  • S. Collier
  • Z. Komargodski
  • H. Liu
  • G. Pimentel
  • A. Sen
  • J. Turiaci
  • I. Valenzuela
  • A. Zhiboedov

Website: 2026 School