See the calendar below for future seminars and events.
Following every Thursday seminar, attendees are welcome to come to one of our SMRI Afternoon Teas which take place on Thursday afternoons at 2pm on the Quadrangle Terrace, accessed through the entry in Quadrangle Lobby P and via the SMRI Common Room on level 4.
Upcoming and current events: seminars, workshops and course
SMRI Seminar, ‘Cohomology of p-adic period domains‘
Speaker: David Hansen, National University of Singapore
Date & time: Thursday 22 January 2026
Location: SMRI Seminar Room (A12 Macleay Room 301)
Abstract: Since the pioneering work of Drinfeld, p-adic period domains have been a driving force behind many developments in nonarchimedean geometry. However, despite many advances, the basic question of computing their cohomology has remained completely open outside of a few very special cases treated by Drinfeld and Schneider-Stuhler over 30 years ago. In this talk I will present a general formula for the cohomology of these spaces. This formula is elementary, and it has several unusual features which suggest some very rich phenomenology. I will explain this formula and where it comes from, present several examples, and take the first steps towards unraveling the patterns this formula is hiding.
Workshop: Algebraic Geometry
A workshop organised by Paolo Cascini (Imperial), Ivan Cheltsov (Edinburgh), Svetlana Makarova (ANU), Evgeny Shinder (Sheffield), & Behrouz Taji (UNSW).
February 9th – 13th, 2025, The University of Sydney
More information on the website.