About
The Harvard Swampland Initiative continues to host an active visitors program for the 2025-2026 academic year at the Department of Physics of Harvard University. The goal is to bring together leading experts on the Swampland program and related fields in order to discuss new perspectives for the Swampland program and explore new directions to connect the Swampland program to other research fields.
2025-2026Participants
| Alvaro Herraez | Alberto Castellano | Michael Ross | Björn Hassfeld |
| Jacob McNamara | Damian van de Heisteeg | Hee-Cheol Kim | Georges Obied |
| Ivano Basile | Tom Rudelius | Severin Lüst | Alberto Castellano |
| Alessandro Mininno | Alek Bedroya | Mariana Graña | Max Wiesner |
| José Calderón-Infante | Muthusamy Rajaguru | Daniel Waldram | Thomas Grimm |
Visitors Spring Term 2026
| Week of January 26 | Week of February 2 | Week of February 9 |
| Jacob McNamara | Georges Obied | TBD |
| Week of February 16 | Week of February 23 | Week of March 2 |
| Presidents’ Day – No Seminar | Severin Lüst | José Calderón Infante |
| Week of March 9 | Week of March 16 | Week of March 23 |
| Alek Bedroya | Spring Break – No Seminar | Hee-Cheol Kim |
| Week of March 30 | Week of April 6 | Week of April 13 |
| Mariana Graña | Muthusamy Rajaguru | Tom Rudelius |
| Week of April 20 | Week of April 27 | Week of May 4 |
| Damian van de Heisteeg | TBD | TBD |
Previous Visitors:
Visitors Fall Term 2025
| Week of September 22 | Week of September 29 | Week of October 6 |
| Alvaro Herraez | TBA | Max Wiesner |
| Week of October 13 | Week of October 20 | Week of October 27 |
| NO SEMINAR | Alberto Castellano | Michael Ross |
| Week of November 3 | Week of November 10 | Week of November 17 |
| Ivano Basile | Alessandro Mininno | Björn Hassfeld |
| Week of November 24 | Week of December 1 | |
| Houri Tarazi | Muthusamy Rajaguru |
Visitors Spring Term 2025
| Week of January 27 | Week of February 3 | Week of February 10 |
| Thomas van Riet Sheldon Katz | NO SEMINAR | |
| Week of February 24 | Week of March 3 | Week of March 10 |
| Emilian Dudas Gabriele Casagrande | Niccolo Cribiori Matilda Delgado | Matilda Delgado |
| Week of March 17 | Week of March 24 | Week of March 31 |
| NO SEMINAR- Spring Break | Ethan Torres | Alberto Castellano |
| Week of April 7 | Week of April 14 | Week of April 21 |
| No Seminar | Miguel Montero Irene Valenzuela Michelangelo Tartaglia | Markus Dierigl Dusan Novicic |
| Week of April 28 | Week of May 5 | |
| Dieter Lüst Carmine Montella Max Wiesner | Max Wiesner |
Visitors Fall Term 2024
| Week of September 16 | Week of September 23 | Week of September 30 |
| Victoria Venken | Steve Abel Keith Dienes Muldrow Etheredge | Keith Dienes Muldrow Etheredge |
| Week of October 7 | Week of October 14 | Week of October 21 |
| Severin Lüst | Jonathan Heckman | |
| Week of October 28 | Week of November 4 | Week of November 11 |
| José Calderón-Infante | Ivano Basile | |
| Week of November 18 | Week of November 25 | Week of December 2 |
| Lara Anderson Sunit Patil | Timo Weigand |
Visitors Spring Term 2024
| Week of January 29 | Week of February 5 | Week of February 12 |
| Yuta Hamada Gregory Loges Houri Tarazi | Yuta Hamada Gregory Loges Luca Martucci Houri Tarazi Georges Obied | Luca Martucci Houri Tarazi Georges Obied |
| Week of February 19 | Week of February 26 | Week of March 4 |
| Nicole Righi Houri Tarazi Georges Obied | Mirjam Cvetic Georges Obied Ethan Torres | Ling Lin Mirjam Cvetic Ethan Torres |
| Week of March 11 | Week of March 18 | Week of March 25 |
| Ling Lin | Arthur Hebecker Björn Friedrich Iñaki Garcia-Etxebarria | Arthur Hebecker Björn Friedrich Iñaki Garcia-Etxebarria Irene Valenzuela Miguel Montero Bruno Bento Bernardo Fraiman Michelangelo Tartaglia |
| Week of April 1 | Week of April 8 | Week of April 15 |
| Arthur Hebecker Björn Friedrich Irene Valenzuela Miguel Montero Bruno Bento Bernardo Fraiman Andriana Makridou Michelangelo Tartaglia | Jakob Moritz Thomas Van Riet Sebastien Reymond Fien Apers Matilda Delgado Andriana Makridou Houri Tarazi | Luis Ibanez Alberto Castellano Jakob Moritz Thomas Van Riet Sebastien Reymond Gary Shiu Jake McNamara Houri Tarazi |
| Week of April 22 | Week of April 29 | Week of May 6 |
| Luis Ibanez Jakob Moritz Gary Shiu Alberto Castellano Jake McNamara | Hirosi Ooguri Gary Shiu Grant Remmen Jake McNamara | Hirosi Ooguri Grant Remmen David Marsh |
Visitors Fall Term 2023
| Week of September 18 | Week of September 25 | Week of October 2 |
| Eran Palti Tom Rudelius | Eran Palti Tom Rudelius Claudia De Rahm | Severin Lüst Simon Schreyer |
| Week of October 9 | Week of October 16 | Week of October 23 |
| Severin Lüst Simon Schreyer Max Hübner | Severin Lüst Max Hübner Stefan Vandoren George Gkountoumis | Stefan Vandoren George Gkountoumis |
| Week of October 30 | Week of November 6 | Week of November 13 |
| Dieter Lüst Timm Wrase Muthusamy Rajaguru | Dieter Lüst Timm Wrase Muthusamy Rajaguru Eric Perlmutter | Timm Wrase Muthusamy Rajaguru Eric Perlmutter Iosif Bena |
| Week of November 20 | Week of November 27 | |
| Timm Wrase Muthusamy Rajaguru Iosif Bena | Hao Zhang |