We consider the dynamics of spatially periodic nematic liquid crystal flows in the whole space and prove existence and uniqueness of local-in-time strong solutions using maximal L^{p} regularity of the periodic Laplace and Stokes operators and a local-intime existence theorem for quasilinear parabolic equations à la Clément-Li (1993). Maximal regularity of the Laplace and the Stokes operator is obtained using an extrapolation theorem on the locally compact abelian group G: = \mathbb{R}^{n - 1} \times \mathbb{R}/L\mathbb{Z} to obtain an R-bound for the resolvent estimate. Then, Weis’ theorem connecting R-boundedness of the resolvent with maximal L^{p} regularity of a sectorial operator applies., Jonas Sauer., and Obsahuje seznam literatury