Announcement on Online Lectures of Sokendai Winter school (March 12 and 13, 2026)

Website including Registration info:

https://guas-astronomy.jp/eng/Applicants/winter2026.html

The Astronomical Science Program of Graduate University for Advanced

Studies, SOKENDAI, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

(NAOJ) invite early-career researchers from Asia to join the SOKENDAI

Asian Winter School. The school aims to offer a high-level educational

experience to both undergraduate and graduate students as well as to

demonstrate the department’s cutting-edge research activities. The

lectures cover a wide area of astronomy and are given by world-leading

researchers. This year’s school is held fully online. No registration

fee is needed. Students who have interest in the school are encouraged

to register at the website.

Date: March 12 to 13, 2026

List of Lecturers and topics

Honma, Mareki (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ): VLBI Observations of

Super-massive Black Holes

Nomura, Hideko (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ): Planet Formation

Ishigaki, Miho (Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ): Stars and the Milky Way

Izumi, Takuma (Associate Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ): AGN and galaxies

Katsukawa, Yukio (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ): The Sun