30th Hintze Lecture: A Universe of Black Holes – Janna Levin & Roger Penrose

Date: Tue, 14 October 2025 · 17:00 - 18:00
Cost: Free
Venue: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics (+ livestream)
Address: Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
Event page: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/30th-hintze-lecture-professor-janna-levin-professor-sir-roger-penrose

30th Hintze Lecture: A Universe of Black Holes 🌌🕳️

In this special anniversary event, Professor Janna Levin (Columbia University) and Professor Sir Roger Penrose (University of Oxford, Nobel Prize 2020) will discuss the most enigmatic objects in the cosmos.

Expect to explore:

  • 🌠 How black holes form and shape galaxies
  • 💡 Why they may hold clues to a “theory of everything”
  • 🔭 The paradox of the darkest objects powering the brightest beacons in the Universe

Part of the Hintze Lecture Series, highlighting cutting‑edge developments in astrophysics and cosmology.