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I helped organize a 2-week string theory school in Anzali, Iran
(on the shores of the Caspian Sea) from Sept. 29-Oct. 9, 2003.
The school was a joint venture of the
American Physical Society (APS),
the APS Division of
Particles and Fields (DPF), and the
Physics
Society of Iran (PSI). We had lecturers from the US, Iran, India,
Italy, Sweden, and South Korea. Students -- mostly
graduate students and postdocs -- came
from Iran, the US, India, Italy, Canada, and Azerbaijan.
We have since held a second school, also endorsed by the APS and the
PSI, from January 5-14 in Qeshm, Iran.
These schools have been very successful, both scientifically and
in terms of building connections between the US and Iranian
physics communities. We are planning the next joint US-Iran
school in Tehran in March 2006.
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ISS2003 conference website. Contains conference photos
and audio files for the talks. ISS2005 conference website. The Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), the Iran-based organizing institution. Photos by Sunil Mukhi, one of the lecturers and a string theorist at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India. |