Istanbul Stringy Meeting 2026

The Istanbul Stringy Meeting will be held from January 5 to 9, 2026, at the Department of Physics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.

The workshop aims to bring together young researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics. The idea of the workshop is to discuss recent developments and progress in topics such as

  • Physical Mathematics
  • Supersymmetric gauge theories
  • Non-perturbative quantum field theories
  • AdS/CFT correspondence

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Invited Speakers

  • Cihan Pazarbaşı (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
  • Ikram Kouachi (Bilgi University, Türkiye)
  • Andrea de Marco (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
  • Hengyuan Guo (INFN/University of Pisa, Italy, and Sun Yat-Sun University, China)
  • Andrew Kuzovchikov (Higher School of Economics and of Moscow State University, Russia)
  • Hui Liu (Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia)
  • Ali Pazarcı (Bologna University, Italy)
  • Alessandro Borys (University of Catania, Italy)
  • Uveys Turhan (Boğaziçi University, Türkiye)
  • Reyhan Yumuşak (Boğaziçi University, Türkiye)

Advisory Committee

  • Sergei Alexandrov (University of Montpellier, France)
  • Dmitri Bykov (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow)
  • Ilmar Gahramanov (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)
  • Edvard Musaev (MIPT, Russia)
  • Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University, US)
  • Masahito Yamazaki (Kavli IPMU University of Tokyo, Japan)

Organizing Committee

  • M. Batu Bayındırlı (University of Minnesota, US)
  • Ege Coban (DESY, Hamburg)
  • Tolga Domurcukgül (North Carolina State University, US)
  • Mustafa Mullahasanoglu (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
  • Paolo Rossi (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
  • Ali Mert Yetkin (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
  • Andrea de Marco (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

Scientific Program

6 January Tuesday

11.00-12.00Opening Talk
12.00-14.00Lunch Break
14.00-14.40Spin Chains and One-Dimensional Sigma ModelsAndrew Kuzovchikov
14.40-15.20Coffee Break
15.20-16.00Integrable Scattering Theories with 𝒰q(𝔰𝔲(2)) Symmetry in 1+1 DimensionsAli Pazarcı

7 January Wednesday

11.00-11.40Resurgence and dualityCihan Pazarbaşı
11.40-14.00Lunch Break
14.00-14.40Superconformal Index for D(2,1,α) SymmetryAndrea de Marco
14.40-15.20Coffee Break
15.10-15.35Modular Double on Lens SpacesReyhan Yumuşak
15.35-16.00Knot Invariants and Bailey PairsUveys Turhan

8 January Thursday

11.00-11.40Soliton Quantization: A Finite Tension for Domain WallHengyuan Guo
11.40-14.00Lunch Break
14.00-15.20POSTER Session
15.20-16.00Branes, Bubbles and Dark EnergyAlessandro Borys

9 January Friday

11.00-11.40An Extended Soliton’s Zero ModesHui Liu
11.40-12.20
12.20-13.00Darboux: Solvable Dirac Operators in Curved GeometryIkram Kouachi
13.00Lunch