Title: Birational geometry of moduli spaces

Speaker: Han-Bom Moon(Fordham University)

Abstract: This series lecture briefly introduces moduli spaces and their birational geometry. We start with the basic concept of moduli spaces with a few concrete examples. Then, we discuss their birational geometry from the minimal model program approach and wall-crossing perspective. Even though we will discuss moduli spaces in algebraic geometry, the first two lectures do not require previous knowledge of algebraic geometry and are accessible to undergraduate students.