Centennial Physics Lectures at Peking University

It has been nearly 100 years since the Department of Physics was established at Peking University. The Department’s founding in 1913 was not only an announcement of the importance that Peking University placed on the physical sciences, but also a milestone in the development of modern science in China. A hundred years on, the Department has made distinguished contributions to the nation and to the world in both education and academics. The department is now a college, the School of Physics, which includes physics, astronomy, and atmospheric and oceanic sciences. To celebrate its centennial, the School of Physics creates the distinguished lecture series: Centennial Physics Lectures at Peking University. Eminent scholars around the world will be invited to present lectures on both fundamental and cutting-edge problems in physics, astronomy, and atmospheric and oceanic sciences. We hope that this lecture series will establish a thought-provoking forum, stimulate lively and topical intellectual debates, strengthen global and interdisciplinary collaborations, promote the advancement of physical sciences, extend the distinguished and innovative scholarly tradition at Peking University. The lecture series will be held once each semester, starting in 2010. Colleagues and students from all fields and all institutes are invited to attend.