This is the list of all Saas-Fee courses organised by the SSAA since 1971. For recent courses we also provide links to the original webpage and to available course material. The lecture notes are published by Springer since 1990 in their Saas-Fee series. Earlier volumes, if available, can be ordered at the Geneva Observatory.
| YEAR | TITLE | SPEAKERS |
| Course page |
Course material (presentations, lecture notes, video) | Book with lecture notes |
| 54th (2025) | Galaxies and Black Holes in the First Billion Years as seen with the JWST | Rachel Sommerville, Richard Ellis, Marta Volonteri, Eduardo Banados |
| course page |
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| 53rd (2024) | From stars to planets in the space-based photometry era | Maria Pia Di Mauro, Aline Vidotto and James Owen |
| course page |
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| 52nd (2023) | The Circum-Galactic Medium across cosmic time : an observational and modeling challenge | Céline Péroux, Charles Steidel, Jeremy Blaizot |
| course page |
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| 51st (2022) | Compact-Object Astrophysics in the era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy | Samaya Nissanke, Ilya Mandel, Rafaela Margutti, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz |
| course page |
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| 50th (2021) | Astronomy in the Era of Big Data | Suzanne Aigrain, Roberto Trotta, Marc Huertas-Company |
| course page |
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| 49th (2019) | The Milky Way in the Gaia era | James Binney, Jason Sanders, Rosine Lallement, Justin Read |
| course page | videos | No book will be published |
| 48th (2018) | Black hole formation and growth | Tiziana Di Matteo, Neil Cornish, Andrew King |
| course page | Book published by Springer | |
| 47th (2017) | Supernovae: Cosmic Explosions | Friedrich K. Röpke, Christopher L. Fryer |
| course page | links to the videos, |
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| 46th (2016) | Lyman-alpha as an astrophysical and cosmological tool | Mark Dijkstra, J. Xavier Prochaska, Masami Ouchi, Matthew Hayes |
| course page | links to slides and videos | Book published by Springer |
| 45th (2015) | From protoplanetary disks to planet formation | Philippe Armitage, Leonardo Testi, Wilhelm Kley |
| v | Book published by Springer | |
| 44th (2014) | Wide-field observational cosmology | Luca Amendola, Camille Bonvin, Sarah Bridle, Roberto Trotta |
| course page | ||
| 43rd (2013) | Star formation in galaxy evolution: connecting numerical models to reality | Volker Springel, Ralf Klessen, Nick Gnedin |
| course page | Book published by Springer | |
| 42nd (2012) | Dynamics of Young Star Clusters & Associations | Cathie Clarke, Robert Mathieu, Neill Reid |
| course page | course material | Book published by Springer |
| 41st (2011) | From Planets to Life | Jonathan Lunine, Jim Kasting, John Baross |
| course page | course material | no lecture notes |
| 40th (2010) |
Astrophysics at Very-High Energies | Felix Aharonian, Lars Bergstrom, Charles Dermer |
| course page | course material, lecture 2 | Book published by Springer |
| 39th (2009) | Magnetic Fields of Stars: From the Sun to Compact Objects | Paul Charbonneau, Sami K. Solanki, Christopher Thompson |
| course page | extra material | Book published by Springer |
| 38th (2008) | Millimeter Astronomy | Pierre Cox, Stéphane Guilloteau, Thomas L. Wilson |
| course page | Book published by Springer | |
| 37th (2007) | The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group | Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Ken Freeman, Francesca Matteucci |
| course page | Book published by Springer |
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| 36th (2006) | First Light in the Universe | Avi Loeb, Andrea Ferrara, Richard Ellis |
| course page | course material |
Springer book |
| 35th (2005) | Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets | A. Morbidelli, H. Rauer, D. Jewitt |
| Springer book | ||
| 34th (2004) | The Sun, Solar Analogs and the Climate | J.D. Haigh, M. Lockwood, M.S. Giampapa |
| Springer book | ||
| 33rd (2003) | Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro | P. Schneider, C. Kochanek, J. Wambsganss |
| Springer book | ||
