INdAM workshop: Geometry of Severi varieties and Hurwitz spaces

Cortona, Italy, 15. - 19.6.2026

Hurwitz spaces and Severi varieties are among the most classical spaces studied in algebraic geometry, going back to the beginnings of modern algebraic geometry in the second half of the 19th century. Since that time, they have remained central objects in the theory of algebraic curves. 

Though very classical objects, new techniques have in recent years been used to find answers to old questions,  and to establish many new connections. The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts in these various approaches in order to explore further applications and possible synergies. Particular areas of focus are the global geometry of Severi varieties and Hurwitz spaces, as well as relations to Brill Noether theory and to the moduli space of curves and its subloci.

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