2026 Dirac Lectures on Quantum Mechanics: Dirac's Dissertation at 100

The Dirac Lectures is an initiative of Florida State University to celebrate the memory of Paul Dirac, late FSU physics faculty member, Nobel Prize laureate, and namesake of the Dirac Science Library. These lectures bring outstanding speakers to FSU to present physics topics of particular interest and notability.

The 2026 Dirac Lectures will be a special event since they celebrate the 100th anniversary of Dirac's Ph.D. dissertation titled “Quantum Mechanics.” Parts of the original handwritten manuscript are preserved and available for view and consultation from the FSU library. 

Three renowned lecturers will join: Henriette Elvang, University of Michigan, who will lecture on topics of symmetry, scattering amplitudes and bootstraps; Gerald Gabrielse, Northwestern University, who will lecture on precise measurements of Standard Model observables, and Shinsei Ryu, Princeton University, who will lecture on topics of topological quantum matter. More information about the schedule of the lectures is included below. Streaming will be available on YouTube.