| 32nd (2002) | The Cold Universe | A. Blain, F. Combes, B. Draine |
| Springer book | ||
| 31st (2001) | Extrasolar planets | T. Guillot, P. Cassen, A. Quirrenbach |
| Springer book |
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| 30th (2000) | High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics | S.M. Kahn, R. Sunyaev, P. von Ballmoos |
| Springer book |
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| 29th (1999) | Physics of Star formation in Galaxies | F. Palla, H. Zinnecker |
| Springer book |
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| 28th (1998) | Star Clusters | B. Carney, W.E. Harris |
| Springer book |
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| 27th (1997) | Computational Method for Astrophysical Fluid Flow | R.J. LeVeque, D. Mihalas, E.A. Dorfi, E. Müller |
| Springer book |
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| 26th (1996) | Galaxies: Interactions and Induced Star Formation | J.E. Barnes, R.C. Kennicutt Jr, F. Schweizer |
| Springer book |
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| 25th (1995) | Stellar Remnants | S.D. Kawaler, I. Novikov, G. Srinivasan |
| Springer book |
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| 24th (1994) | Plasma Astrophysics | J.G. Kirk, D.B. Melrosae, E.R. Priest |
| Springer book |
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| 23rd (1993) | The Deep Universe | A.R. Sandage, R.G. Kron, M.S. Longair |
| Springer book |
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| 22nd (1992) | Interacting Binaries | S.N. Shore, M. Livio, E.J.P. van den Heuvel |
| Springer book |
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| 21st (1991) | The Galactic Interstellar Medium | W.B. Burton, B.G. Elmegreen, R. Grenzel |
| Springer book |
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| 20th (1990) | Active Galactic Nuclei | R. Blanford, H. Netzer, L. Woltjer |
| Springer book |
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| 19th (1989) | The Milky Way as a Galaxy | G. Gilmore, I. King, P. van der Kruit |
| out of print | ||
| 18th (1988) | Radiation in Moving Gaseous Media | H. Frisch, R.P. Kudritzki, H.W. Yorke |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 17th (1987) | Large Scale Structure in the Universe | A.C. Fabian, M. Geller, A. Szalay |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 16th (1986) | Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution | J. Audouze, C. Chiosi, S.E. Woosley |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 15th (1985) | High Resolution in Astronomy | R.S. Booth, J.W. Brault, A. Labeyrie |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 14th (1984) | Planets, their Origin, Interior and Atmosphere | A.C. Fabian, M. Geller, A. Szalay |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 13th (1983) | Astrophysical Processes in Upper Main Sequence Stars | A.N. Cox, S. Vauclair, J.P. Zahn |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 12th (1982) | Morphology and Dynamics of Galaxies | J. Binney, J. Kormendy, S.D.M. White |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 11th (1981) | Activity and Outer Atmospheres of the Sun and Stars | F. Praderie, D.S. Spicer, G.L. Withbroe |
| order from Geneva Observatory | ||
| 10th (1980) | Star Formation | J. Appenzeller, J. Lequeux, J. Silk |
| out of print | ||
| 9th (1979) | Extragalactic High Energy Astrophysics | F. Pacini, C. Ryter, P.A. Strittmatter |
| out of print | ||
| 8th (1978) | Observational Cosmology | J.E. Gunn, M.S. Longair, M.J. Rees |
| out of print | ||
| 7th (1977) | Adanced Stages in Stellar Evolution | I. Iben Jr., A. Renzini, D.N. Schramm |
| out of print | ||
| 6th (1976) | Galaxies | K. Freeman, R.C. Larson, B. Tinsley |
| out of print | ||
| 5th (1975) | Atomic and Molecular Processes in Astrophysics | A. Dalgarno, F. Masnou-Seeuws, R.V.P. McWhirter |
| out of print | ||
| 4th (1974) | Magnetohydrodynamics | L. Mestel, N.O. Weiss |
| out of print | ||
| 3rd (1973) | Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Stellar Systems | G. Contopoulos, M. Hénon, D. Lynden-Bell |
| out of print | ||
| 2nd (1972) | Interstellar Matter | N.C. Wickramasinghe, F.D. Kahn, P.G. Metzger |
| out of print | ||
| 1st (1971) | Theory of the Stellar Atmospheres | D. Mihalas, B. Pagel, P. Souffrin |
| out of print |