The Essen Seminar for Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic consists of the research groups in the area of algebraic geometry, algebraic K-theory, arithmetic geometry and number theory at the University Duisburg-Essen in Essen.
We mourn the passing of Eckart Viehweg.

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On February 2, Prof. Dr. Jochen Heinloth and Prof. Dr. Vytautas Paskunas will hold their inaugural lectures at the mathematics department of the University of Duisburg-Essen:

15:15Prof. Dr. Jochen Heinloth, Von der Zahlentheorie zur Geometrie und zurück

16:15 Tea

16:45 Prof. Dr. Vytautas Paskunas, Die lokale Langlands-Korrespondenz

Place: Campus Essen, T03 R04 D10

Conference Arithmetic, motives and moduli spaces on the occasion of the award of the Chaire d'Excellence 2011 to Hélène Esnault, 9-13th January 2012, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris. Organizers: Olivier Debarre, Hélène Esnault, Claire Voisin, Olivier Wittenberg
Dr. Jochen Heinloth (University of Amsterdam) and Dr. Vytautas Paskunas (University of Bielefeld) have accepted offers from the University of Duisburg Essen and will join the Faculty for Mathematics and the Essen Seminar as of the coming winter term. Welcome to Essen!
Prof. Dr. Gabor Wiese has accepted an offer from the University of Luxemburg and will start his new position in September. We regret that he will leave Essen, thank him for the work he did here and for his high level commitment, and wish him all the best for his new position.
Dr. Moritz Kerz has accepted an offer from the University of Regensburg and will leave the University of Duisburg-Essen at the end of the summer term. We congratulate him on this success and wish him all the best for his new position.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has approved the continuation of the Transregio-Sonderforschungsbereich (Collaborative Research Center) 45, Moduli spaces, periods and arithmetic of algebraic varieties (Mainz/Bonn/Essen). We are looking forward to the research opportunities this will make possible during the next four years.
The University Duisburg-Essen has announced a W3 professorship for algebraic geometry (Nachfolge Eckart Viehweg) and a W3 professorship for arithmetic geometry (Nachfolge Gebhard Böckle). Both research groups will be part of the Essen Seminar.
Update: In the meantime, offers have been made to two candidates, and the negotiations are being prepared.
Prof. Dr. Adrian Langer from Warsaw University will be awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel prize of the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation, in recognition of his research results in algebraic geometry. He will use the prize money for another stay at the Essen Seminar. Press release of the university.
On September 24th the Essen Seminar of Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic participated in the University's Night of the Sciences, an event of Ruhr2010. Impressions.
Prof. Dr. Gabor Wiese has been awarded the Gottschalk-Diederich-Baedeker prize 2010 of the University Duisburg-Essen. The prize is awarded annually to young scientists for outstanding work in the science or engineering at the University Duisburg-Essen and carries a prize money of 5000 €. Press release of the university.