Weekly Schedule

The regular activities of the Swampland Initiative are:

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
Swampland Seminar
11:00 am – 12:00pm
J453
Lunch
12:00pm
J453
String Lunch
12:00pm – 1:00 pm
J450
Swampland Group Lunch
12:00pm – 1:00pm
J368
Department Coffee
3:30pm
J450
Department Coffee
3:30pm
J450
Department Coffee
3:30pm
J450
Department Coffee
3:30pm
J450
Department Coffee
3:30pm
J450

Seminar Schedule — Fall 2025

The Swampland Seminars take place every week on Monday at 11am in J453 unless indicated otherwise.

Swampland Seminar9/8/2025Max Huebner (Harvard)
Swampland Seminar 9/15/2025Thomas Grimm (Harvard)
Swampland Seminar — 9/22/2025Alvaro Herraez (Munich)
Swampland Seminar — 9/29/2025TBD
Swampland Seminar — 10/6/2025Max Wiesner (Hamburg)
10/13/2025No Swampland Seminar — Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Swampland Seminar — 10/20/2025Alberto Castellano (UChicago)
Swampland Seminar — 10/27/2025Michael Ross (UWashington)
Swampland Seminar11/3/2025Ivano Basile (Munich)
Swampland Seminar — 11/10/2025Alessandro Mininno (UWisconsin)
Swampland Seminar — 11/17/2025Björn Hassfeld (Heidelberg)
Swampland Seminar — 11/24/2025Houri Tarazi (UChicago)
Swampland Seminar — 12/1/2025Muthusamy Rajaguru (Lehigh)
SWAMPLAND LUNCH DISCUSSIONS

The Swampland Lunch Discussions take place every week on Friday from 12pm – 1pm in J368. During the first 30 minutes of these meetings there is an open discussion of recent Swampland paper(s) which is followed by an informal talk by a group member or visitor.

Swampland Discussion — 9/5/2025Start-up discussion (60 minutes)
Swampland Discussion — 9/12/2025
Swampland Discussion — 9/19/2025
Swampland Discussion — 9/26/2025
Swampland Discussion — 10/3/2025
Swampland Discussion — 10/10/2025
Swampland Discussion — 10/17/2025
Swampland Discussion — 10/24/2025
Swampland Discussion — 10/31/2025
Swampland Discussion — 11/7/2025
Swampland Discussion — 11/14/2025
Swampland Discussion — 11/21/2025
11/28/2025No Discussion – Friday After Thanksgiving
Swampland Discussion — 12/5/2025
If you would like to give a talk during one of our meetings, please fill in your name in our spreadsheet, or contact Naomi Gendler, Amineh Mohseni, or Hector Parra de Freitas.

Related Seminar Series

  • In previous years the seminar series has been hosted by the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications. For these titles and abstracts please see the CMSA website.