The series of Research Courses was created in 2001 when the idea to build x-ray free-electron lasers became real with the proposal of X-ray FEL facilities for 0.1 nm radiation in Europe and in the USA. In the years 2001 to 2020 in total 19 courses have been organized.
XIX. DESY Research Course 2020 - DESY WATER WEEK (25 Feb - 28 Feb 2020)
XVIII. DESY Research Course 2019 – Trends in Modern Photon Science (27 Feb - 1. Mar 2019)
XVII. DESY Research Course 2018 – Trends in Water Research (26 Feb - 1. Mar 2018)
XVI. Nanoscience at Modern X-ray Sources (Mar 1 - Mar 3, 2017)
XV. Soft Matter in the Light of Modern X-ray Sources (Mar 2 - Mar 4, 2016)
XIV. New Trends in X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy from Magnetic Materials (Mar 25 - Mar 27, 2015)
XIII. Correlation Functions in the Time Domain: Trends in Coherent X-ray Scattering (Mar 19 - Mar 21, 2014)
XII. Theoretical Foundations of Research with X-ray Free Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Radiation Sources (Mar 20 - Mar 22, 2013)
XI. New X-ray Sources for Life Science Applications (Mar 21 - Mar 23, 2012)
X. Ultrafast X-ray Science with X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (Mar 30 - Apr 1, 2011)
IX. Disordered Materials in Synchrotron and XFEL X-ray Light (Feb 17 - Feb 19, 2010)
VIII. Magnetic Materials on Synchrotron and XFEL X-ray Light (Feb 18 - Feb 20, 2009)
VII. New Materials in New Light (Mar 5 - Mar 7, 2008)
VI. X-Ray Investigation of Ultrafast Processes (Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2007)
V. Scientific Applications of Coherent X-Ray Radiation (Mar 1-3, 2006)
IV. New Science in the VUV to Soft X-Ray Domain (Mar 16-18, 2005)
III. Plasma Physics with X- rays (Mar 5-7, 2003)
II. X-ray Investigation of Fast and Ultrafast Processes (Mar 25-27, 2002)
I. Coherent X-rays - Properties, Generation and Applications (Oct 15-17, 2001)
